Release From Austal USA MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on the company’s fourth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility on December 18, 2025. Austal USA was awarded a $91.5…
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Returns to San Diego
Release From USS Higbee SAN DIEGO, CA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of…
Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
From SECNAV Public Affairs, Dec. 19, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller,…
USS Hawaii Returns Home from Deployment
By Chief Petty Officer Omar Dominquez of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Dec.11, 2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Dec.8, 2025) – Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a scheduled deployment, Dec. 8, 2025….
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Mk 72 Solid Rocket Motor for U.S. Navy
ELKTON, Md. – Dec. 18, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed a successful static fire test of a prototype Mk 72 solid rocket motor (SRM) at its advanced propulsion production facility in Elkton, Maryland. This achievement highlights the…
U.S. Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
From Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs, Dec. 18, 2025 Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time, Dec. 16. …
Textron Systems’ Tsunami Autonomous Maritime Surface Vessel Sold to NIWC PAC
From Textron Systems, Dec. 17, 2025 TSUNAMI™ Vessel Provides Capability for Scale, Maturity and Capacity HUNT VALLEY, Md., Dec. 17, 2025 – Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has sold a 21-ft. TSUNAMI USV…
Navy Launches Improvement Projects for Sailors Living in Barracks
From Navy Installations Command, Dec. 18, 2025 Washington, D.C. (Dec. 18, 2025) – Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) is enhancing the safety, comfort, and cleanliness of barracks across the Navy Shore Enterprise with $375 million of Barracks Task Force funding. Driven by…
Enhancing the Maritime Patrol Operational Picture
From Naval Air Systems Command, Dec. 16, 2025 NAS Patuxent River, Md. — The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program office (PMA-290) achieved an airborne connectivity landmark when the P-8A Poseidon Increment 3 Block 2 (I3B2) aircraft successfully connected to the Minotaur Family of Systems…
Nimitz Returns to Homeport
From USS Nimitz Public Affairs, Dec. 17, 2025 The Nimitz class carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to its homeport of Bremerton following nine months underway in the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets, Dec. 16. Nimitz departed Bremerton as the flagship…
