U.S. Coast Guard 11 District, June 10, 2024 SAN PEDRO, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard cutters Forrest Rednour and Blackfin have returned to their homeports after a 49-day deployment in Central America, where they played a crucial role in multiple…
U.S. 4th Fleet Announces Continuing Promise 2024 Deployment
By USNAVSOUTH/4TH FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS, June 11, 2024 MAYPORT, Fla. – MAYPORT, Fla. – (June 10, 2024) — The U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) will deploy this July and August to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations…
Senators Blast Coast Guard Chief for Sexual Assault Response
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan endured withering criticism of the service’s treatment of sexual harassment issues at the Coast Guard Academy on June 11, as Senators from both sides of the aisle said the Coast Guard has not…
RIMPAC to begin June 27
From Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Public Affairs, 12 June 2024 SAN DIEGO- Planning and preparations are being finalized for the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), a multinational exercise involving 29 nations and more than 25,000 personnel, set…
US Coast Guard Cutter Resolute Returns Home From Caribbean Patrol; Interdicts Four Suspected Smugglers, 3,736 Pounds Of Illicit Drugs
U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, June 8, 2024 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) returned to their homeport in St. Petersburg, Saturday, following a 60-day patrol of the Caribbean, in support of Homeland Security Task…
EpiSci Selected by Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific for Project Overmatch’s Mission Autonomy Proving Grounds
POWAY, California (10 June 2024) – The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC) has awarded EpiSci, a leader in trusted warfighter autonomy solutions, a follow-on contract for Project Overmatch’s Mission Autonomy Proving Grounds following EpiSci’s successful performance during a…
U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command June 11, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) launchers in a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. It was determined the launchers presented an imminent threat…
RTX Awarded $677 Million US Navy Contract for SPY-6 Family of Radars
ANDOVER, Massachusetts, (June 10, 2024) — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $677 million contract to continue to produce AN/SPY-6(V) radars for the U.S. Navy. This is the third option exercised from the March 2022 hardware, production…
Coast Guard Offloads $7.4 Million in Seized Cocaine, Transfers Custody of 9 Smugglers to DEA in San Juan, Puerto Rico
From U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, June 7, 2024 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. offloaded and transferred custody of 245 kilograms of cocaine and nine suspected smugglers to Drug Enforcement Administration…
June 9 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command, June 9, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, Iranian-backed Houthis launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden. One ASBM struck M/V Tavvishi, a Liberian-flagged, Swiss…
