SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutters Joseph Tezanos and Heriberto Hernandez repatriated 82 migrants from the Dominican Republic and five Haitians to a Dominican navy vessel on Oct. 7 following the interdiction of five illegal migrant voyages in Mona Passage, according to a Coast Guard release. Eight other Dominican migrants…
Rite-Solutions Awarded Contract to Help Develop Sub Early Warning Capability
Middletown, R.I. — Rite-Solutions recently was awarded a five-year, $16.8 million contract with Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to support delivery of a new early warning and electronic support training capability to U.S. submarines, the company said in an Oct. 8 release. The company will conduct hardware and software…
MDA Director Advocates Missile Defense Integration at Forum
The emergence of more capable missile threats — more precise and maneuverable ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles — requires more capable sensors in space and total integration of all missile defense systems and sensors in space, on land and at…
V-22 Osprey Surpasses 500,000 Flight Hours
PHILADELPHIA — The V-22 fleet of tilt-rotor aircraft built by Bell Textron Inc. and Boeing has topped the milestone of 500,000 flight hours. More than 375 Ospreys logged the hours, including the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 and the Air Force CV-22, Bell and Boeing said Oct. 7 in…
Coast Guard Interdicts 13 Migrants, Suspected Smuggler
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 13 migrants and one suspected smuggler on Sept. 25 miles east of Miami, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The Coast Guard Cutter William Trump crew detected a westbound 21-foot cabin cruiser about 25 miles…
USS Hué City Inducted Into Cruiser Modernization Program
NORFOLK, Va. — After a quarter-century of worldwide operations, the guided missile cruiser USS Hué City was inducted into the cruiser modernization program on Sept. 30 at Norfolk Naval Base, entering a period of major overhaul, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) release. The program shifts administrative control from Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic, to…
Kings Bay to be First Sub Base Ready for Navy’s Columbia-Class SSBN
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, will be the first base to be readied for the Navy’s new Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN), a Navy admiral said. “Kings Bay will come first, so that [construction] will…
Commandant Stresses Marine Corps Must Change to Meet Peer Threats
The return to an era of ‘great power competition’ and the emergence of peer military threats “demands in no uncertain terms that the services need to change to meet the challenges of the new world.” For the Marine Corps, that…
Elbit Subsidiary Wins $23 Million Order for Marine Corps Squad Binocular Parts
HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd.’s U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, was awarded delivery order valued at about $23 million for the supply of systems and various spare components to the U.S. Marine Corps, the company said in an…
Explosive Ordnance Technology Division Announces Partnership With Grey Ops
INDIAN HEAD, Md. — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NSWC IHEODTD) announced the signing of a public-private partnership with Grey Ops. Under this five-year agreement, NSWC IHEODTD and GreyOps will jointly manufacture an explosive desensitizing agent known as Silent Spring, which…
