KEY WEST, Fla. — The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Billings (LCS 15), the eighth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, here Aug. 3. This milestone places the ship, built by the Lockheed Martin-led team, into active service. “Billings was designed to operate…
FRC Demonstrates Long-Range Transit to American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) arrived in the Port of Pago Pago on Aug. 3, completing a nine-day transit from Hawaii that demonstrated the long-range capabilities of the fast-response cutter. The…
Navy Confirms Pilot Died in F/A-18E Crash
ARLINGTON, Va. — The commander of Naval Air Forces confirmed that the pilot of the F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter that crashed July 31 in Southern California died in the crash. “At approximately 10 a.m. PST on July 31, a…
Coast Guard Interdicts 27 Cuban Migrants 5 Miles South of Key West
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted 27 Cuban migrants on July 27 about 5 miles south of Key West, the Coast Guard’s 7th District said in a release. A Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot response boat crew interdicted…
July ANTX Exercises in N.C. Yield Wealth of New Ideas, Three Navy Officials Say
The latest in a series of advanced naval technology exercises (ANTX) provided a lot of new ideas on how to improve maneuverability, communications, logistics and force protection in the highly contested environments expected in a future fight against a peer…
HII Continues Planning for Midlife Refueling, Overhaul of USS John C. Stennis
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $290 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue planning for the refueling and complex overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, the…
F/A-18E Loss Only Fourth Navy Crash This Fiscal Year
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy jet that crashed July 31 in Southern California is only the fourth Navy aircraft to be lost in a crash so far in fiscal 2019, according to records. The F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter,…
Alion Completes Sale of Naval Systems Business Unit to Serco
WASHINGTON — Alion Science and Technology Corp., which designs and delivers complex engineering solutions for defense and intelligence agencies, has completed the sale of its naval systems business unit, including its Canadian business and a small number of related contract…
Universities Step In to Fuel Australian Shipbuilding Boom
ADELAIDE, Australia — Flinders University has partnered with the Naval Shipbuilding College, which is also in Adelaide, to ensure graduates are ready to seize future cutting-edge jobs in the National Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise, the Lead, a south Australian newspaper, said…
Boeing, Marines, Navy Celebrate $115 Million V-22 Facility
PHILADELPHIA — Boeing, the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy celebrated the transformation of a 350,000-square-foot facility outside Philadelphia into a modern factory where company employees will build fuselages for the V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft and modernize the…
