From the Department of the Navy, 28 June 2024 BOSTON – USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway from Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on Thursday, July 4, at 10 a.m. USS Constitution will be closed in the morning and reopen…
June 30 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command June 30, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces conducted a self-defense engagement, destroying three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) in the Red Sea. It was determined the USVs presented…
Expeditionary Fast Transport to Support SOUTHCOM’s Continuing Promise Goodwill Deployment
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — A Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10), is scheduled to deploy next week on a voyage to five countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America to provide…
Coast Guard Commissions First Pacific Northwest-Based Fast Response Cutter
From U.S. Coast Guard 13th District, June 28, 2024 ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard commissioned its 56th Fast Response Cutter and first one to be stationed in the Pacific Northwest during a ceremony held in Astoria, Ore., Thursday. Coast Guard…
June 27 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command June 27, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched by Iranian-backed Houthis into the Red Sea. It was determined this UAS presented an…
BlueHalo Selected for U.S. Army Next Generation C-UAS Missile
From BlueHalo, June 27, 2024 The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC AvMC) Aviation & Missile Technology Consortium® (AMTC) has down-selected BlueHalo as one of two vendors to move forward for the development of the…
Kratos’ Erinyes Hypersonic Test Bed Makes First Flight
From Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, June 27, 2024 SAN DIEGO, June 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, announced today that its Space & Missile Defense…
Strategic Systems Programs Promotes Workforce Modernization At Nuclear Triad Symposium
By Shelby Thompson, 26 June 2024 SHREVEPORT, La. – SHREVEPORT, La. – Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) represented the Navy’s leg of the nuclear triad during the 25th Annual Nuclear Triad Symposium held on the Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport campus June…
Boeing Completes F/A-18 Super Hornet Upgrade Ahead of Schedule
– Boeing delivers first two Service Life Modification (SLM) Block III fighters from two locations – St. Louis and San Antonio – Public-Private Partnership agreement with Navy opens third Block III SLM production line ST. LOUIS, June 27, 2024 — Boeing…
USS Wasp Transits Through the Strait of Gibraltar
By Lt. Mckensey Cobb, June 27, 2024 STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR – The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) transited the Strait…
