NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has completed contracted work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory’s Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, New York. Since…
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 49-day deployment in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage
July 17, 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) and its crew returned to their homeport at Naval Station Mayport, June 28, following a 49-day migrant interdiction operations patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward…
Navy, DOD Leaders Discuss Space Capabilities During Second Naval Space Summit at NPS
By Lt.Cmdr. Edward Early, Naval Postgraduate School, July 10, 2024 MONTEREY, Calif. — Recognizing the importance of a rapidly evolving space domain to U.S. national defense, key leaders from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Department of Defense gathered at the…
Parsons Offers Counter-UAS Technology to Protect Marine Corps Installations
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps is seeking counter-unmanned aerial systems technology to protect its installations. One of the companies bidding to be the provider is Parsons, in partnership with Rafael Systems Global…
U.S. Navy Embarks Expeditionary Medical Unit Aboard USNS Cody for Test and Evaluation
By Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs, July 16, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Navy is embarking the first Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU), a cutting-edge medical support system with personnel from EMU-1 designed to…
Defeat ISIS Mission in Iraq and Syria for January – June 2024
From U.S. Central Command, July 16,2024 TAMPA, Fla. – From January to June 2024, ISIS has claimed 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria. At this rate, ISIS is on pace to more than double the total number of attacks they claimed…
AIRBUS U.S. UH-72 Lakota Fleet Surpasses 1.5 Million Flight Hours
From Airbus, 17 Jul 2024 Today, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense announced the UH-72 Lakota fleet surpassed 1.5 million flight hours with U.S. Army, U.S. Army National Guard, and U.S. Navy. “This milestone is an incredible achievement for the Lakota…
SECNAV Exonerates 256 Defendants from 1944 Port Chicago General and Summary Courts-Martial
From SECNAV Public Affairs, 17 July 2024 WASHINGTON, DC – The Secretary of the Navy announced on July 17 the full exoneration of the remaining 256 defendants of the 1944 Port Chicago general and summary courts-martial. The Honorable Carlos Del…
NOAA Orders Second High-Altitude Jet for Hurricane and Climate Research
New aircraft, to join NOAA fleet in 2028 By Jonathan Shannon, July 16, 2024 Today, NOAA announced that it is exercising a $106 million contract option with Georgia-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation to purchase a fully modified G550 aircraft that will…
Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Seattle 91101 to Conduct Waterborne Missions in Homer, Alaska
HOMER, Alaska — The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct waterborne operations in the Homer vicinity over the summer as Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic augments its capabilities with small boat teams from Maritime Safety and Security Team Seattle…
