From U.S. Coast Guard 17th District, Oct. 1, 2024 JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. Coast Guard located four vessels from the Russian Border Guard and Chinese Coast Guard conducting a joint patrol in the Bering Sea, Saturday. While patrolling the…
Navy Exceeded FY24 Recruiting Goals
From the Navy Office of Information, Oct. 1, 2024 MILLINGTON, Tenn. (October 1, 2024) – The U.S. Navy exceeded its Fiscal Year 2024 recruiting goals, contracting 40,978 new recruits by the end of the fiscal year and marking its most significant…
USCGC Northland Returns Home After 67-day Patrol to Support Operation Nanook
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Oct. 1, 2024 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) returned to their homeport of Portsmouth, Saturday, following a 67-day deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic region. Northland’s…
Cruiser USS Antietam is Decommissioned
Story By LaDonna Singleton, Commander, Naval Surface Forces Public Affairs, Sept. 27, 2024 HONOLULU (September 27, 2024) – Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) was recognized for its more than 37 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony…
RTX Receives U.S. Navy Contract for ESSM Block 2 Missiles
Multi-mission weapon system will provide increased flexibility and capability for U.S. and allied navies From RTX TUCSON, Ariz. (September 30, 2024) — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received a $525 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce…
NOAA Awards Contract for Next-Generation Hurricane Hunter Aircraft
By Jonathan Shannon, NOAA, September 27, 2024 Today, NOAA announced that it has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, based in Georgia, for two specialized C-130J Hercules aircraft to become the next generation of NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft. The…
Sonobuoy Testing on Heavy Lift Helicopters Expands Capabilities
From Naval Air Systems Command, Sep 27, 2024 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Recent successful testing of hand-launched deployments of sonobuoys from a CH-53E Super Stallion have expanded the capabilities of the aircraft, providing increased flexibility for the U.S. Navy to…
Navy Unveils ‘Strike Group’ Recruitment Technology
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy displayed one of its latest high-tech recruitment tools, the Strike Group, in Washington, D.C. last week at the Navy Memorial. The modular, mobile system showcases different aspects of Navy life in an aircraft carrier strike…
SIOP microgrid study by NAVFAC EXWC to enhance energy resilience, mission assurance at naval shipyards
NAVFAC awarded a $3.7 million contract for an electrical microgrid study as part of the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program to assess public shipyards in the event of a power grid or utility outage. From William Couch, Sept. 27, 2024 WASHINGTON —…
BlackSky Wins U.S. Navy Research Contract for Gen-3 Advanced Optical Intersatellite Links
Project Overmatch initiative advances JADC2 mission and enables real-time imagery support to warfighters during time-sensitive military operations worldwide From BlackSky, Sept. 26, 2024 HERNDON, Va. (September 26, 2024) — BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a competitive U.S. Navy research contract…
