PHILADELPHIA — The V-22 fleet of tilt-rotor aircraft built by Bell Textron Inc. and Boeing has topped the milestone of 500,000 flight hours. More than 375 Ospreys logged the hours, including the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 and the Air Force CV-22, Bell and Boeing said Oct. 7 in…
Coast Guard Interdicts 13 Migrants, Suspected Smuggler
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 13 migrants and one suspected smuggler on Sept. 25 miles east of Miami, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The Coast Guard Cutter William Trump crew detected a westbound 21-foot cabin cruiser about 25 miles…
USS Hué City Inducted Into Cruiser Modernization Program
NORFOLK, Va. — After a quarter-century of worldwide operations, the guided missile cruiser USS Hué City was inducted into the cruiser modernization program on Sept. 30 at Norfolk Naval Base, entering a period of major overhaul, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) release. The program shifts administrative control from Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic, to…
Kings Bay to be First Sub Base Ready for Navy’s Columbia-Class SSBN
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, will be the first base to be readied for the Navy’s new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN), a Navy admiral said. “Kings Bay will come first, so that [construction] will…
Commandant Stresses Marine Corps Must Change to Meet Peer Threats
The return to an era of ‘great power competition’ and the emergence of peer military threats “demands in no uncertain terms that the services need to change to meet the challenges of the new world.” For the Marine Corps, that…
Elbit Subsidiary Wins $23 Million Order for Marine Corps Squad Binocular Parts
HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd.’s U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, was awarded delivery order valued at about $23 million for the supply of systems and various spare components to the U.S. Marine Corps, the company said in an…
Explosive Ordnance Technology Division Announces Partnership With Grey Ops
INDIAN HEAD, Md. — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) announced the signing of a public-private partnership with Grey Ops. Under this five-year agreement, NSWC IHEODTD and GreyOps will jointly manufacture an explosive desensitizing agent known as Silent Spring, which…
NAVFAC Awards $49.8 Million Contract for Facility to Support Littoral Combat Ships at NS Mayport
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast last month awarded a $49.8 million contract to Walsh Federal LLC to build a littoral combat ship (LCS) logistics facility at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, NAVFAC Southeast public affairs announced in a release. As NS Mayport is going to receive 14 LCSs…
Future Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy Establishes Crew
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Forty-three Sailors assigned to the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy attended a ribbon-cutting in Newport News, Virginia, on Oct. 1 to establish the ship’s crew and open the building where they will work during the ship’s construction, Naval Air Forces Atlantic public affairs said…
Navy to Christen Newest Attack Submarine Oregon
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy will christen its newest attack submarine, the future USS Oregon, during a ceremony Oct. 5 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, the Defense Department said in a release. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) will deliver the ceremony’s…
