******* ARLINGTON, Va. — A U.S. Navy T-6B Texan II training aircraft crashed near Foley, Alabama, Jan. 17. The instructor pilot and student naval aviator ejected successfully. The T-6B crashed at approximately 10:50 CST in an unpopulated area near Barin…
SECNAV Names Future Destroyer after MoH Recipient Capt. Thomas G. Kelley
WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced during the Surface Navy Association Symposium that future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 140 will be named USS Thomas G. Kelley (DDG 140), the Navy said in a Jan….
Coast Guard, Navy Competition for Ship Availabilities to Increase: USCG Official
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will be in “closer competition than we ever have before” with the U.S. Navy for dry dock and dockside availabilities for their ships, a Coast Guard official said during a panel on maintenance…
Small Torpedo Being Prototyped by Raytheon to Arm the Navy’s Submarines
ARLINGTON, Va. — Raytheon is building prototypes of a small torpedo that is designed to attack hostile submarines and defend the U.S. Navy’s submarines from incoming torpedoes. The Compact Rapid Attack Weapon (CRAW) is designed to be launched from a…
Hot Production Line for Navy’s Ship-to-Shore Connectors
ARLINGTON, Va. — Three years after the first Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) was delivered to the Navy, the service has accepted delivery of six SSCs, with a total of 24 under contract, with manufacturer Textron, the program manager said Jan. 11…
Official: Navy Seeking 18 LAW Ships in POM-25
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will attempt to “lock in” a plan to procure 18 light amphibious warfare (LAW) ships in the Defense Department’s Program Objective Memorandum-2025 (POM-25), Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Marcus Annibale, director of expeditionary warfare (OPNAV N95),…
SECNAV Names Future Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Robert Ballard
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced Dec. 21 that a future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship will be named USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67). The future USNS Robert Ballard will honor Dr. Robert Ballard, a retired…
General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $5.1 Billion for Columbia-Class SSBNs
GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat announced Dec. 21 the U.S. Navy has awarded a $5.1-billion modification of the previously awarded Columbia Integrated Product and Process Development Contract for the Columbia class of submarines, the nation’s next-generation sea-based strategic…
USNS Comfort Completes 12th Iteration of Continuing Promise 2022
NORFOLK, Va. — The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, concluding Continuing Promise, Dec. 21, 2022, said Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Deven Fernandez, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet,…
Naval Postgraduate School and Stanford University Formalize Partnership to Address Global Climate Change, Energy Security and Sustainability
MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability have created a formal partnership to address the challenging issues of global climate change, energy security and sustainability. The announcement was made on Dec. 15…
