By Lt.Cmdr. Seth Koenig NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI – Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Adm. Koji Kaneshima, Commander, Fleet Air Force (CFAF), and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Greg Newkirk, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
Lockheed Martin and Missile Defense Agency Demonstrate Critical Capability for Defending Guam with Successful Flight Test
From Lockheed Martin ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam, Dec. 11, 2024 – Lockheed Martin and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in support of United States Indo-Pacific Command and the Department of Defense (DoD), have successfully completed Flight Experiment Mission (FEM)-02. Completion…
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Undocks USS Zumwalt
From HII, Dec. 6 2024 PASCAGOULA, Miss., Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully undocked USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers, taking the ship one step…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 111
By Team Ships Public Affairs, Dec. 9, 2024 NEW ORLEANS – The latest Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), LCAC 111 was delivered to the Navy from Textron Systems on Nov. 27. The delivery of LCAC 111 comes after completion of…
USS Arleigh Burke Returns Home After 4-Month Patrol
From U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs Dec. 9, 2024 ROTA, Spain – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) returned home Dec. 7 after a four-month patrol, its fifth since…
HII Christens Virginia-Class Attack Submarine Arkansas
From HII, Dec. 7, 2024 NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) today christened Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. “Today we celebrate the mighty submarine Arkansas, and…
Coast Guard Cutter Alert Completes First Patrol After Relocating to East Coast
From U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, Dec. 9, 2024 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Thursday, following a 60-day patrol in the Florida Straits. This marked the cutter’s…
VMFA-251 Reactivated as Marine Corps’ First East Coast-Based F-35C Lightning II Squadron
From the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reactivated during a ceremony on Thursday aboard Marine Corps Air…
Task Force 51/5-Led Operation Leads to Seizure of Narcotics At Sea
By Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs | December 06, 2024 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS — The boarding team discovered and seized 5,316.1 kilograms of hashish, 181.4 kilograms of heroin and 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and, after…
Keel Laid for Future USNS Thurgood Marshall
By Team Ships Strategic Operations, Dec. 5, 2024 SAN DIEGO – The keel for the future USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), a John Lewis-class Replenishment Oiler, was laid during a ceremony on Dec 5 at General Dynamics (GD) NASSCO. The…
