ARLINGTON, Va. – As the National Defense Strategy shifts toward the “Great Power Competition” with Russia and China, there is still a key role for Special Operations Forces to play, countering both terrorists and peer competitors, the head of U.S….
Navy Establishes 6 More Tech Bridge Collaborations
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy secretariat has doubled the number of Naval-X “Tech Bridge” sites on its network of collaborative alliances, the Navy’s top acquisition and research official announced. James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, said…
Northrop Grumman Supports Testing of MQ-8C Fire Scout’s Radar
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corp., started flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar, the company announced in a release. “The AN/ZPY-8 radar significantly increases Fire Scout’s detection and tracking of targets….
CNO Gilday Self-Quarantines as COVID-19 Precaution
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s top officer has self-quarantined himself after coming in contact with a family member who tested positive for COVID-19, the Defense Department announced. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday “had contact with a COVID-positive family member and, although testing negative,…
Submarine USS Boise Set for Long-Delayed Overhaul
ARLINGTON, Va. — The attack submarine USS Boise has arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, Virginia, to prepare for its long-delayed overhaul, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a May 8 release. The Boise was shifted…
MCSC, ONR and CD&I Collaborating to Inform Armored Vehicle’s Path
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is working toward the next phase of replacing the legacy Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) with a modern Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), the command said in a release. Armored reconnaissance was the…
SECNAV Nominee Commits to Advancing Navy’s Arctic Presence
WASHINGTON — The nominee to become the next Navy secretary spoke at his confirmation hearing on May 7 of the Arctic’s importance to national defense and international commerce and of rising Chinese efforts to influence the region. He also committed his advocacy to increasing U.S. Navy presence in the region to counter both “Great Power Competitors” China and Russia. “The Chinese and the…
‘Culture Trumps Everything,’ SECNAV Nominee Says
WASHINGTON — The nominee to be the next Navy secretary said the sea service needs a course correction to restore the culture of leadership and accountability that has suffered in recent controversies, saying that “culture trumps everything.” “It saddens me to say: the Department of…
HII Awarded Advance Procurement Contract for Amphibious Assault Ship
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $187.46 million advance procurement contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9, the company said in a release. “This contract…
Navy Taps Draper to Support Future USVs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The U.S. Navy’s future unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) family of systems will set a new standard for navigating in hazardous environments, operating with minimal human control and executing missions further from port than previously imagined, a company…
