Release from Naval Information Forces Public Affairs Office ***** 27 June 2023 SUFFOLK, VA. – The Navy has announced the establishment of the Maritime Cyber Warfare Officer (MCWO) Designator via Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 143/23. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),…
Bell H-1 Fleet Surpasses Half a Million Flight Hours
Release from Bell Textron ***** FORT WORTH, Texas (June 28, 2023) – The current H-1 fleet of AH-1Z Vipers and UH-1Y Venoms reached a major flight milestone by surpassing the 500,000-flight hour mark. Nearly 400 AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters, built…
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Returns to San Diego from Deployment
Release from U.S. Pacific Fleet ***** 28 June 2023 SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (Nimitz CSG) returned to San Diego June 28, concluding a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of…
BAE Systems and ELTA Systems, Ltd. successfully test manned-unmanned teaming requirements on Amphibious Combat Vehicle
Release From BAE Systems STAFFORD, Virginia — June 28, 2023 — BAE Systems has successfully tested manned- unmanned teaming (MUM-T) on the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) C4UAS as a technology demonstration using IAI/ELTA Systems Ltd’s Rex MK II Unmanned Infantry…
HII’s Ingalls Shipyard Has Capacity for More Navy Shipbuilding
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — HII’s Ingalls Shipyard is always looking for opportunities for more shipbuilding work and its yard has the capacity to take on more work, a senior company official said, including future awards of new classes of frigates…
HII Delivers First Flight III Destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) to U.S. Navy
Release from HII ***** June 27, 2023 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (June 27, 2023) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), to the U.S. Navy today. Delivery of DDG 125 represents…
Austal USA Awarded U.S. Navy T-ATS 15 Contract
Release from Austal USA ***** JUNE 20, 2023 Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA was awarded a $79.2 million U.S. Navy contract option for the construction of T-ATS 15, a Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship. With the award, the company is…
USCGC Vigilant returns from Eastern Pacific patrol, conducts international collaboration
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area ***** June 27, 2023 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Sunday, following a 50-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Florida Straits. Patrolling in…
Coast Guard offloads more than $23 million in illegal narcotics in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Release from U.S. Coast Guard 7th District ***** June 27, 2023 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier (WPC 1115) offloaded more than 2,024 pounds of cocaine worth more than $23 million in San…
Keel Authenticated for the Future USNS Point Loma
Release from Naval Sea Systems Command ***** June 27, 2023 By Team Ships Public Affairs Mobile, AL – The keel for the future USNS Point Loma, Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class EPF Flight II…
