Release from U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Sept. 29, 2023 ***** NORFOLK, Va. — The United Kingdom’s largest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales (R09), will make Naval Station Norfolk its temporary homeport this fall beginning Sept. 30 as it pushes…
USS Louisiana Proves Readiness of Unmatched Strategic Weapons System
Release from Strategic Systems Programs Office, Sept. 28, 2023 ***** SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs conducted a scheduled, missile test flight of an unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from USS Louisiana (SSBN-743), an Ohio-class ballistic…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence Returns Home Following 62-day Counternarcotics Patrol in the Caribbean Sea
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Sept. 28, 2023 ***** CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their homeport in Cape Canaveral, Sept. 20, following a 62-day deployment to the…
Navy Orders modernized cockpit, architecture improvements for E-2D aircraft
Release from Naval Air Systems Command, Sep 28, 2023 ***** NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy awarded an $845.5 million contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for the E-2D Delta System Software Configuration 6 (DSSC 6)…
Navy to Commission Future Littoral Combat Ship Augusta
Release from the U.S. Department of Defense, Sept. 29, 2023 ***** The Navy will commission the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) as the newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. EST ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 30, in…
No U.S. Injuries Following IRGC Navy Lazing Incident at Sea
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command public affairs ***** MANAMA, Bahrain – Statement from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Spokesman Cmdr. Rick Chernitzer: “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) interacted in an unsafe and unprofessional manner with a…
SECNAV Announces Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities Office
Release from the Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs ***** Sept. 28, 2023 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro today announced the creation of the Navy’s Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO), during remarks at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)…
Flag Officer Announcement
Release from the U.S. Department of Defense ***** SEPT. 28, 2023 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nomination: Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) Heidi K. Berg for appointment to the…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy completes mission with U.S. National Science Foundation in East Siberian Sea
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area ***** Sept. 28, 2023 EAST SIBEREAN SEA – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers completed the 2023 U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) mission, Saturday, servicing the Nansen and…
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Hosts Project MFG Welding Competition
Release from HII ***** PASCAGOULA, Miss., Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, in partnership with Jackson County’s Passion, Purpose, Paycheck (P3) program and the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Project MFG, hosted an inaugural welding…
