From SECNAV Public Affairs, 22 July 2024 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that a future Expeditionary Fast Transport, EPF 16, will be named USNS Lansing, July 22. LANSING, Michigan (July 22, 2024) – Secretary of the Navy…
New Contract Award to Help Train Fleet to Counter Electronic Warfare
Jul 18, 2024 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy awarded the Phoenix Air Group Inc. a $165 million contract June 28 for Contracted Air Services (CAS) flight hours to simulate a variety of airborne electronic…
RTX’s Raytheon Demonstrates SM-6 integration with LTAMDS and IBCS
July 18, 2024 Army and Navy programs combine to defeat complex threat PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — At Valiant Shield 24, Raytheon, an RTX business, demonstrated a simulated complex missile engagement leveraging the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air and…
July 18 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command, July 18,2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and four uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) on the ground in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. It was…
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Welcomes ASC Personnel
By PHNSY & IMF and AUKUS I&A Public Affairs, July 19, 2024 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Twenty-eight ASC Pty Ltd [formerly known as the Australian Submarine Corporation] personnel began training at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY…
USS Gravely Returns from Red Sea Deployment
From U.S. Naval Surface Force Atlantic, 14 July 2024 NORFOLK, Va – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, July 14, following a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet…
Chief of Naval Operations Hosts Futures Game at U.S. Naval War College
From CNO Public Affairs, July 18, 2024 Newport, R.I. — Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti hosted the CNO Futures Game at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, July 16-17. Franchetti emphasized the need for…
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Completes Contracted Work at Naval Nuclear Laboratory’s Kenneth A. Kesselring Site
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has completed contracted work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory’s Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, New York. Since…
Navy, DOD Leaders Discuss Space Capabilities During Second Naval Space Summit at NPS
By Lt.Cmdr. Edward Early, Naval Postgraduate School, July 10, 2024 MONTEREY, Calif. — Recognizing the importance of a rapidly evolving space domain to U.S. national defense, key leaders from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Department of Defense gathered at the…
U.S. Navy Embarks Expeditionary Medical Unit Aboard USNS Cody for Test and Evaluation
By Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs, July 16, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Navy is embarking the first Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU), a cutting-edge medical support system with personnel from EMU-1 designed to…
