From Public Affairs Detachment Tampa Bay ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute offloaded nearly 12,600 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $93.2 million, in their homeport of St. Petersburg, Thursday, following a 59-day patrol…
Coast Guard Cutter Reliance Returns Home to Florida After 60-day Patrol
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to their home port in Pensacola, Friday, following a 60-day maritime border security patrol in the Gulf of America. Reliance’s crew…
U.S. Coast Guard, USS Sampson Conduct Drug Interdiction in Eastern Pacific
Release From U.S. Pacific Fleet PACIFIC OCEAN – The U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), interdicted two suspected drug smugglers, and seized approximately 3,439 pounds of cocaine in international waters of the Eastern Pacific…
SECDEF Announces Flag and General Officer Nominations
Release From the U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as…
USS Santa Fe and JMSDF Submarine Conduct Bilateral Exercise
By MC2 Daniel Providakes YOKOSUKA, Japan – The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) and a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine conducted Submarine Exercise 25-1 (SUBEX) in the Pacific Ocean, July 12, 2025. This bilateral exercise portrayed the interoperability…
Scientific Systems Introduces VENOM Autonomous Small USV
From Scientific Systems VENOM Is Cost-Effective, Quickly Built With Rapidly Scalable Manufacturing, And Designed To Meet The U.S. Navy’s Need For sUSV Interceptors BURLINGTON, Mass., July 15, 2025 – Scientific Systems, an industry leader in developing AI-powered autonomy for defense…
Integer Technologies, University of Southern Mississippi Announce $25M Defense Contract
From Integer Technologies, July 16, 2025 Partnership will advance Navy’s decision-making tech for autonomous seabed warfare Gulfport, Miss. — July 16, 2025 — Integer Technologies and the University of Southern Mississippi announce the Office of Naval Research has awarded their team…
Pentagon to Increase Low-Cost Drone Production in U.S.
July 16, 2025 | By David Vergun, DoD News The Defense Department, with help from industry, will ramp up production and fielding of drones to maintain battlefield superiority. Today at the Pentagon, 18 American-made drone prototypes were on display. Defense Secretary Pete…
Blue Water Autonomy Opens Office in DC, Hires Leader From DARPA’s NOMARS
BOSTON, July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Water Autonomy, Inc., the technology company building autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy, today announced the opening of a Washington, D.C. office and the hiring of Ryan Maatta, a principal engineer with broad…
USS Toledo Arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
From MC1 Scott Barnes of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, July 12, 2025 The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) arrived at its new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, from its previous homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia,…
