ARLINGTON, Va. — The health and readiness of the U.S. defense industrial base, plagued by intellectual property theft and a shrunken workforce, rates a barely passing grade on a report card issued on Feb. 5 by the sector’s largest industry…
Navy Transfer of Space Operations to U.S. Space Force Still Up in the Air
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s shift of its assets in space to the U.S. Space Force is still to be determined, a Navy spokesman said. The U.S. Space Force was established on Dec. 20 as the Defense Department’s fifth…
Coast Guard, U.K. Royal Navy Ships Seize $46.2 Million in Cocaine in the Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Coast Guard, U.K. Royal Navy and U.S. law enforcement partners seized 3,086 pounds of cocaine and detained nine suspected drug smugglers following two separate interdictions in the Caribbean on Jan. 24 and Jan. 30, according to the Coast Guard 7th District. The seized drug shipments are estimated to…
U.S. 2nd Fleet Flexes Expeditionary Command and Control
WASHINGTON — The U.S. 2nd Fleet exercised its ability to operate expeditionary maritime operations centers in its run-up from initial to full operational capability, achieved in December, the fleet commander said. Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis, commander of the 2nd Fleet, who spoke here Feb. 4 at Maritime Security…
Navy Deploys Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead in SLBMs, Pentagon Confirms
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has deployed the W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead in the Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Defense Department confirmed Feb. 4. The deployment was reported in an article posted Jan. 29 on the website of the Federation of…
Coast Guard Interdicts 69 Illegal Migrants
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 44 of 69 Dominican migrants to a Dominican navy vessel on Feb. 3, following the interdiction of three separate illegal migrant voyages near Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the Coast Guard 7th District said…
Navy, Boeing Successfully Link Piloted, Unmanned Growlers
ARLINGTON, Va. — Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River as unmanned air systems, using a third Growler as a mission controller for the other two, according to the company. The…
HII to Acquire Hydroid, Establish Alliance with Kongsberg Maritime
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has entered into an agreement to acquire Hydroid Inc., a provider of advanced marine robotics to the defense and maritime markets and a U.S.-based indirect subsidiary, wholly owned by Kongsberg Maritime, HII announced. …
Austal’s Australian Operations Approved to Bid for U.S. Naval Ship Support
HENDERSON, Western Australia — Austal Limited’s shipyards and service centers in Australia have been approved to bid for and provide support services, including ship repairs, maintenance and sustainment activity for U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command ships, according to the company. With the agreement of boat repair (ABR)…
USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald is underway to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing, marking a significant step in its return to warfighting readiness, Naval Sea Systems Command said Feb. 3. The ship departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Pascagoula shipyard to conduct a series of…
