PHILADELPHIA — Members of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team New York, Customs and Border Protection, and multiple state and local police agencies increased maritime operations to deter illegal activity within the ports of Philadelphia…
BAE Systems Selected by DARPA to Create Autonomy Software for Multi-Domain Mission Planning
BURLINGTON, Mass. — BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop software that will enable semi-autonomous multi-domain mission planning, the company said in a Dec. 3 release. The technology will…
Navy Goes Big With Virginia Block V Sub Multi-Year Contract, Builders to Add Thousands of Workers
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy awarded it largest shipbuilding contract ever with an order for nine Block V Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), with an option for a 10th SSN, Navy officials said in a Dec. 2 media roundtable in…
Royal Navy Seeks U.S. Coast Guard Help in Training Ship Crews
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Coast Guard is seeking volunteers to help the U.K. Royal Navy train its engineering Sailors on board the Royal Navy’s ships. In a Nov. 27 message from Coast Guard headquarters, the service has solicited 11 personnel…
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence Returns to Wilmington After a 60-day Patrol
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington, North Carolina, Nov. 28 following a 60-day patrol in the Caribbean, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release of the same date. The Diligence…
Adm. James L. Holloway III, Who Led the Naval Historical Foundation and Made So Much History Himself, Dies at Age 97
ARLINGTON, Va. — Adm. James L. Holloway III, the 20th chief of naval operations and a combat veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, died Nov. 26, according to the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF), an organization he headed after his retirement from…
Esper Taps Braithwaite to Become Next Navy Secretary
ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Secretary Mark Esper recommended that retired Rear Adm. Kenneth J. Braithwaite II, who serves as U.S. ambassador to Norway, become the next Navy secretary and successor to Richard V. Spencer, who resigned Nov. 24. President Trump signaled in a tweet he intends to nominate Braithwaite. Braithwaite is a former P-3 naval aviator who became a…
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Returns to Alameda Following 162-Day Patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returned Nov. 22 to their homeport of Alameda following a 162-day deployment to the western Pacific Ocean, Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The crew departed Alameda on June 13 and has operated under…
Navy Leaders Meet to Chart Course Following Spencer’s Departure
ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper is set to meet Nov. 25 with top U.S. Navy officials to discuss the way ahead in the wake of Secretary Richard V. Spencer’s sudden departure, a Pentagon spokesman said in a statement. Esper has proposed a retired Navy admiral…
Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Returns to Homeport After 78-Day Patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returned to homeport in Portsmouth on Nov. 21 following a 78-day patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 5th District said. The crew of the Harriet Lane started their patrol by transiting to…
