OSHKOSH, Wis. — Oshkosh Defense received a visit from Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer, who addressed team members and thanked them for delivering Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ahead of schedule and below budget. The Bravo Zulu Award they received signifies a “job well done.” “I recently…
Spencer Names Future Transport Dock Ship in Honor of City of Harrisburg
Harrisburg, Pa. — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer has named the next San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, LPD 30, in honor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, according to a statement from Spencer’s public affairs office. “The people of central Pennsylvania have always played a critical…
Construction Starts on Future USS Nantucket
MARINETTE, Wis. — Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine marked the start of construction on littoral combat ship (LCS) 27, the future USS Nantucket, with a ceremony here Oct. 9, according to a Lockheed Martin statement. As part of a ship-building tradition dating back centuries, a shipyard worker…
Coast Guard Sets New Record for Illegal Fishing Vessel Interdictions
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement crews interdicted a record-breaking number of lanchas throughout the Gulf of Mexico for fiscal year 2019, according to a Coast Guard 8th District release. Since October 2018, Coast Guard assets and personnel have detected a total…
Northrop Grumman to Develop Advanced Targeting Systems for Marine Corps
APOPKA, Fla. — Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected to build prototype Next Generation Handheld Targeting Systems (NGHTS) for the U.S. Marine Corps. These handheld systems will enable forward observers to quickly and efficiently acquire and designate targets with a high level of…
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests AQS-24 Mine-Hunting Sonar Deep Tow
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Northrop Grumman Corp. successfully operated the AQS-24 mine-hunting sonar at depths greater than 400 feet during testing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to a company release. Embarked on the M/V Richard Becker, the Northrop Grumman test team demonstrated reliable…
Columbia Program Manager: Missile Sub Still on Schedule, But Suppliers Present Biggest Risk for Delay
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s program for its next-generation ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN), the Columbia class, is on track to start construction on time, but the program has a tight schedule with little margin for delay, the program manager said. “Our biggest risk…
Coast Guard Repatriates 82 Dominican, 5 Haitian Migrants
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutters Joseph Tezanos and Heriberto Hernandez repatriated 82 migrants from the Dominican Republic and five Haitians to a Dominican navy vessel on Oct. 7 following the interdiction of five illegal migrant voyages in Mona Passage, according to a Coast Guard release. Eight other Dominican migrants…
Rite-Solutions Awarded Contract to Help Develop Sub Early Warning Capability
Middletown, R.I. — Rite-Solutions recently was awarded a five-year, $16.8 million contract with Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to support delivery of a new early warning and electronic support training capability to U.S. submarines, the company said in an Oct. 8 release. The company will conduct hardware and software…
MDA Director Advocates Missile Defense Integration at Forum
The emergence of more capable missile threats — more precise and maneuverable ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles — requires more capable sensors in space and total integration of all missile defense systems and sensors in space, on land and at…
