MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted nine Cuban migrants 25 miles southeast of Tavernier Creek on Jan. 2, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders received a notification via radio of a migrant…
Coast Guard Vessel Capsizes in Oregon
ASTORIA, Ore. — A 26-foot Coast Guard trailerable aids to navigation boat capsized Jan. 4 with four crew members aboard near Pier 39 in Astoria, the Coast Guard 13th District said in a release. Four Coast Guardsmen were aboard the vessel conducting routine operations when the…
General Atomics Advanced Arresting Gear Completes Critical High-Cycle Testing
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that high cycle testing of its Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system for Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers was successfully completed over a two-day period in October at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) in Lakehurst, New Jersey. High cycle testing…
Significant Sea Service Events Mark End of 2019, Start of 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. — Even though the Seapower staff was on liberty ashore over the holidays, the world kept turning and things kept happening. Below is a summary of significant events since Dec. 19: Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly announced on Dec. 23 the names selected for the…
Esper, Milley Reject Assertions in ‘Afghanistan Papers’
The U.S. defense secretary and its top military officer rejected the premise of the recently published “Afghanistan Papers” in The Washington Post — that defense leaders engaged in a deliberate effort to deceive the public on the lack of progress…
Coast Guard Cutter Crew Offloads 18,000 Pounds of Cocaine in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloaded about 18,000 pounds of cocaine on Dec. 18 seized from known drug-transit zones of the eastern Pacific Ocean worth approximately $312 million. The interdictions were made between mid-October and early December by…
Foggo: Russia, China on the Move, From the Arctic to the Med
The commander of U.S. and allied naval forces in Europe and Africa said he is dealing with increased activities by both Russia and China in his vast area of responsibility — which stretches from the Arctic to the southern tip…
General Dynamics Wins Contract to Continue Navy Submarine Fire Control Systems Modernization, Maintenance
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that continues a broad scope of work for fire control systems and subsystems aboard U.S. Navy and United Kingdom’s Royal Navy nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN), the company said in a…
Navy Awards Contract to BAE for Thousands of APKWS Rockets
HUDSON, N.H. — BAE Systems announced that the U.S. Navy has signed a $2.68 billion contract for the purchase of thousands of additional APKWS laser-guided rockets, the company said in a release. “Our armed forces customers are looking to apply just the right…
Oshkosh Awarded $803.9 Million JLTV Order
OSHKOSH, Wis. — U.S. Army Contracting Command-Warren has placed an $803.9 million order to Oshkosh Defense for 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs). Additional orders from the U.S. Army Contracting Command are anticipated within this fiscal year. This order includes JLTVs…
