ARLINGTON, Va. — As the U.S. Coast Guard commissions more Sentinel-class fast-response cutters (FRCs) it can expand its presence in the Pacific and will increase its capabilities in the Persian Gulf. “We commissioned the 35th [FRC] in October,” Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl L….
L3 Harris Receives $50 Million Order for HF Radios From Marine Corps
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — L3 Harris Technologies has received a $50 million follow-on delivery order for Falcon III AN/PRC-160 HF radios and related equipment from the U.S. Marine Corps as part of its High Frequency Radio II modernization program, the company said in…
Lockheed Martin Continues Partnership With Spain For Future Frigates
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Lockheed Martin recently signed a contract with Navantia to equip five new F-110 multimission frigates and their land-based test site (Centro de Integración de Sistemas en Tierra or CIST) with Lockheed’s first naval installation of its solid-state S-band radar, the company said in a Dec. 5 release….
Coast Guard Repatriates 26 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez repatriated 26 migrants to the Dominican Republic on Dec. 9 following the interdiction of an illegal migrant voyage on Dec. 7 in the Mona Passage, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The interdiction…
Fleet Tactics Author Wayne Hughes, Who Influenced Generations of Naval Officers, Dies at Age 89
Retired Navy Capt. Wayne Hughes, dean emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), died on Dec. 3 in Monterey, Calif. He was 89. Hughes was professor of practice, military operations research, a fellow of the Military Operations Research Society and…
Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy Christened
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — In a ceremony celebrating the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the American hero for whom the ship is named, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ christened John F. Kennedy on Dec. 7 at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division,…
Gilday: Fleet Commanders Ought to ‘Drive the Fight’
WASHINGTON — The new chief of naval operations (CNO) is planning on a return to large fleet exercises and plans to hold them annually, part of an initiative to conduct fleet-level naval warfare in an era of great power competition. …
Acting SECNAV Modly: Force Structure is Top Focus
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s force structure — “gray hulls” — is the current top focus for the acting secretary of the Navy as the service nears completion of a new force structure assessment and plans its 2021 budget proposal. “We…
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis Returns to Key West from Drug-Interdiction Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returned home Dec. 5 to Key West, Florida, after completing a 79-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of U.S. Southern Command Joint Interagency Task Force South…
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast Returns to Port after 60-Day Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returned to homeport Thursday following a 60-day counter drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 13th District said in a Dec. 5 release. The Steadfast crewmembers steamed over 10,500…
