******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s admiral who sets manning, training, and equipping the fleet scolded the weapons industry in a blistering response to a question from an audience of naval personnel and defense industry officials about delays in delivery…
MCPON on Recruiting: ‘Pond Has Less Fish in It,’ Service Needs ‘Good Stories’ About Navy
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is working hard to address recruitment and retention but struggles with the fact that “the pond has less fish in it,” so more “good stories” need to be told about the Navy, said the…
SECNAV Announces Sponsors for the Future USS Telesforo Trinidad
Release from U.S. Navy, Secretary of the Navy ******* SECNAV Announces Sponsors for the Future USS Telesforo Trinidad WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced the sponsors for the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Telesforo…
CENTCOM Naval Chief Says Mesh of Sensors and Unmanned Systems Could Protect Region’s Waters
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — An interconnected mesh of sensors and unmanned systems could provide better maritime security in the Middle East than any single Navy could, the head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) naval forces says. “No Navy acting alone can…
Surface Navy Boss Sets Goal of 75 Mission-Capable Ships on Any Day
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The type commander of the Navy’s surface combatant fleet has set a goal of sustaining a fleet of 75 mission-capable (MC) ships. “We’ve come up with a North Star goal to drive all of our readiness…
IMSC Task Force Completes Maritime Exercise with Unmanned Systems, A.I.
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ******* MANAMA, Bahrain — The International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) completed a three-day maritime exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 9, integrating unmanned systems and artificial intelligence during a naval drill…
Navy’s SPY-6 Radar to Reach Initial Operational Capability in 4th Quarter Fiscal 2024
************ ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s new SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar is scheduled to reach Initial Operational Capability (IOC) during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, a Raytheon official said. The radar, which first went to sea…
CAES Awarded LRIP2 Contract from Lockheed Martin to Support Navy’s AOEW System
Release from CAES ******* ARLINGTON, Va. — CAES has been awarded a Low-Rate Initial Production Phase 2 (LRIP-2) contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation to supply its Phased Array Antennas to support Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system, CAES…
U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) to Converge in Washington
U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) are converging in Washington for a conference January 9-12. The conference, known as a “Re-Blue,” is coordinated and hosted by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), who leads the Surface…
USCGC Frederick Hatch Completes Expeditionary Patrol in Oceania
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia ******* SANTA RITA, Guam — The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) completed a 41-day 7100-nautical mile expeditionary patrol throughout Oceania on Dec. 23, U.S. Coast Guard…
