Release From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it will return Station Pascagoula in Pascagoula, Mississippi to full response operations. In conjunction with assignment year 2026, Station Pascagoula will go from scheduled mission operations…
L3Harris Technologies Announced as Latest Tenant at ProvPort
Release From ProvPort Providence, R.I. – ProvPort announced its newest tenant today, L3Harris Technologies, a national security and defense company. L3Harris will utilize ProvPort to support their operations, including the loading and offloading of subsea telecommunications cable where it can be spooled and stored. As part of their…
White House, Navy Announce Trump-Class Battleships
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Dec. 22, President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships. The future USS Defiant (BBG 1)…
Austal USA Starts Construction on Fourth New Navy Utility Landing Craft
Release From Austal USA MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on the company’s fourth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility on December 18, 2025. Austal USA was awarded a $91.5…
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Returns to San Diego
Release From USS Higbee SAN DIEGO, CA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of…
Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
From SECNAV Public Affairs, Dec. 19, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller,…
USS Hawaii Returns Home from Deployment
By Chief Petty Officer Omar Dominquez of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Dec.11, 2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Dec.8, 2025) – Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a scheduled deployment, Dec. 8, 2025….
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Mk 72 Solid Rocket Motor for U.S. Navy
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. …
