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Test Squadrons Prove ATAWS Ready for Legacy Hornet Pilots

Release From Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division CHINA LAKE, Calif. — An F/A-18 Hornet raced low across the China Lake desert during a simulated terrain collision. Seconds later, the jet pulled up and climbed to safety. The recovery proved the Automatic Terrain Awareness and Warning…

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. 

By Team Ships Public Affairs, Nov. 18, 2025  BATH, Maine – The U.S Navy accepted delivery of future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG 124), from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Nov. 17.  The delivery of DDG 124 marks the official…

Iranian Forces Illegally Seize Commercial Tanker in International Waters 

From U.S. Central Command, Nov. 16, 2025   TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command forces monitored an incident involving Iranian forces illegally boarding and seizing a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker transiting international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, Nov. 14.  M/V Talara was seized after being…

GA-ASI Completes Full Scale Fatigue Test on MQ-9B  

MQ-9B’s Third Lifetime Test Completes  the FSF Testing Process With a Total of 120,000 Hours   From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.  DUBAI AIRSHOW – 17 November 2025 – On October 31, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed its “third lifetime” of full-scale…

Vice Adm. Renshaw Assumes Command of U.S. 5th Fleet 

From U.S. Fifth Fleet, Nov. 16, 2025  MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) from Vice Adm. George Wikoff during a change of command ceremony…

USS Pierre Commissioned ‘Under the Bright Florida Sky’

By Lt. Brinn Hefron, Public Affairs Officer forCommander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs  PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Nov. 15, 2025) – The Navy commissioned its newest ship, the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) in a ceremony held…

CH-53K King Stallion: 10 Years since First Flight

From Naval Air Systems Command NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — October 27, 2015 –The CH-53K King Stallion took to the skies for its first flight. Today, more than 10 years later, there are 20 CH-53Ks executing missions with four different Navy and Marine Corps squadrons.  The…

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