ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Northrop Grumman has manufactured and tested the first industry-built Very Lightweight Torpedo (VLWT) for the U.S. Navy, the company said in an article posted May 21 on its website. The prototype torpedo is based on the Pennsylvania State University…
Cutter Active Offloads $37 Million Worth of Cocaine
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active offloaded more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine worth about $37 million on May 20 that was seized in early May from known drug-transit zones of the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard’s 11th Disrict said in a release. …
USS Zumwalt Completes First Live-Fire Test
PACIFIC OCEAN — Sailors aboard USS Zumwalt, working with engineers and technicians from Navy surface warfare centers, executed a “structural test fire” of the Mark 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS) at the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu, on May 16, according…
Coast Guard Academy Holds Virtual Graduation Ceremony for Class of 2020
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Class of 2020 is the largest and most inclusive graduating class and includes the largest number of female graduates in the institution’s history, the academy said in a May 21 release. They…
BAE to Install Infrared Countermeasures on Marine KC-130J Aircraft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps’ KC-130J Super Hercules tanker/transport aircraft is getting an infrared countermeasures system at last. The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Aircraft Prototyping Systems Division has awarded BAE Systems a prime position on…
Fairbanks Morse Engines to Power Coast Guard’s Third OPC
BELOIT, Wis. — Fairbanks Morse has been awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) to build and deliver the main propulsion diesel engines for the U.S. Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter, the USCGC Ingham, according to a Fairbanks Morse release. The Ingham will be built by Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Florida, and…
Marine Infantry Weapons Undergoing Largest Modernization Effort in Decades
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command’s program manager for infantry weapons (PM IW) has begun a modernization project to increase the lethality of the infantry squad, the command said in a release. PM IW strives to equip and sustain the…
Navy Issues 100-Meter Standoff Warning in Central Command AOR
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has issued a formal notice that it is setting a standoff distance of 100 meters for other ships approaching its vessels — and the sea service is warning armed adversaries that it could consider crossing that line as a threat. In a May 20 “notice to mariners” broadcast to shipping, the Navy said…
Coast Guard Repatriates 5 of 9 Migrants Following Interdiction in the Mona Passage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bernard Webber, working alongside their Caribbean Border Interagency Group partners on the night of May 12, interdicted an illegal migrant voyage in the Mona Passage off Puerto Rico,…
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence Will Change Homeport to Pensacola
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence will shift homeport from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Pensacola, Florida, on May 25, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release. “Diligence is scheduled to depart the city of Wilmington on [May 25] to conduct…
