U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Public Affairs, April 24,2024 KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard retired the Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet during a ceremony, Tuesday. Capt. Timothy Williams, commanding officer of Air Station Kodiak, presided over the…
HASC Members Prepare to Dive into Navy Budget
Members of the House Armed Services Committee seem prepared to overturn some Navy decisions as outlined in the fiscal 2025 budget request, including retiring some ships early and funding only one Virginia-class submarine. “What has happened is, as the top…
Additive Manufacturing, Small Business Collaboration Highlight First Day of Sea-Air-Space 2024
By NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) kicked off the 2024 Sea-Air-Space Expo on Monday with panel discussions on manned/unmanned and weapon systems advancements, additive manufacturing success stories and collaborative opportunities for small businesses to join with NAVAIR to aid…
AUKUS Program Marks ‘Greatest Industrial Undertaking’ for Australia
The AUKUS program, the multination effort to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, will kick-start that country’s ability to build nuclear subs, an Australian minister said in a panel discussion at Sea-Air-Space on April 8. Pat Conroy, Australia’s minister for defense…
Atlantic Commander: Industry-Government Partnership Essential to Coast Guard Innovation
By Erika Fitzpatrick, Contributor Future innovation within the U.S. Coast Guard comes from listening to and partnering with the defense industry, Vice Admiral Kevin E. Lunday, U.S. Coast Guard Commander of the Atlantic Area and Defense Force East, said April…
CMS Breakfast: Pursuing Ways to Strengthen the Workforce, Boost Readiness
Government and industry need to work together to solve the problems of shipbuilding schedules, workforce retention and getting deployable technology into the hands of warfighters at scale, speakers said at the Center for Maritime Strategy breakfast on April 9. “Is…
Future Challenges May Involve Rethinking How the U.S. Fights, Speakers Say
The United States is facing a variety of challenges, from Houthi rebels in the Red Sea to the People’s Republic of China, but the preferred American way of fighting — massive overmatch — may not be tenable for the future,…
Retention is Good but Workforce Challenges Remain, Service Chiefs Say
Retention in the Navy and Marine Corps is going well, but recruitment remains a challenge across the services, including the Maritime Administration, and the services must set priorities in a time of great challenges and tight budgets, sea service chiefs…
Lockheed Martin Advances Aegis Weapon System Coordination with Two Missile Systems
Lockheed Martin (Booth 1001) recently completed a successful Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-32 using the combat system to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-6 Dual II software upgrade. The test, supported by the Missile Defense Agency,…
Navies Face Future Fight in Undersea Defense
Innovation is key to advancing the U.S. Navy’s long-term dominance of the undersea domain. “We need to think about how do we do battlefield innovation … We are focusing on expanding the reach, the depth, and the lethality of our…
