QUANTICO, Va. — The Marines’ annual appeal to industry is focusing heavily this year on capabilities that would allow distributed Marine Corps forces to not just survive but persist within the deadly areas created by the kinds of high-technology weapons…
Navy Shallow-Draft LCS Increases U.S. Access, Presence in Southeast Asia
ARLINGTON, Va. — When the littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Montgomery (LCS 8) visited Davao City, a port on the Philippine island of Mindanao, earlier this summer, it was the first port call there of a U.S. Navy ship in…
Navy EOD Group Praises Mk18 UUV Performance in Aleutian Waters
ARLINGTON, Va. — The commodore of a Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) group has praised the performance of the unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) that were used in a recent exercise in the Bering Sea off the Aleutian island chain. “The…
Navy E-2D With Aerial Refueling Joins Squadron
NORFOLK, Virginia – An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye capable of aerial refueling landed at Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 9, officially marking the arrival of this upgraded aircraft to the fleet, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Public Affairs said in a Sept. 12 release. …
Navy, Marine Corps Beef Up Relief Efforts in the Bahamas
ARLNGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have increased their forces involved in relief and rescue efforts in the Bahamas as recovery efforts continue after Hurricane Dorian devastated some of the islands. In a Sept. 9 Pentagon briefing, Jonathan R. Hoffman, assistant…
Coast Guard Continues Response to Hurricane Dorian in Bahamas
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Coast Guard is continuing rescue-and-recovery operations in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. As of 9 a.m. on Sept. 8, Coast Guard forces had rescued 308 people in the Bahamas, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. …
USS Nebraska Tests Four Trident II D5 Missiles
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II (D5) missiles from USS Nebraska (SSBN 739), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, off the coast of Southern California, U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Public…
USS Wasp Departs 7th Fleet Area of Operations
OKINAWA, Japan — The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) departed U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a scheduled homeport shift on Sept. 4, the ship’s public affairs office said in a release. Wasp, which replaced…
Naval Expeditionary Creates Five ‘Tech Bridges’ to Spread Workforce Agility
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In its effort to spread innovation and procurement agility across the workforce, the U.S. Navy has created regional “tech bridges” in five areas of the country that will serve as “combustion chambers” of ideas and encourage collaboration…
Huntington Ingalls Completes Initial Sea Trials of Virginia-Class Sub Delaware
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division successfully completed the initial sea trials on the newest Virginia-class submarine, Delaware (SSN 791), the company said in a release. The submarine, in the final stages of construction, spent…
