MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – BAE Systems, Inc. has won a U.S. Navy competition to serve as the design agent for the mechanical portion of the Mk41 Vertical Launch System (VLS), the company said in a May 18 release. With this $164…
Four Crew Members Safe After T-45C Midair Collision
ARLINGTON, Va. — Two U.S. Navy training jets collided in mid-air over Texas on May 17, but all four crew members survived. Two T-45C Goshawk training jets assigned to Training Air Wing Two, collided over Ricardo, Texas, at approximately 11:00…
Navy Selects Lockheed Martin, IFS to Deliver Intelligent Ship, Aircraft Maintenance
LONDON — The U.S. Navy has turned to global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin and enterprise applications company IFS to deliver an intelligent maintenance product that will help power its digital transformation of multiple legacy systems into a single, fully modernized and responsive logistics…
Navy Orders Coyote Sea-Skimming Targets from Northrop Grumman
CHANDLER, Ariz.–Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a production contract option for 18 additional GQM-163A “Coyote” supersonic sea-skimming target vehicles, the company announced in a May 14 release. This award represents the first of three options that can be exercised…
CNO: Three Virginia SSNs Per Year A ‘Challenge’
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s top officer said reaching a production rate of three Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines a year will be a challenge for a number of reasons. “I do think that three a year is a challenge,” said Adm….
Navy’s No. 2 Civilian Says Balanced Planning Needed to Confront Current and Future Threats
ARLINGTON, Va. — While Pentagon planners and lawmakers puzzle over which platforms to retire and which to keep in service in the coming decades, it’s important to balance competing priorities of readiness to meet current threats as well as preparing for…
Cruiser Modernization a Struggle for the Navy, NAVSEA Commander Says
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is finding the modernization of its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers (CGs) its primary challenge in surface ship sustainment, a senior admiral said. “The cruisers across the force are 30 to 35 years old,” said Vice Adm….
VP-9 Returns from U.S. 4th Fleet Deployment
OAK HARBOR, Wash. – Sailors from Patrol Squadron Nine (VP-9) returned home to family and friends after a successful deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs said in a May 10 release. VP-9…
CNO and Maine Senators Visit Bath Iron Works; CNO Emphasizes shipbuilding
WASHINGTON (NNS) – Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Bath, Maine, May 10 to visit Bath Iron Works with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, his public affairs officer said in a release. …
Rolls-Royce to Supply MTU Generator Sets for U.S. Navy Frigate Program
RESTON, Va. — Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply its MTU naval generator sets for phase one of the U.S. Navy’s Constellation (FFG 62)- class frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program. Rolls-Royce has received a contract for the first shipset…
