From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, March 12, 2025 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — At the invitation of the Papua New Guinea government, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) arrived in Port Moresby, Thursday, to embark Papua…
Sound-Absorbing Chamber Allows Navy to Test Torpedoes Indoors
March 13, 2025 | By Katie Lange, DoD News The Navy has various methods of testing torpedoes and other underwater weapons, including at tracking ranges. One unique Navy facility in Keyport, Washington allows experts to test these systems indoors. The Weapons…
America ARG Completes Westpac Patrol
12 March 2025 SASEBO, Japan – The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed their first patrol of 2025, March 6. This routine patrol, coordinated between the U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) and U.S. Marine…
Navy Intends to Ramp Up Shipbuilding Through Collaborative Efforts
March 11, 2025 | By David Vergun, DoD News U.S. shipbuilders continue to produce the highest quality, safest and most advanced warships on the planet, said Brett A. Seidle, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition, who testified…
Mass Timber, 3D Printing May be Future of Military Construction for Army, Navy
March 11, 2025 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD News Army and Navy barracks may one day be 3D printed or built using mass timber construction that involves large wooden structural beams manufactured from smaller lumber. Today on Capitol Hill, Dave Morrow,…
Curtiss-Wright Awarded $50 Million IDIQ Contract by Naval Air Systems Command for High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems
ASHBURN, Va. – March 11, 2025 – Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division today announced it has been awarded an approximately $50 million firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by Naval Air Systems Command to provide its high-speed data acquisition systems hardware and associated…
Fairbanks Morse Defense to Supply Engines for Future USNS Dolores Huerta
BELOIT, Wis. — Fairbanks Morse Defense has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics NASSCO to build and deliver the main propulsion diesel engines for the Military Sealift Command’s future USNS Dolores Huerta (T-AO 214). “Fairbanks Morse Defense understands that…
HII to Strengthen Nuclear-Powered Submarine Supply Chain
Largest U.S. Shipbuilder Teams with Australian Submarine Agency to Qualify Suppliers From HII CANBERRA, Australia, March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII), the largest military shipbuilder in the United States and a global leader in nuclear-powered submarine construction,…
Update on the Stena Immaculate Incident in the North Sea
From Crowley, March 10, 2025 HULL, UNITED KINGDOM – March 10, 2025 — At approximately 10 a.m. UTC/5 a.m. EDT on March 10, 2025, while stationary and anchored off the North Sea coast near Hull, United Kingdom, the Crowley-managed…
Marine Corps MQ-9 Reapers Enhanced With Advanced Payload Upgrade
From Naval Air Systems Command, March 10, 2025 NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s MQ-9 Reaper test squadron at Pax River received the first SkyTower II (STII) pod in preparation for the system’s initial operational capability (IOC) next year. …
