BREMERTON, Wash. — Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to the Pacific Northwest area, Mar. 4, after nearly 11-months deployed in U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets, USS Nimitz Public Affairs said. Nimitz was the first…
Seaborne Targets Depot Team Demonstrates Contribution to Readiness
PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Navy’s Seaborne Targets team from Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships and NAVAIR’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) demonstrated its essential capabilities to Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Michael Gilday, during his…
U.S. Will Fight from Guam and for Guam, U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Says
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy admiral in charge U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said building up the defenses of Guam is his highest budget priority and reminded observers Guam is not just a base for military operations but a part of the…
Navy Orders 20,000 SSQ-125 Sonobuoys
ARLINTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered 20,000 SSQ-125 sonobuoys for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training and operations. The Navy has in recent years placed renewed emphasis in ASW and has increased its capabilities and capacity in view of the…
Naval Academy Increasingly Affected by Rising Tides, Superintendent Says
WASHINGTON — The waterfront of the U.S. Naval Academy is more frequently being affected by rising sea levels, the academy’s superintendent said. Vice Adm. Sean Buck, testifying March 2 before the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense subcommittee, said that rising sea…
MARMC, Blue Water, USS Gerald R. Ford Partner for UAS Exercise
NORFOLK, Va. — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) hosted the Blue Water Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Skyways team for an exercise that could impact the way the Navy handles transporting parts for repairs needed aboard forward deployed ships, Chris Wyatt,…
Second Navy Squadron Ready for F-35C Transition
ARLINGTON, Va. — The second Navy strike fighter squadron (VFA) slated for transition to the F-35C Lightning II strike fighter has made its last flight in the F/A-18E Super Hornet. The Warhawks of VFA-97, based at Naval Air Station Lemoore,…
Navy Orders Four Additional CMV-22B Osprey COD Aircraft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered four additional CMV-22B Osprey carrier-onboard delivery aircraft, according to a Feb. 26 Defense Department contract announcement. The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, was awarded a $309.6 contract modification by the…
Navy Orders 15th Expeditionary Fast Transport from Austal
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal USA a contract to build the 15th Spear-head-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF). The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Austal a $235 million “undefinitized” contract action modification on Feb. 26, 2021, for the detailed…
Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded Life-Cycle Engineering Contract on Navy’s LPD 17 Program
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support services on the U.S. Navy’s San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious transport docks, the company said in a Feb. 26 release….
