The novel coronavirus has been a stunning and tragic disrupter of U.S. sea service operations — both major and routine, traditional events as well as long-planned operations. Shortly after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11,…
Geurts: Third Zumwalt DDG Will Be Commissioned After Combat Systems Activation
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s third Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer will be commissioned after its combat systems are fully installed and activated, rather than going through a two-part delivery, the Navy’s top acquisition official said. The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002),…
CACI to Support U.S. Navy Satellite Systems, Networks for Special Operations
ARLINGTON, Va. — CACI International has been awarded contract to provide communications systems, satellite communications and network-support services to the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic in support of U.S. Special Operations Command, the company said in a release. The award is…
Leonardo DRS to Provide U.S. Navy Advanced Combat Networking Hardware
ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS has received a contract from the U.S. Navy to produce advanced consoles and display systems to support the Navy’s future surface ship combat system, the company said in a release. The contract is worth more than $62…
Navy Provides Medical Care to Infected Sailors of USS Kidd, Will Disinfect Ship
SAN DIEGO — As part of the U.S. Navy’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd, the ship was to arrive at Naval Base San Diego on April 28 for medical care for its Sailors and for cleaning and disinfecting of the ship, according to Naval Surface Forces public affairs. “Sailors…
Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Returns Home After Caribbean Patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returned to its homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 26 following a 71-day patrol of the central Caribbean, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a release. The cutter’s multimission patrol resulted in the interdiction of 1,306…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Destroyer USS Delbert D. Black
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls shipbuilding division on April 24, the Navy’s Program Executive Office (PEO)–Ships said in a release. Accepting delivery of the Delbert D. Black represents the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder…
Navy Takes Delivery of Final Block II Super Hornet, Looks Ahead to Block III
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy took delivery of the final Block II Super Hornet, closing out a run of 322 one-seater F/A-18Es and 286 two-seated F/A-18Fs, on April 17, the Navy’s Program Executive Office-Tactical Aircraft said in a release. Since 2005,…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Next-Gen Destroyer
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt, the lead ship of the Navy’s next generation of multimission surface combatants, on April 24, Program Executive Office (PEO)-Ships said in a release. Following this delivery, the ship will transition from combat systems activation to the next phase of developmental and…
Military Consumers React to Life During Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis has cut back on time spent shopping for food and necessities, changing some military and dependent shopping habits and causing sales of some items — both essential and nonessential — to jump. Kristine Sturkie, a spokesperson for…
