From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, March 6, 2025 SOUTHERN OCEAN — Accomplishing its missions, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed the Antarctic region Tuesday, after 65 days south of the Antarctic Circle in support…
Transcom Asks Lawmakers for More Used Vessels
March 6, 2025 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD News To bolster America’s Ready Reserve Force fleet, U.S. Transportation Command wants to buy as many as 10 used shipping vessels. “We need to both build it here, and we actually need to…
Coast Guard Offloads Over $141M in Illicit Drugs Interdicted in Caribbean Sea
From U.S. Coast Guard District 7, March 6, 2025 MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant’s crew offloaded approximately 12,470 pounds of cocaine, Thursday, worth an estimated $141.4 million at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. The seized contraband was the…
Leonardo DRS Announces Delivery of Voice Communication Systems for Navy Destroyers
ARLINGTON, Va. MARCH 6, 2025 –Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today the delivery of its first next-generation Integrated Voice Communication Systems (IVCS) in support of the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke DDG51-class destroyers. The state-of-the-art systems provide mission-critical ship-wide communications…
NAVAIR Awards Kratos Additional $59.3M for BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target Systems
From Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, March 6, 2025 SAN DIEGO, March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets, and industry-leading provider of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems, announced…
Blue Angels Certified Airshow Ready for 2025 Season
From Chief of Naval Air Training, March 3, 2025 EL CENTRO, California – The United States Navy Blue Angels have successfully completed their annual certification in El Centro, California, for the 2025 air show season. After rigorous training and evaluations,…
Trilateral Maritime Exercise Supports Allied Interoperability
By U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs March 6, 2025 CARIBBEAN SEA – Showing the benefits of maritime presence in the Caribbean, three warships and one aircraft from three allies conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) on Mar….
Unified Response: An Inside Look at 300 Coast Guardsmen responding to Potomac Plane Crash
WASHINGTON — On the evening of January 29, while most of the city slept, hundreds of Coast Guardsmen from across the East Coast deployed to the Potomac River, ready to face the unimaginable. Crew members launched from Coast Guard Station…
LRASM Performs Flight Test in F-35 Integration Test Series
From Lockheed Martin NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., March 4, 2025 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and the F-35 Pax River Integrated Test Force (ITF) completed an initial flight test integrating the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) weapon system onto…
President Says Military Recruiting Up, So Too Will Be American Shipbuilding, ‘Golden Dome’
March 5, 2025 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD News During his first address to a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump said that the changes he’s made since his inauguration in January have enhanced recruiting within the…
