By Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs | April 16, 2024 MANAMA, Bahrain — The Indian Navy Ship INS Talwar, operating in support of the Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, conducted its first interdiction of illicit narcotics as a member of…
SECNAV Celebrates Keel Laying of the Future Frigate USS Constellation
SECNAV Public Affairs, 12 April 2024 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro traveled to Marinette, Wisconsin, to celebrate the keel laying for the future USS Constellation (FFG 62), April 12. The Constellation is the first ship of the Constellation-class…
USS Roosevelt Departs for Sixth FNDF-E Patrol
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt departed Naval Station Rota, Spain to begin its sixth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, April 11. The ship and her crew will begin this patrol by crossing the Strait…
HII Delivers Amphibious Transport Dock Richard M. McCool Jr. to U.S. Navy
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the delivery of amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) to the U.S. Navy. Richard M. McCool Jr. is the 13th San Antonio-class ship delivered by Ingalls and is the…
Navy Strives to Realize its Vision for Greater Use of Unmanned Systems
Unmanned systems are increasingly part of maritime defense, but integrating remote air, surface and undersea capabilities into fields of operation requires new thinking and a whole lot of trust, military leaders and experts said at Sea-Air-Space 2024. “In force fleet,…
HASC Members Prepare to Dive into Navy Budget
Members of the House Armed Services Committee seem prepared to overturn some Navy decisions as outlined in the fiscal 2025 budget request, including retiring some ships early and funding only one Virginia-class submarine. “What has happened is, as the top…
Government, Industry Must Meet in ‘Common Place of Excellence,’ Del Toro Says
Industry and government alike must modernize their processes and up their game to overcome shipbuilding challenges, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said April 9 at the lunch session at Sea-Air-Space, including by working with shipbuilding partners overseas. Del…
AUKUS Program Marks ‘Greatest Industrial Undertaking’ for Australia
The AUKUS program, the multination effort to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, will kick-start that country’s ability to build nuclear subs, an Australian minister said in a panel discussion at Sea-Air-Space on April 8. Pat Conroy, Australia’s minister for defense…
Ursa Major Signs Contract with US Navy for Next Gen Solid Rocket Motors for Standard Missile
DENVER, April 8, 2024 — Ursa Major, America’s leading privately funded company focused solely on propulsion, announced a contract today with the Naval Energetics Systems and Technologies (NEST) Program to develop and hot fire test a prototype solid rocket motor…
USS Antietam Shifts Homeport to Hawaii
By Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Public Affairs, April 8, 2024 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) arrived to its new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 5, as part of…
