PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 enhanced its ability to operate within the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), fleet and Joint Forces by completing a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Integrated Exercise (NIEX) at Naval Base…
Raytheon’s SM-3 IIA Intercepts ICBM Target, Creating New Option for Missile Defense
TUCSON, Ariz. — As part of a historic Missile Defense Agency demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was intercepted and destroyed outside Earth’s atmosphere by an advanced SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor…
Acting SECDEF Announces Flag Nomination
ARLINGTON, Va. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller announced Nov. 13 that the president has made the following nomination: Rear Adm. Jeffrey W. Hughes for appointment to the rank of vice admiral, and assignment as deputy chief of naval…
Coast Guard Provides Humanitarian Assistance to Honduras after Hurricane Eta
PUERTO LEMPIRA, Honduras — A Coast Guard Helicopter Tactical Squadron (HITRON) MH-65 Dolphin aircrew forward deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC-906) provided humanitarian assistance, Nov. 13, to Honduran villages after Hurricane Eta impacted the country, the Coast Guard…
Navy Announces New Flag Assignments
ARLINGTON, Va. — The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced on Nov. 13 the following flag assignments: Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey will be assigned as commander, Navy Personnel Command; and deputy chief of naval personnel, Millington, Tennessee. Holsey…
Strategic Approach Needed for Coast Guard to Exploit Unmanned Technology: NAS
WASHINGTON — As unmanned systems (UxS) continue to develop and be used by military services and federal agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard should proceed more aggressively and deliberately in taking advantage of UxS advancements, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies…
Martin UAV Partners with SOUTHCOM on Counter Narcotics Operations
PLANO, Texas — Martin UAV successfully demonstrated the shipboard integration of its V-BAT as well as its impressive maritime capabilities in support of U.S. Southern Command’s (USSOUTHCOM) counter-narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific from Oct. 6, 2019, to July 31, 2020, the company said in…
BAE Systems Secures New Contracts for Production of the U.S Navy’s CANES
MCLEAN, Va. — BAE Systems has been awarded contracts worth more than $30 million to produce and integrate a mission-critical information warfare platform for U.S Navy vessels to help Sailors execute their missions and remain connected while at sea, the…
HII Delivers National Security Cutter Stone to U.S. Coast Guard
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered National Security Cutter (NSC) Stone (WMSL 758) to the U.S. Coast Guard, the company said in a Nov. 10 release. Documents signed Nov. 9 mark the official transfer of custody of…
BAE Systems Secures $94M Contract to Deliver Advanced Tech to Navy
MCLEAN, Va. — BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year, $94 million single-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to deliver advanced technology capability to the U.S. Navy. Building on 40 years of support to the U.S. Navy, this award from…
