by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Farren NORFOLK, Va. – Marking a significant reorganization of expeditionary public affairs forces, the Navy redesignated Navy Public Affairs Support Element (NPASE) Headquarters as Navy Public Affairs Command (NPAC) and renamed all subordinate units…
Chief of Naval Operations Unveils ‘Fighting Instructions’ at U.S. Naval War College
From the Navy’s Office of Information, Feb. 9 2026 The Navy’s 34th Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, today released the United States Navy Fighting Instructions, a comprehensive framework to guide how the Navy organizes, trains, equips, and fights in an increasingly…
REMUS 100 Completes 935 Missions with Only Two Days of Downtime
From HII NEWNHAM TAS, Australia, Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Australian Maritime College (AMC) and HII (NYSE: HII) today announced a major reliability milestone for AMC’s Legacy REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Over seven years, the AMC…
Lightfish Unmanned Vessel First Joint Maritime Launch
By U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs, Feb. 10, 2026 VICTORIA, Seychelles – Commander Task Force (CTF) 66 launched a Lightfish Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) for the first time off a partner nation’s vessel during Cutlass Express 2026 off the coast of the…
CENTCOM Commander Visits Aircraft Carrier in Arabian Sea
From U.S. Central Command TAMPA, Fla. – The commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) visited USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Feb. 7, as it transited the Arabian Sea during a scheduled deployment. Adm. Brad Cooper visited crew members aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft…
Israel MOD Signs $130M Deal with Elbit Systems to Integrate Israeli Systems on CH-53Ks
Release From Elbit Systems As part of the preparations for receiving the CH-53K “Pereh” helicopters, the Defense Procurement Directorate (DPD) within the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has signed a deal with Elbit Systems to integrate advanced Israeli technologies, including…
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 Returns to Indo-Pacific
From Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexa Trafton, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 OKINAWA, Japan — Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 completed Relief-in-Place / Transfer-of-Authority (RIPTOA) with NMCB-4, returning to the U.S. Indo-Pacific area of responsibility (INDOPACOM) for the first…
NSWCDD Delivers Next-Generation MK 38 Defense System
By Tierney Kunstmann, NSWCDD Corporate Communications, Feb 6, 2026 DAHLGREN, Va. – For decades, the MK 38 family – a key Navy shipboard weapon system – has delivered reliable close-in defense against small, fast, agile threats at sea. Since its commissioning…
SWIT Prevents Costly Mistakes Before Weapons Reach the Fleet
From Naval Air Weapons Division, Point Mugu, Calif., Feb 6, 2026 The Shipboard Weapons Integration Team provides independent assessments that ensure Navy ships can safely store, move, and handle weapons at sea, turning new shipboard firepower into usable fleet capability. That work…
RTX’s Raytheon Selected by DARPA to Develop Advanced Maritime Defense Technologies
Release From RTX New capability will protect vulnerable vessels from threats at sea PORTSMOUTH, R.I., (February 2, 2026) — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an advanced sensing and…
