POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania — VideoRay LLC announced May 14 it has been awarded a $92.6 million, five-year contract for the continuous production, sustainment and development of the MK20 Defender remotely operated vehicle platform for the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response…
Navy Expands Suicide Intervention and Mental Health Services; Survivors Say More Must Be Done
“The reason I’m writing this is because I feel you are the only person that can make the changes necessary for others to not suffer the same fate I did,” Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Caserta wrote to his commanding…
CNO Welcomes USS Carney from Historic Middle East Deployment
NORFOLK, Va. (May 10, 2024) – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti welcomed the crew of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) to the United States from a historic deployment to the Middle East, May 10. Carney…
May 11-12 CENTCOM Update
From U.S. Central Command May 11, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – At approximately 8:45 p.m. (Sanaa time) on May 10, Iranian-backed Houthis launched an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) over the Gulf of Aden from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen. A coalition aircraft successfully…
U.S. Coast Guard Awards Bollinger Shipyards Two Fast Response Cutters
From Bollinger Shipyards, May 13, 2024 LOCKPORT, La., — (May 13, 2024) – The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option to award Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) two additional Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC). This announcement brings the total number of…
Coast Guard Offloads More Than $185 Million in Illegal Narcotics During Fleet Week Miami
From U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, May 10, 2024 MIAMI – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) offloaded more than 13,803 pounds of cocaine and 3,736 pounds of marijuana with a combined estimated street value of…
DoD, STRATCOM, INDOPACOM Representatives Tour USS Zumwalt, Discuss Hypersonics
By Team Ships Public Affairs, May 8, 2024 PASCAGOULA, (April 12, 2024) – Combatant Command and OSD senior leaders visited SUPSHIP Gulf Coast to tour the USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) and receive an update on the Navy’s efforts to integrate…
DOD Uses Unfavorable Sea Conditions to Gain Efficiencies on Gaza Aid Mission
While unfavorable sea conditions have slowed deployment of two piers meant to deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Defense Department has found a way to use the delay to its advantage and get ahead on the mission once it gets…
CNO Franchetti Conducts Outreach Visit to Chicago
CHICAGO — Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti traveled to Chicago to meet with high school Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) students from the Rickover Naval Academy, William Howard Taft High School and Corliss High School, NROTC…
Littoral OpTech Workshop Will Examine Operational, Geopolitical Challenges in Baltic Sea
The 2024 Littoral OpTech workshop, an invitation-only event, will be held May 21-22 at the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia, Poland. Participants will listen to a number of speakers and panels exploring the current trends in operational, economic and geo-political environment…
