Release from SECNAV Public Affairs ***** 11 December 2023 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro today announced the establishment of the Department of the Navy Office of Strategic Assessment (DON OSA). A cornerstone of the Secretary’s Maritime Statecraft initiative,…
Saab has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for a Double Eagle Semi-Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicle (SAROV) for the Kuwait Naval Force.
Release from SAAB ***** The Double Eagle family of undersea vehicles is a safe and operationally proven ROV system, used by navies around the world supporting mine countermeasure (MCM) missions. In the SAROV configuration the vehicle can be used both…
USS Mount Whitney Returns to Homeport
Release from Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet ***** Dec. 8, 2023 By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mario Coto, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) GAETA, Italy – The U.S. 6th Fleet Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) returned…
Stand-off Offensive Sea Mine Capability Needed, Former Vice Chairman Said
***** By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor WASHINGTON — The United States needs a more capable and expanded offensive sea mine capability in order to deter China and defend Taiwan, said a retired former admiral who served as vice chairman…
New Chaplain Pin Making Waves Across the Surface Force
Release from Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet ***** By Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet 07 December 2023 SAN DIEGO — Chaplains have been working side by side with Sailors since 1775, keeping to their core principle…
NAVAIR STATEMENT ON V-22 Osprey Grounding
Release from Naval Air Systems Command ***** 06 December 2023 From NAVAIR Public Affairs Out of an abundance of caution, following the AFSOC operational stand down, NAVAIR is instituting a grounding bulletin for all V-22 Osprey variants Dec. 6. This…
NOAA, U.S. Navy award construction contract for new NOAA Marine Operations Center
Release from NOAA ***** BY Keeley Belva, Dec. 5, 2023 Today, the U.S. Navy, on behalf of NOAA, has awarded $146,778,932 to Skanska USA, from New York, to design and build a new NOAA facility on Naval Station Newport in…
Navy to complete rapid delivery of new counter-UAS system to Ukraine
Release from Naval Air Systems Command ***** Dec 6, 2023 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The Navy will complete the delivery of a new Counter-Unmanned Air System (UAS) weapon system to Ukraine this month as part of the Department…
U.S. Navy to start recovery operations for downed Army Blackhawk
Release from U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs ***** From U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The U.S. Navy contracted the multi-purpose support vessel, NG Worker, for search and recovery operations of an Army Blackhawk aircraft that crashed into…
Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association and CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation become Navy Seabee Foundation
Release from the Navy Seabee Foundation ***** On December 2, 2023, the boards of the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association and the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation signed an agreement to merge the two organizations and become the Navy Seabee Foundation. The agreement…
