ARLINGTON, Va.— Raytheon Missile Co. will build a new block upgrade of the Tomahawk cruise missile for the U.S. Navy even as the company takes older missiles into a recertification program to return them to service. “Tomahawk has returned to…
Mercury Systems Receives $2.1 Million Order for RF Amplifiers Required for Navy Program
ANDOVER, Mass. — Mercury Systems Inc. received a $2.1 million order from a leading defense prime contractor for custom-engineered radio frequency (RF) amplifiers required for an advanced naval electronic support program, the company said in a release. The order was…
Minor Injuries Reported after T-45 Training Jet Crash at NAS Kingsville
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Navy T-45C Goshawk aircraft crashed at Naval Air Station Kingsville at 2:38 p.m. Friday, May 10, the Chief of Naval Air Training Public Affairs reported in a release. The two pilots, an instructor and a…
Navy Developing Quad-Thruster Vehicle to Grab UUVs From the Sea
Most talk about unmanned underwater vehicles centers around the sonar, battery, and other aspects of the technology and what it can do. But one effort would aim to improve the capability of UUVs by making them easier to recover. It’s…
6 Littoral Combat Ships to be Commissioned This Year
It will be a busy 2019 for the Littoral Combat Ships, with six vessels set to be commissioned by the end of the year, a program official said at Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium on Wednesday. Three of the commissionings…
Spencer: Navy’s Readiness Relies on Industrial Base, New Approach to Risk
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy Department is showing progress in its drive to increase readiness and prepare its forces to “fight tonight and win,” Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said May 8. But in a luncheon speech at the…
Coast Guard Focusing More Attention on the Arctic, Commandant Reports
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Coast Guard has faced a challenging year — and going forward the sea service will continue to emphasize the importance of increasing resources in the Arctic, said Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz said May 8 during…
Navy Infrastructure to Combat Cyber Threats Still a Work in Progress
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett began her May 8 presentation at Sea-Air-Space 2019 with a cost comparison. A Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier costs some $13 billion, she said. A troublemaker can build a capable hacking device…
Robots are Real, but AI’s Full Promise is Still on the Horizon
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Artificial intelligence in all its forms, from machine learning algorithms to unmanned systems, is a sure thing for the sea services and its partners, but there is still much to determine in terms of the technological…
Shipbuilding Starting to Come Out of ‘Readiness Divot,’ Navy Vice Admiral Tells Audience
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — U.S and Canadian sea service officers and industry leaders looked forward to more seamless coordination and better times for shipbuilding, which one U.S. Navy vice admiral said was just recently emerging from a “readiness divot.” “We’d…
