POTTSTOWN, Pa. — VideoRay, a global leader in underwater remotely operated vehicle technology, has established a Defense and Government business unit to further develop the company’s successful defense and government program, the company said Aug. 4. Mark Fleming will lead…
Exercise PANAMAX 2022 Kicks Off in Mayport, Florida
MAYPORT, Fla. — U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet is hosting the Combined Force Maritime Component Command Staff participating in exercise PANAMAX 2022, in Mayport, Florida, Aug. 1-12. Exercise PANAMAX 2022 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise that provides…
HMAS Canberra Stows an Osprey for The First Time at Sea
PACIFIC OCEAN — Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Canberra (L02) embarked two MV-22B Osprey military aircraft onboard and successfully moved the Osprey off the flight deck into the hangar for the first time at sea during Rim…
National Museum of the Surface Navy Selects Applied Minds LLC for Phase 1 Design
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship Iowa, the museum for America’s Surface Navy located aboard the historic Battleship USS Iowa Museum, announced Aug. 1 the selection of Applied Minds LLC as designer…
Royal Navy’s New Ship Will be an Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator
PORTSMOUTH, UK — The Royal Navy welcomed the experimental vessel XV Patrick Blackett (X01) on July 29 in a ceremony at Portsmouth, United Kingdom. The Royal Navy refers to the new ship, which has the hull number X01, as an…
Hospital Ship USNS Comfort to Deploy to Southern Command Region
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Department will deploy a hospital ship to the U.S. Southern Command region during the fall of 2022, the department said. “The Department of Defense plans to deploy the United States Naval Ship Comfort, a Mercy-class…
Four Unmanned Surface Vessels Being Demonstrated in RIMPAC
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four prototype unmanned surface vessels are participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2022 exercise, known as RIMPAC, delivering warfighting capabilities and extending the reach of the manned U.S. fleet with fewer risks to the warfighter, Program…
Navy F/A-18 Launches AARGM-ER for Third Live-Fire Test
LOS ANGELES — Northrop Grumman Corp. successfully completed the third live fire test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER), the company said July 21. The U.S. Navy launched the missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft…
State Dept. Approves Possible Sale of JASSM-ER Missiles to Australia
WASHINGTON — The State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the government of Australia of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles – Extended Range (JASSM ER) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $235 million, the Defense Security…
New Zealand’s First Boeing P-8A Poseidon Rolls Out of Paint Shop
RENTON, Wash. — Boeing debuted on July 21 the first P-8A Poseidon aircraft for New Zealand in its Royal New Zealand Air Force livery, the company said in a release. New Zealand is one of eight nations to have acquired…
