RESTON, Va. — The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Medium Displacement Unmanned Surface Vessel (MDUSV), Sea Hunter, became the first ship to successfully autonomously navigate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and back without a single crew member onboard,…
No Injuries as Two U.S. Navy Vessels Involved in Minor Mishap Off East Coast
NORFOLK, Va. — No personnel were injured when a U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser and dry cargo ship made contact during an underway replenishment off the southeastern coast of the United States, Feb. 5, the U.S. Fleet Forces Command Public Affairs…
CNO Richardson: ‘Looking at 25-50 years of a maritime-centric world’
WASHINGTON — The role of the U.S. Navy as a diplomatic and economic actor in U.S. foreign policy and execution is as strong as ever and likely to remain so for the next several decades, the Navy’s top officer said….
CNO Richardson: Rail Gun Is a ‘Case Study’ in ‘How Innovation Maybe Shouldn’t Happen’
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s effort to field an electromagnetic rail gun has taken too long to develop but is yielding other technological advances, the Navy’s top officer said. “I would say that rail gun is the case study that would…
Navy Successfully Conducts SPY-6 AMDR Ballistic Missile Test
KAUAI, Hawaii – The U.S. Navy’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) successfully tracked a ballistic missile target, Jan. 31, the Naval Sea Systems Command said in a Feb. 5 release. The short-range ballistic missile target was launched from…
GD Bath Iron Works Awarded $719 Million for Planning Yard Services for DDG 51s
BATH, Maine — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, has been awarded a Navy contract to continue providing planning yard services for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. The contract is valued at $126 million…
Navy Orders Two Utility Landing Craft from Swiftships
WASHINGTON — The Navy has awarded contract for the second and third utility landing craft (LCU) of a new class. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $26.7 million contract modification to Swiftships LLC of Morgan City, Louisiana, for LCU…
Navy Secretary Names Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship After South Dakota’s Capital
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announced that the next Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Pierre (LCS 38), his public affairs officer said in a Feb. 5 release. The future USS Pierre is named in honor…
Blue Blasters Hornet Sundown Ceremony Marks the End of an Era
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 hosted a sundown ceremony and fly-over for the legacy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Feb. 1. Active-duty service members, aviation leadership, local media and…
USS South Dakota Commissioned
NEW LONDON, Conn. — USS South Dakota (SSN 790) became the newest and 17th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine in the U.S. Navy during her commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Feb. 2, Submarine Force Public affairs said in a…
