By Team Ships Strategic Operations, Dec. 5, 2024 SAN DIEGO – The keel for the future USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), a John Lewis-class Replenishment Oiler, was laid during a ceremony on Dec 5 at General Dynamics (GD) NASSCO. The…
VUP-19 First Robotics Specialists Discuss Their Contribution to History
by Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, 6 December 2024 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The first crop of Robotics Warfare Specialists (RW) is contributing to the stand-up of their rating as they support MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft worldwide operations. The Robotics Warfare…
RTX’s Raytheon Awarded $590 Million Production Contract for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band
From RTX Raytheon, Dec. 5, 2024 System plays critical role delivering revolutionary combat capability MCKINNEY, Texas, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $590 million follow-on production contract from the U.S. Navy for the Next Generation Jammer…
USS Carney: a Destroyer at War
From Austin Rooney, Dec. 4, 2024 On Oct. 19, 2023, USS Carney (DDG 64) was involved on in the most intense combat engagement by a U.S. Navy warship since WWII. WASHINGTON – October 19, 2023, started out as a routine day…
NPS, NVIDIA Sign New CRADA
From The Naval Postgraduate School ORLANDO, Fla. (NPS) – The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and NVIDIA are pleased to announce a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on the development of AI-based technologies for learning and real-world…
GA-ASI Awarded Next-Generation HF Modem Contract
From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. SAN DIEGO – Dec. 4, 2024 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was awarded a contract on October 4, 2024, to develop a next generation high-frequency (HF) modem for the U.S. Naval Information…
General Atomics Awarded Navy Contract to Advance Long Range Maneuvering Projectile
SAN DIEGO – Dec. 2, 2024 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy via Advanced Technology International (ATI) for its Long Range Maneuvering Projectile (LRMP) Common Round. GA-EMS…
CENTCOM Forces Defeat Houthi Attacks on U.S. Navy and U.S.-Flagged Ships in Gulf of Aden
From U.S. Central Command, Dec. 1, 2024 TAMPA, Fla – U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and the USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 30 – Dec….
U.S. Navy Selects X-Bow Systems to Modernize and Automate Energetics Industrial Base
Initial $60 Million Award to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production Capacity INDIAN HEAD, MD, Dec. 3, 2024 — X-Bow Systems Inc (X-Bow), a leading non-traditional producer of advanced solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, and Naval Surface Warfare Center…
Ready to Dive: ROV Pioneer Shares Seafaring Stories in New Book
Curt Newport spent his career as a member of an elite club — as an underwater salvage expert, he has participated in more than 150 undersea operations, ranging from the recovery of astronaut Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 suborbital spacecraft…
