************** ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy Department is requesting funds for nine battle force ships and 88 aircraft in its fiscal 2024 budget proposal. The service also plans to decommission 11 battle force ships, some before the expiration of their…
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on AUKUS Optimal Pathway Announcement
Release from the Secretary of Defense ***** MARCH 13, 2023 Today, I was honored to join President Biden, Australian Prime Minister Albanese, and U.K. Prime Minister Sunak as they announced the AUKUS Optimal Pathway, a commitments-based, phased plan for Australia…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 105
Release from Naval Sea Systems Command ************** By Team Ships Public Affairs SLIDELL, LA – The Navy accepted delivery of the next-generation landing craft, Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 105, March 8. LCACs are built…
NAVFAC Pacific awards $2.8-billion contract task order for Pearl Harbor dry dock replacement
Release from Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command ***** JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $2.8-billion task order under a previously-awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award construction contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, based in Honolulu, Hawaii,…
U. S. – Indo Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation Meets in India
Release from Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers Public Affairs ***** March 9, 2023 By Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers Public Affairs WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC – The sixth meeting of the U.S. – Indo Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier…
Amphibious Warfare Industrial Base Coalition Advocates for 31 Amphibs
WASHINGTON — Amidst a backdrop of uncertainty regarding the final fleet size of the U.S. Navy’s amphibious warfare ships that carry Marine Corps expeditionary units, the Amphibious Warfare Industrial Base Coalition (AWIBC) during a March 9 Congressional Breakfast event made…
Navy Integrates Information Warfare Teams on Submarines
*********** ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has begun integrating information warfare teams in submarines to increase the boats’ tactical information warfare combat capabilities, a senior admiral said. “We partnered with [Vice Adm. William J. Houston, commander, Naval Submarine Forces] and…
Layer by Layer: 3D Printing is Navy’s Flexible Supply Source
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SECNAV Renames Pathfinder-class Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Maury after Marie Tharp
Release from the Navy Chief of Information ***** SECNAV Renames Pathfinder-class Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Maury after Marie Tharp 08 March 2023 Today, on International Women’s Day, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced that the Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey…
ONE TEAM, NSWC PCD brings flexibility to the future of diving
Release from Naval surface Warfare Center Panama City Division ***** ONE TEAM, NSWC PCD brings flexibility to the future of diving By Jeremy Roman, NSWC PCD Public Affairs PANAMA CITY, Fla. – After months of planning, the mission to rapidly deliver…
