NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The biggest problem with the effort to develop a joint all-domain command and control system that would integrate all the sensors and communication devices of the U.S. armed forces and our allies and partners may be…
BAE Systems’ San Diego Shipyard to Modernize the Destroyer USS Mustin
SAN DIEGO — BAE Systems has received a $89.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), the company said in an April 5 release. The value…
Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV Back on Track With New Capability, Planned Orders
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle is on track for initial operational capability with the new Integrated Functional Capability 4 (IFC-4) with a full orbit of four aircraft in fiscal 2023, a senior…
Admiral on EMALS and AAG Programs: ‘It Works’
A Navy admiral says that despite reports to the contrary, the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear systems aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) are working just fine. Rear Adm. Shane G. Gahagan, program executive officer for…
Bell Offers Manned, Unmanned Tiltrotors for Navy’s Next Rotorcraft
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Bell, a Textron company, is marketing its manned and unmanned tiltrotor aircraft to be the eventual replacements for the Navy’s MH-60R/S helicopters. Carl Forsling, Bell’s senior manager for military sales and strategy, told Seapower April 4…
Navy’s CVM-22B Aircraft Adds Medevac Speed to Carrier Strike Group
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy’s new CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor carrier-onboard delivery aircraft’s capabilities have been a game-changer for medical evacuation from a carrier strike group, the Navy’s V-22 program official said. The CMV-22B, which is replacing the catapult-launched…
Navy’s Flight I/II DDGs Get UAS Capability with Textron’s Aerosonde
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Aerosonde unmanned aerial system has been deployed on a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer serving in the U.S. 7th Fleet, giving the Flight I/II DDG — which does not have the organic helicopter facilities of…
President, First Lady Celebrate Commissioning of USS Delaware
WILMINGTON, Delaware — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, the ship sponsor, celebrated the commissioning of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) Saturday, April 2, in a ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden previously represented the…
With SPY-6, Navy Has Radar to Match the Range of its Missiles
ARLINGTON, Va. — The SPY-6 air and missile defense radar, the first of which has been installed on a guided-missile destroyer, will give the Navy a sensor worthy of its long-range Standard SM-3 Block IIA surface missiles, Raytheon officials said. …
Builders, Suppliers of Navy Ships Facing Inflation Costs for Materials
ARLINGTON, Va. — The price inflation hitting American consumers also is hitting the shipyards that builds ships for the U.S. Navy, which are facing increased costs for the materials used to build the ships and their components, said two executives…
