Release from U.S. Coast Guard 7th District ***** Coast Guard 7th District MIAMI — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Confidence offloaded more than 12,100 pounds of cocaine worth more than $160 million in Miami, Tuesday. Coast Guard and partner…
Koa Moana Marines Host Puma Training for Palau Maritime Law Enforcement
KOROR, PALAU 09.14.2023 Story by Staff Sgt. Courtney White 1st Marine Logistics Group U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 23 concluded the Task Force Koa Moana RQ-20B Puma Training Course with a graduation ceremony at the Palau Joint Operations Center,…
Targeting Capability a Priority for Navy’s Triton UAV
****** By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — Equipping the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a targeting capability is a priority that would enhance the system’s capabilities to support distributed maritime operations, the…
Crowley, BWXT Debut Nuclear Power Generation Vessel Concept
Release from Crowley ***** (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Sept. 20, 2023) – Global shipping and energy supply chain leader Crowley has teamed with nuclear power leader BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) through a memorandum of understanding for a ship concept that has…
General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded $517 million for Virginia-class submarine parts
Release from General Dynamics Electric Boat GROTON, Conn. (Sept. 20, 2023) – General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today it was awarded a $517.2 million delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering…
Australia Awards L3Harris AUD$328 Million Maritime Underwater Tracking Range Contract
Release from L3Harris ***** PERTH, Australia, Sept. 20, 2023 — The Australian Department of Defence awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a contract, valued at up to AUD$328 million, to deliver new Maritime Underwater Tracking Ranges (MUTR) for the Royal Australian Navy…
French-Led Combined Task Force 150 seized more illegal narcotics in the Arabian Sea
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ***** By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs | September 20, 2023 MANAMA, Bahrain — On September 7, UK warship HMS Lancaster (F229), operating in support of the French-led Combined Task…
Australia Announces Procurement of Fourth MQ-4C Triton UAV
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va.—The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will procure a fourth MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle UAV), the Australian government announced in a Sept. 19 release. The Triton’s builder, Northrop Grumman Corporation, is…
US Coast Guard Cutter Thetis nabs $70 million in illegal narcotics during 55-day patrol
Release From USCG News ***** KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned home to Key West, Friday, following a 55-day patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. Patrolling in…
JB Charleston, MCAS Beaufort search-and-recovery team locates F-35B debris field
Release from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing ****** JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, in close coordination with local authorities, have located a debris field in Williamsburg County. The debris was…
