The 2021 Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Exchange was conducted virtually from Hawaii, with a focus on the global problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The event took place Sept. 8-9, and was moderated by retired Navy Capt. Larry Osborn,…
Maine Congressman: Shipyards like BIW Have Serious Workforce Challenges
ARLINGTON, Va. — Shipyards are having challenges attracting or training skilled workers to build and maintain U.S. Navy ships, a Maine congressman said. “We have serious workforce challenges similar to the rest of the country, both inside and outside the military industrial base,”…
GA-EMS Launch and Recovery Systems Successfully Perform During Ford Full Ship Shock Trials
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ (GA-EMS) Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully performed as designed as the ship underwent full ship shock trials off the eastern…
GA-ASI Demonstrated Airborne MUM-T Using MQ-20 Avenger
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) continues to advance new levels of autonomous control for unmanned aircraft, successfully completing an airborne Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) demonstration on Aug. 25, 2021, pairing a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger with a modified King…
GE Renews Service Agreement with Royal Canadian Navy for GE LM2500 Gas Turbines
EVENDALE, Ohio — GE Marine has renewed a long-term, customized service agreement (CSA) with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the company said in a Sept. 1 announcement. The CSA covers an operating fleet of 24 GE LM2500 aeroderivative marine gas turbines plus…
SECDEF Addresses End of the American War in Afghanistan
ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III released the following statement Aug. 30 to mark the end of American involvement in the war in Afghanistan. “Today, we completed the U.S. military evacuation of civilians and the removal of all…
DARPA Selects BAE Systems to Advance Autonomy Software for Multi-Domain Mission Planning
BURLINGTON, Mass. — BAE Systems Inc. has received a $6.5 million Phase 2 contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to further develop software that will enable semi-autonomous, multi-domain mission planning. The Phase 2 award under the…
DOD Identifies Marine Corps, Navy and Army Casualties
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Department of Defense announced Aug. 28 the deaths of 13 service members who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died Aug. 26, 2021, as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in…
Naval Academy Extending Service Life for Yard Patrol Craft
The Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of two shipyards executing a service life extension program (SLEP) for the U.S. Naval Academy’s (USNA) fleet of yard patrol craft (YPs) used to train midshipmen in navigation…
Sailor, Marines Killed in Kabul Terrorist Attack
This report was updated on Aug. 27. ARLINGTON, Va. — A suicide bomber attacked a gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, killing 13 U.S. military personnel and wounding at least 15 others, U.S. military…
