WICHITA, Kan. — Boeing P-8A team members and Spirit AeroSystems employees have laid the keel beam for New Zealand’s first P-8A, Boeing said March 17. This process, also called ‘keeling,’ was done at the Spirit AeroSystems facility where all Boeing…
Berger: Ukraine War Demonstrates Vulnerability of Tanks to Missile-Armed Infantry
WASHINGTON — The success of Ukrainian forces in countering Russian armored vehicle columns with missiles and rockets in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine shows the vulnerability of tanks to missile-armed infantry, the Marine Corps commandant said, and seemed to…
MH-60R Helicopters Approved by State Dept. for Spain
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale of MH-60R Seahawk helicopters along with support and related equipment to Spain, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said March 15. The DSCA said the total cost of…
Marine Corps and Navy Aviation Fly Together for Manned-Unmanned Teaming
Washington, D.C. — Marines from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One (VMX-1) and Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 (HSC-23) teamed to conduct tactics development in integrating manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro,…
Carrier Aircraft Operate Over Yellow Sea in Response to North Korean ICBMs
ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operated over the Yellow Sea off the west coast of North Korea in a demonstration in response to North Korean launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), deployed in…
Congress Orders Navy to ‘Buy American’ for Some Ship Components
ARLINGTON, Va. — Buried deep in the text of the 2022 budget bill signed into law March 15 by the president are certain provisions to force the Navy to “buy American,” purchasing from U.S. companies many of the components and…
NGC Begins Full-Rate Production of Link-16 for the Marine Corps H-1 Fleet
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $65 million contract by the U.S. Navy to execute the full-rate production of Link-16 for the U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft, which will involve the integration of data link…
Russian Navy Blockades Ukraine’s Coast, Continues Missile Strikes
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Russian Black Sea Fleet has set up a naval blockade of Ukrainian ports along the Black Sea, a United Kingdom defense official said, and is continuing fire support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “The [U.K.]…
Future Attack Submarine USS Montana delivered to U.S. Navy
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Submarine Force’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Montana (SSN 794), delivered to the U.S. Navy on March 12, Team Submarines Public Affairs said March 14. PCU Montana is the 21st Virginia Class submarine co-produced…
Navy Accepts Delivery of the Future USS Fort Lauderdale
WASHINGTON — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, March 11, Team Ships Public Affairs said March 14. Delivery of…
