From Shield AI, Jan. 22, 2025 WASHINGTON (January 22, 2025) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building an AI-powered autonomy software platform and tools for the world, announced today that its V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been selected by the Japan…
DOD Orders 1,500 Troops, Additional Assets to Southern Border
Jan. 22, 2025 | By Matthew Olay, DoD News The Defense Department is sending 1,500 active-duty service members and additional air and intelligence assets to the southern border to augment troops already conducting enforcement operations in that region, Acting Secretary of Defense…
SENEDIA Continues to Strengthen Defense Workforce
Real Jobs RI Grant Supports Rhode Island’s $7.6 Billion Defense Industry From SENEDIA, Jan. 23, 2025 MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – SENEDIA, the alliance for defense tech, talent, and innovation, announced today a $200,000 grant to continue their highly-successful Defense Partnership Program….
General Dynamics Mission Systems To Provide Advanced Electronics In MK 54 Torpedoes For The U.S. Navy
From General Dynamics Mission Systems, Jan. 21, 2025 FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it was awarded a fixed-price-incentive, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only contract from the U.S. Navy in December for up to $808.6 million to produce MK 54…
NAWCAD Lakehurst Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony For New Test Site Capability
From Naval Air Systems Command, Jan. 22, 2025 JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. — On a day when the ground at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst was so cold it made digging into the dirt a challenge, a groundbreaking…
U.S. Seventh Fleet Opens New Navigation, Seamanship and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST) Facility
From Destroyer Squadron 15, Jan. 21, 2025 YOKOSUKA, Japan — Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, opened the new Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST) facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Yokosuka, Japan, Jan. 16, 2024. “I’ve seen how history…
USS Philippine Sea Departs Naval Station Norfolk On Final Scheduled Deployment
From U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Jan. 20, 2025 NORFOLK, Va. - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, Jan. 20. Philippine Sea will deploy…
President Trump Removes Coast Guard Commandant
President Trump’s new administration has removed Admiral Linda L. Fagan as commandant of the Coast Guard, an early end to the tenure of the first female to head a U.S. military branch. The removal, on Trump’s first full day back…
Navy, Industry Working to Surge Capability as 2027 Draws Closer
As the U.S. military braces for a potential conflict with China in 2027, maritime defense and industry leaders alike are trying to get the most out of the existing fleet while planning for a more capable future fleet with a…
Raytheon is Cranking Out SPY-6 Radars for the Fleet
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — Raytheon, a sector of RTX, is humming with production of its SPY-6 family of four naval radars as the first three variants are either operational or installed on ships and the…
