JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK, Va. ─ Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC), U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Central Command, and the U.S. Transportation Command successfully completed a proof-of-concept vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)…
Mercury Systems Receives Digital RF Memory Jammer Orders from U.S. Navy
ANDOVER, Mass. — Mercury Systems Inc. has received $11.7 million in orders against its previously announced $152 million five-year sole-source basic ordering agreement to deliver advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to the U.S. Navy, the company said in a…
Adm. Davidson: 360-Degree Air Defense of Guam is Top Priority
ARLINGTON, Va. — The top U.S. military official in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility has placed 360-degree defense of Guam from air and missile threats as his top priority. Adm. Phillip S. Davidson, commander, U.S. Indo Pacific Command, speaking in…
Raytheon Delivers First SPY-6 Radar Array to U.S. Navy’s Newest Destroyer
ANDOVER, Mass. — Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for installation on the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the U.S. Navy’s first Flight III guided-missile destroyer. The SPY-6 family of radars…
Huntington Ingalls Industries Invests in Sea Machines
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Technical Solutions division announced today that it has completed a strategic equity investment in Sea Machines Robotics Inc., a Boston-based autonomous technology company that specializes in advanced software for unmanned surface vessels (USVs). …
Coast Guard, CBP Interdict 23 Migrants Off Delray Beach
MIAMI — Coast Guard and Customs and Border Patrol teams halted an illegal voyage, Thursday, about 8 miles east of Delray Beach, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a July 20 release. Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet,…
Navy Funds Development of New Sonobuoy to Track Quiet Submarines
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is developing a new sonobuoy to enhance is ability to track newer and quieter submarines, according to a July 20 Defense Department contract announcement. The Office of Naval Research has awarded Undersea Signal Systems Inc. of…
Navy’s Only Directed Energy Lab on a Sea Test Range Breaks Ground at NBVC Point Mugu
POINT MUGU, Calif. — Demonstrating that Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) remains open for business despite the pandemic, Navy leaders and private contractors have broken ground at Naval Base Ventura County’s Point Mugu for what will become the fleet’s only dedicated facility to test, fire and evaluate complete laser weapon systems in a maritime environment, the Naval Surface Warfare…
Navy Orders 6 More Enterprise Air-Search Radars
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has ordered six more Enterprise Air Search Radars (EASRs) from Raytheon Missiles and Defense, the Defense Department said in a July 17 release. The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense of Marlborough, Massachusetts, a $125.9…
DoD to Send $22M to Rolls-Royce to Strengthen Shipbuilding Industrial Base
ARLINGTON, Va. — As part of the national response to COVID-19, the Defense Department entered into a $22 million agreement with Rolls-Royce to maintain, protect and expand critical domestic productive capacity for propellers essential to U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs, the department said in…
