ELKTON, Md. – Dec. 18, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed a successful static fire test of a prototype Mk 72 solid rocket motor (SRM) at its advanced propulsion production facility in Elkton, Maryland. This achievement highlights the…
U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle Announces 2026 Sail Schedule for Nation’s 250th Anniversary
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX 327) announced its 2026 schedule of port calls Friday. The selected port calls include the five Sail250 ports of New Orleans, Norfolk, Baltimore, New York City, and Boston. Sail250, a global gathering of tall ships…
U.S. Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
From Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs, Dec. 18, 2025 Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time, Dec. 16. …
Textron Systems’ Tsunami Autonomous Maritime Surface Vessel Sold to NIWC PAC
From Textron Systems, Dec. 17, 2025 TSUNAMI™ Vessel Provides Capability for Scale, Maturity and Capacity HUNT VALLEY, Md., Dec. 17, 2025 – Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has sold a 21-ft. TSUNAMI USV…
Navy Launches Improvement Projects for Sailors Living in Barracks
From Navy Installations Command, Dec. 18, 2025 Washington, D.C. (Dec. 18, 2025) – Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) is enhancing the safety, comfort, and cleanliness of barracks across the Navy Shore Enterprise with $375 million of Barracks Task Force funding. Driven by…
Enhancing the Maritime Patrol Operational Picture
From Naval Air Systems Command, Dec. 16, 2025 NAS Patuxent River, Md. — The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program office (PMA-290) achieved an airborne connectivity landmark when the P-8A Poseidon Increment 3 Block 2 (I3B2) aircraft successfully connected to the Minotaur Family of Systems…
Nimitz Returns to Homeport
From USS Nimitz Public Affairs, Dec. 17, 2025 The Nimitz class carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to its homeport of Bremerton following nine months underway in the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets, Dec. 16. Nimitz departed Bremerton as the flagship…
Northrop Grumman Enhances USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicles with Bushmaster Chain Guns
Release from Northrop Grumman MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 16, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has entered full-rate production to deliver Mk44 Stretch Bushmaster® Chain Guns® for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). The Mk44S will…
Atlantic Council Launches Task Force to Bolster US Maritime Industrial Base
Task Force brings together leaders across government, industry, labor, and academia to advance a bold vision for US naval shipbuilding and maintenance Release From the Atlantic Council WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 16, 2025 – The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense program announced today the launch of the Revitalizing US Shipbuilding Task Force in collaboration with the…
Marines Unveil First Full-Rate Production of Marine Air Defense Integrated System
By Adolphina Vander Velde, Program Executive Officer Land Systems TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — In September, the Marine Corps unveiled the first full-rate production version of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), marking a major milestone in expeditionary air defense and rapid…
