NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy will retire is last HH-60H Seahawk special operations support helicopters this year, an official said. Speaking to an audience at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space expo in National Harbor, Maryland, Marine Maj. Gen Greg Masiello,…
Service Chiefs Tout Agility, but MARAD in Need of Funding to Flex Muscle
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The sudden order to send the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to the U.S. Central Command theater in response to threats from Iran is a great example of the value of the Navy’s dynamic deployment concept,…
Analysis Underway for E-6B Mercury Aircraft Replacement
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — An analysis of alternatives (AOA) is underway in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for a replacement for the Navy’s E-6B Mercury strategic communications aircraft. Speaking to an audience at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space conference…
Navy Looks to Enlist Industry in All-Hands Cybersecurity Mission
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — If the U.S. Navy hopes to thwart cyber attackers, the sea service will need industry’s help. Capt. Ann Casey intends to garner as much of this outside help as possible. “We want the ability to do…
BAE Systems Sensor Technology Guides Next-Generation Missile to Readiness
NASHUA, New Hampshire — BAE Systems worked closely with Lockheed Martin to deliver Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to the U.S. Air Force, achieving Early Operational Capability (EOC) for the B-1B bomber ahead of schedule, BAE said in a May 6…
Modly: ‘The Preeminence of U.S. Maritime Superiority’ is Key to New Defense Strategy
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The undersecretary of the Navy capped the 2018 Sea-Air-Space Exposition by touching on a number of the recurring themes that emerged during the three-day event at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. In the final…
NRL Testing New Structural Acoustic Sonar for AUV Mine Hunter
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is pushing out new autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that utilize low-frequency wavelengths to identify objects deep underwater. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) presented data at their Sea-Air-Space…
Sea Services Feel More Prepared After Complicated 2017 Hurricane Season
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — What has been described as a complicated hurricane season brought new challenges for the maritime forces in 2017. With hurricanes hitting Texas and Florida in back-to-back months, it was the first year on record that two…
Winter: F-35 Test Flight This Week Will Wrap Up SDD Flight Tests
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The joint program manager for the F-35 joint strike fighter said the last test flight of the aircraft’s system design and development (SDD) program is imminent. Speaking April 11 to an audience at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition,…
New Technologies Drive Demand for More Power Aboard Ships
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The rapid growth of power-hungry new technologies and the accelerating drive for directed-energy weapons is requiring the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to put increasing efforts into new means to generate, control and store electrical energy…
