ARLINGTON, Va., March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The American Waterways Operators, the national trade association of the American tugboat, towboat and barge industry, today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s announcement of its decision to issue a 60-day waiver of…
Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum Advances Interoperability, Relevance at Critical Time
From Naval Postgraduate School Public Affairs, March 19, 2026 Effective integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) requires an unparalleled level of international cooperation and interoperability, concepts on full display in current operations. The system of systems necessary to be effective, however,…
Saronic Announces New Downtown New Orleans Office to Accelerate Autonomous Shipbuilding
From Saronic, March 18, 2026 Saronic today announced it is opening a nearly 15,000 square foot office in downtown New Orleans. The new space will serve as a key engineering and technical hub to support the company’s expanding shipbuilding operations in Louisiana….
Master Boat Builders Signs Contract with Austal USA to Fabricate Modules for T-ATS Program
Agreement marks the first formal production contract under the companies’ strategic outsourcing partnership From Master Boat Builders Inc. CODEN, Ala. - Master Boat Builders, Inc. (“Master Boat”) announced it has signed a contract with Austal USA to fabricate modules for the…
Hegseth Draws Distinction Between Epic Fury, Previous Conflicts
March 19, 2026 | By Matthew Olay, DoW News During a Pentagon briefing today on Operation Epic Fury, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the current conflict with Iran differs from the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “[Some people] want you [the American people]…
Navy Reshapes Warfighting Acquisition System
From the Navy Office of Information, March 16, 2026 Washington, DC – The Department of the Navy (DON) today announced the establishment of five Portfolio Acquisition Executive organizations: PAE Industrial Operations, PAE Marine Corps, PAE Maritime, PAE Strategic Systems Programs…
Coast Guard interdicts 11 aliens near Imperial Beach
U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District, March 16, 2026 SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard interdicted 11 suspected aliens approximately 7 miles west of Imperial Beach, Sunday. At approximately 12:57 p.m., crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sea Otter (WPB-87362) observed a vessel transiting…
USS Gonzalez Departs Norfolk for Deployment
From U.S. 2nd Fleet, 17 March 2026 NORFOLK, Va. – Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) got underway from Naval Station Norfolk March 16, 2026, to begin operations in support of its scheduled deployment. The ship’s departure comes after months…
Bell Completes SPINE Upgrades on First Two H-1 Aircraft
From Bell Textron AMARILLO, Texas. (March, 17 2026) – Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has announced the completion of the first AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft to receive full upgrades to their structure and power delivery mechanisms under the US Marine Corps’…
13th MEU Forms Complete Marine Air-Ground Task Force with Full F-35 Squadron
From the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, March 16, 2026 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has officially formed as a complete Marine Air-Ground Task Force with the addition of its major subordinate elements, bringing the MEU’s full…
