Release from HII ***** NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division recently signed more than two dozen graduating high school seniors for careers in shipbuilding at the New Horizons Regional Education…
QinetiQ to again partner with US Navy and NATO to deliver Formidable Shield 2023
Release from Qinetiq ***** 16/05/2023 QinetiQ, is once more assisting in the delivery of Exercise Formidable Shield (FS). Led by the U.S. Sixth Fleet with Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) delivery, FS is a live-fire combined integrated air…
Naval Aviation Holds 2nd Annual Safety Summit
Release from the By Naval Aviation Enterprise Communications Team **************** SAN DIEGO – Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) hosted the second annual Naval Aviation Safety Summit in San Diego, California, May 8-9. The event brought together safety experts, leadership and supervisory…
Flag Officer Announcement
Release from the U.S. Department of Defense ************* MAY 16, 2023 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nomination: Navy Vice Adm. Jeffrey W. Hughes for reappointment to the grade of…
VSR700 tested at sea in full operational configuration
Release from Airbus ***** Marignane, 15 May 2023 – Airbus Helicopters and the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) tested the unmanned aerial system (UAS) VSR700 for the first time in an operational configuration from a ship at sea. At the…
AUSTAL USA DELIVERS THE FUTURE USS AUGUSTA (LCS 34) TO THE U.S. NAVY
Release from Austal USA ***** Mobile, Ala. – Austal USA delivered the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) to the U.S. Navy May 12. LCS 34 is the 17th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) delivered by the company and the second…
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Commissions in Conch Republic Honoring Navy Nurses
Release from Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs ***** KEY WEST, FL — The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123), May 13 in Key West, Florida. Guest speaker Rear Adm. Cynthia…
UK Frigate Patrolling for CTF 150 Seizes $6 Million Drug Shipment
Release from Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs | May 15, 2023 ***** MANAMA, Bahrain — A frigate from the United Kingdom Royal Navy seized $6 million worth of hashish from a fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, May 8. HMS Lancaster…
SECNAV Names Navy’s First-in-Class Expeditionary Medical Ship after National Naval Medical Center Bethesda
Release from the Secretary of the Navy ***** Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced USNS Bethesda (EMS 1) as the name for the lead ship in the new Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS(X)) class of ships during his…
Welin Lambie Awarded PO by U.S. Navy to Supply Ford Class Carrier Davits
Release from Fairbanks Morse Defense ***** BELOIT, Wis. – May 9, 2023 – Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has been awarded a purchase order by Newport News Shipbuilding to supply four davits through…
