CAY SAL, Bahamas — The Coast Guard interdicted eight migrants on April 7 on Cay Sal attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders received a notification…
Coast Guard Interdicts 11 Cuban Migrants 24 miles East of Cay Sal
CAY SAL, Bahamas — The Coast Guard interdicted 11 migrants on April 5 who were 24 miles east of Cay Sal and attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard…
Coast Guard Offloads More than 7.1 Tons of Cocaine in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offloaded in San Diego on April 5 more than 14,300 pounds of cocaine seized in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from February to late March, the Coast…
Coast Guard Interdicts 10 Cuban Migrants 20 Miles South of Matecumbe Key
MATECUMBE KEY, Florida — The Coast Guard interdicted 10 migrants Monday 20 miles south of Matecumbe Key attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in an April 5 release. Coast Guard Sector Key West…
C2, Air Defenses Against UAS Attack Among Corps’ Top Acquisition Priorities, Berger Says
Some of the top acquisition priorities for the Marine Corps to prevail against the emerging security threats are maintaining the ability to command and control a naval expeditionary force in a degraded electronic environment and acquiring air defense capabilities against…
Marine Corps May Extend AV-8B Harrier Service to 2028
WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps’ fleet of AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft may serve until 2028, the Corps’ aviation chief told Congress, a two-year extension of the previous plan. “We will continue to be a fourth-gen/fifth-gen [tactical aircraft] fleet out…
Navy’s Triton UAV Expected to Deploy in Summer 2019
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s director of air warfare said the service expects to deploy the MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, high-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle later this year. “The Triton is going forward this year, probably later this summer,” Rear Adm. Scott D….
Navy Air Warfare Director: Report on Next-Generation Fighter Due in Summer
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s analysis of alternatives (AoA) for its next-generation air-dominance fighter aircraft is almost finished, a Navy admiral told Congress. “That AoA will be complete this spring,” Rear Adm. Scott D. Conn, director of air warfare in the…
Marine Corps Sees Cargo UAVs as the Future of Logistics in Distributed Operations
WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps plans to continue experimentation with its two K-Max cargo unmanned aerial vehicles (CUAVs) and hopes to procure more to add to experimentation in logistics for distributed operations. “We see this as the future of distributed…
NAVSEA SIOP Office Leading $21 billion Naval Shipyard Modernization
WASHINGTON — A new Navy program office will centrally coordinate a plan to recapitalize its four public shipyards, the Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communication said in an April 3 release. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Shipyard…
