From SECNAV Public Affairs, Jan. 4, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro named the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer, the future USS Robert Kerrey (DDG 146). DDG 146 honors former U.S. Senator, Nebraska Governor, and naval…
Future Attack Submarine USS Iowa Delivered to U.S. Navy
From the Navy Office of Information, Dec. 23, 2024 GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Navy Submarine Force’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797) was delivered to the Navy on Dec. 22, 2024, marking the 12th battle force…
SECNAV Names Navy’s DDG 145 for Former Aircraft Carrier
From SECNAV Public Affairs, Jan. 3, 2025 NEW YORK – Today, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer, the future USS Intrepid (DDG 145) aboard the former aircraft carrier which shares…
Cyber Horizon: AI, Sea Power, and a Potential Taiwan Conflict
In the evolving landscape of 21st-century warfare, the convergence of cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence (AI) and traditional naval operations presents unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the U.S. Navy. As tensions in the Taiwan Strait escalate, the potential for a cyber…
Baltic Convergence: Region Emerges from Backwater to Potential Battleground
Operators, strategists and policy experts met in Gdynia, Poland, for the 2024 Littoral Op-Tech workshop earlier this year. The symposium, conducted at the Polish Naval Academy on the shore of the Baltic Sea, examined threats, challenges and opportunities in the…
Navy Seeks to Accelerate Adoption of AI/ML Powered Systems
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103), left, operates in the Red Sea, May 1, 2023, while supporting the Department of State’s efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens and others who have requested departure from Sudan. Credit: U.S. Africa…
Building Bonds: 35 Years of United Through Reading
Then-Sergeant Nikole Stradley, a radio operator with Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and then the mother of a nine-month-old, reads a book while being videotaped for the United Through Reading Program in 2010. Holidays can…
Northrop Grumman to Deliver US Navy’s E-130J Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Aircraft
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Dec. 18, 2024 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected as the prime contractor to deliver nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission. The Northrop…
U.S. Navy Completes Final Testing Milestone for Unmanned Surface Vessel Program
By Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs, Dec. 18, 2024 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy recently achieved its final key milestone in the development of Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) integrated capabilities by successfully completing a…
USS Beloit (LCS 29) Makes It Home to Mayport
From U.S. 4th Fleet, Dec.10, 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT (Dec. 19, 2024) – Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Beloit (LCS 29) makes it to her homeport in Mayport, Fla., December 19. After 15 locks, four Great Lakes, three port…
