U.S. Navy type and system commanders discussed their efforts to achieve a combat surge readiness (CSR) of 80% during the opening panel of the Navy League’s 2025 Sea-Air-Space Expo in National Harbor, Maryland. Speaking in an April 7 panel —…
Sea-Air-Space: New Pit-Stop Approach Can Cut Engine Overhaul from Months to Days, FMD Says
Imagine if a Navy ship could pull into a pit stop like a race car, get its engine overhauled and be back on the seas in less than a month. That’s what the team at Beloit, Wisconsin-based Fairbanks Morse Defense…
Sea-Air-Space: Textron Offers the Tsunami USV Family for Multi-Purpose Navy Use
Textron Systems (Booth 1827, D1), originator of the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) in U.S. Navy service, has developed a less expensive USV that could be used for a variety of missions and could even be considered attritable. Textron is…
Navy to Commission Submarine Iowa
From the U.S. Navy Office of Information, Apr. 4, 2025 GROTON, Conn. — The Navy will commission the 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, April 5, at Naval Submarine…
U.S. Northern Command Maritime Assets Support Southern Border Operations
01 April 2025 PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) maritime assets, including the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance (DDG 111) and USS Gravely (DDG 107), are actively supporting southern border operations at sea in partnership with…
Marines, Air Force Fight as Joint Force for First Time in Navy’s Joint Simulation Environment
From Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Apr. 1, 2025 NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — For the first time, U.S. Marine Corps F-35 and Air Force F-22 pilots trained as a joint fighting force in the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft…
U.S. Joins India to Launch Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH 2025
From Lt. Cmdr. Seth Koenig, Apr. 1, 2025 VISAKHAPATNAM, India – Indian and U.S. armed forces held the opening ceremony to launch this year’s Exercise Tiger Triumph in Visakhapatnam, India, on April 1, 2025. U.S. Navy units including the landing…
HII Celebrates 2024 Graduates of The Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School
From HII, March 29, 2025 NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) hosted commencement exercises today, celebrating 77 graduates of the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School. The ceremony was held at Liberty Live Church…
SECNAV Phelan to Keynote 2025 Sea-Air-Space Breakfast
Newly confirmed Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan will deliver a keynote address at Sea-Air-Space 2025 on Wednesday, April 9, at 7:30 a.m., marking one of his first public appearances since taking office. Phelan, who was confirmed by the…
Department of Defense Completes Underway Recovery Test 12 with NASA
From Expeditionary Strike Group 3, March 31, 2025 SAN DIEGO — NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the third recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard amphibious transport dock USS…
