NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) arrived in its new homeport, Naval Station Rota, Spain, as the U.S. Navy’s last Forward Deployed Naval Forces–Europe (FDNF-E) destroyer scheduled to shift its homeport to…
Pilot Safe after Ejection from Navy T-45C Crash near NAS Kingsville, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI — On Aug. 16 at approximately 12:00 p.m. CDT, a U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing 2 at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, crashed on approach to NAS Kingsville, the Chief of…
Keel Authenticated for Future USS Jeremiah Denton
WASHINGTON — The keel for the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer was ceremonially laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, August 16, Team Ships Public Affairs said in a release. The…
Marine Corps Awards BAE Systems $88 million Contract for ACV-30 Test Vehicles
STAFFORD, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems an $88 million contract to build multiple ACV-30 Production-Representative Test Vehicles (PRTVs), BAE Systems said in an Aug. 15 release. Once delivered, the PRTVs will undergo a period of…
Marine Corps’ G/ATOR Demonstrates Advanced Fire-Control Radar Capability
BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) multifunction sensor successfully detected and tracked multiple cruise missile threats simultaneously during a recent live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the company said in an Aug….
Kaman Fuzing Receives Boeing Order for SLAM-ER Arming Fuzes
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Kaman Corp.’s Kaman Precision Products Fuzing division located in Middletown, Connecticut, has received an award from The Boeing Company for the Standoff Land-Attack Missile — Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) program, Kaman said in a release. Kaman is contracted…
GE’s LM2500 Engines to Power India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
EVENDALE, Ohio — The Indian Navy’s newest carrier, the Vikrant, was commissioned Aug. 16 with four GE LM2500 engines powering the ship with 88 MW giving it a maximum speed of 28 knots, the company said in a release. The…
Coast Guard to Mark Beginning of Construction of a National Coast Guard Museum
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard will be hosting a formal ceremony to commemorate the construction of a National Coast Guard Museum in New London, Connecticut, Friday, Aug. 19 at 2:00 p.m., on the City Pier in New London,…
Joint Strike Fighter Lot 15 Ceiling Allows 28 F-35s for Navy, Marine Corps
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Department has increased the ceiling for its contract for Lot 15 Joint Strike Fighters to 129, the department said in an Aug. 12 release. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a not-to-exceed $7.63…
U.S. Coast Guard Participating in Operations Island Chief, Blue Pacific 2022
MANUS, Papua New Guinea — The U.S. Coast Guard is participating with partners to support the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency-led Operation Island Chief and the larger Operation Blue Pacific through patrols in the Western Pacific in August and September…
