From Keeley Belva, NOAA, May 6, 2026 NOAA has announced a $21,600,909 million award for the purchase of uncrewed marine systems to be used on new charting and mapping vessels being built for the agency. This will support NOAA’s mission to deliver tools and…
Terradepth Mines Seabed Intelligence for Maritime Customers
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The seabeds of the world’s oceans are becoming less mysterious, thanks to companies like Terradepth, a company that provides its clients with geospatial surveys of the seabed to meet their economic, defense, or scientific needs. …
Coast Guard, Navy Interdict Suspected Drug Vessel off Haiti
From U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District MIAMI – A Coast Guard Cutter Venturous law enforcement boarding team and a USS Billings helicopter crew stopped a suspected drug smuggling vessel, Thursday, approximately 8 miles off Mole Saint-Nicolas, Haiti. With the permission of the Haitian…
Master Boat Builders Recently Began Module Fabrication for U.S. Navy T-ATS Program
Marks production milestone in Gulf Coast partnership with Austal USA to strengthen naval shipbuilding capacity From Master Boat Builders Inc. CODEN, Ala. – Master Boat Builders, Inc. (“Master Boat”) recently announced the commencement of module fabrication for the U.S. Navy’s Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (T-ATS) program…
FRCE Reaches Milestone with Global TransPark Lease Agreement
From Fleet Readiness Center East , May 4, 2026 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – The new Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston hit another milestone April 15 when the Navy officially signed a lease agreement…
RTX’s Raytheon receives major order for SharpSight radars from Blue Raven
From RTX MCKINNEY, Texas (May 6, 2026) — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a contract from Blue Raven to produce 120 SharpSight radars, marking the largest single order to date for the new system and a key step in expanding its availability to customers worldwide. SharpSight is a platform…
MARTAC T38 USV Executes 192-Hour Autonomous Mission
Demonstration Sets New Benchmark for Persistent USV Operations, Directly Supporting Evolving U.S. Government Concepts for Maritime Defense and Deterrence From Maritime Tactical Systems Inc. Melbourne, Florida, May 5, 2026 — Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC) announced today that its T38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel (USV) has completed a record-setting 8-day, completely autonomous mission off the…
USS Wichita Returns to Naval Station Mayport
May 5, 2026 MAYPORT, Fla. – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13), operating under U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in the Gulf of America, returned to Naval Station Mayport after completing a six-month deployment on May 4, 2026. Wichita assumed duties previously…
Austal USA Starts Construction on Fifth Navy Utility Landing Craft
From Austal USA, May 4, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on its fifth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700-class vessel, LCU 1714, at its Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility on April 27, 2026. This…
Argentine and U.S. Navies Conduct Bilateral Maritime Engagement in Atlantic Ocean
by Seaman Apprentice Raven Fraser, May 4, 2026 The Argentine and U.S. navies conducted a bilateral maritime engagement as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSOUTH)/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, April 28-May 1. The engagement,…
