ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has ordered five more V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft under a modification to a multiyear contract. Naval Air Systems Command awarded to Bell Boeing a $367 modification for five Ospreys on Dec. 28, an addition to…
Coast Guard Concludes Maritime Security Ops for Economic Leaders Week
ALAMEDA, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard members recently completed loading six small boats and accompanying equipment onboard the USS Green Bay in Townsville, Australia, for transport back to the United States. The loadout follows the Coast Guard’s recent deployment to…
LRASM Reaches Early Operational Capability Status on U.S. Air Force B-1B
ORLANDO, Fla. — Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to U.S. Air Force operational units, achieving early operational capability (EOC) status ahead of schedule. After successfully completing the required integration, flight testing and modeling and…
Lockheed Martin Meets 2018 F-35 Production Target with 91 Aircraft Deliveries
FORT WORTH, Texas — Lockheed Martin delivered the 91st F-35 aircraft for the year, meeting the joint government and industry delivery target for 2018 and demonstrating the F-35 enterprise’s ability to ramp to full-rate production, the company announced Dec. 20…
Campbell Returns Following Counter-Narcotics Patrol
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to Kittery, Maine, on Dec. 18 following a three-month counter narcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the 5th Coast Guard District said in a release. During the patrol, the…
Thetis Crew Returns to Key West After 90-Day Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returned to its homeport after a 90-day patrol in support of Operations Southeast Watch and Unified Resolve in the Caribbean Sea in support of alien migrant interdiction operations,…
Students Vie for Autonomous Maritime System Dominance
ARLINGTON, Va. — Fifteen teams from three continents met on the beaches of Honolulu last week for the 2018 Maritime RobotX Challenge. The week-long biennial autonomous maritime system competition — co-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Association…
CNO: U.S. 2nd, 3rd Fleets to Become Expeditionary
ARLINGTON, Va. — Two of the Navy’s U.S.-based numbered fleets will become expeditionary, backed up at home by their respective training carrier strike groups (CSGs), the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson aid. The move is a reflection…
CNO’s Revised ‘Design for Maintaining Maritime Security’ Pushes Columbia SSBN Schedule
ARLINGTON, Va. — The chief of naval operations (CNO) is pushing to accelerate the development of the Navy’s next-generation ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) so that it is ready to deploy “as quickly as possible.” He also is pushing the more rapid…
MBDA’s Sea Venom-ANL Missile Marks Further Trials Milestone
PARIS — MBDA’s Sea Venom-ANL anti-ship missile has successfully conducted a further firing trial, passing a significant new milestone for the Anglo-French cooperation program, the company said in a Dec. 12 release. Conducted on Nov. 14 from a Direction Générale…
