May 14, 2025 | By DoD News The Defense Department conducted a second successful flight of a fully recoverable uncrewed hypersonic test vehicle in March 2025, with the first being in December 2024. This test campaign, led by DOD’s Test Resource…
Vatn Systems Unveils New AUV-Torpedo Product Line and Opens Manufacturing Facility
The Skelmir S12 is a lightweight 12.75-inch diameter platform that enables AUV and torpedo missions representing a significant leap in underwater technology, offering unprecedented pricing, flexibility, and performance The company’s new manufacturing facility leverages patent-pending modular design and vertical integration…
CNATRA’s Past Commanders Return to Assist Shaping the Future of Naval Aviation
From Chief of Naval Air Training, May 9, 2025 NAS CORPUS CHRISTI —The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), Rear Admiral Rich Brophy, hosted former CNATRA commanders onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi and NAS Kingsville last week as…
Continuing Promise 2025 Set to Begin
By U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs, May 13, 2025 MAYPORT, Florida – The U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy this June-August to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations as part…
USCGC Kimball Returns Home After 84-Day Counter-Drug Patrol in the Eastern Pacific
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, May 9, 2025 HONOLULU — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their Honolulu home port Monday after an 84-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. While patrolling international waters off…
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Establishes New T-45 Repair Capability
From FRCE Southeast, May 13, 2025 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In November 2024, Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) stood up repair capability for a T-45 Goshawk service life extension program (SLEP) production line supporting the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program…
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Scores Another Bust
By U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs, 13 May 2025 CARIBBEAN SEA – The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel May 1 while supporting Joint Interagency Task…
Surface Sailors Level-up, Control the Air
By MC1 Kelby Sanders, COMNAVSURFPAC Public Affairs, May 2, 2025 SAN DIEGO, California — Since the latest outbreak of conflict in and around the Red Sea in October of 2023, several U.S. Navy ships operating within carrier strike groups have…
Austal USA Welcomes Rear Admiral Jonathan Rucker
From Austal USA MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA welcomed Rear Admiral (RADM) Jonathan Rucker, PEO Attack Submarines, at the company’s Mobile, Ala. shipyard yesterday. RADM Rucker began his visit by addressing more than 200 members of the Austal USA and…
HII Welcomes High School Seniors to Shipbuilding Careers at Newport News Shipbuilding
From HII NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — More than two dozen high school seniors know what they’ll be doing after graduation this year, after accepting offers to begin their shipbuilding careers at HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport…
