SOUTH CHINA SEA — Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103) and Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) operated bilaterally in the South China Sea, said Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Chatmas, U.S. Navy, Destroyer Squadron Seven Public Affairs. Joining to…
U.S. Coast Guard, Haitian Coast Guard Interdict Suspected Drug Smugglers
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle’s crew transferred 1,485 pounds of marijuana and three suspected drug smugglers to Haitian Coast Guard crewmembers on Wednesday, following an interdiction off the coast of Haiti. The small boat crew transferred 27 bales…
Navy Selects BAE’s 57mm Mk110 Gun for Constellation-Class Frigates
BAE Systems has received a $26 million contract to equip the U.S. Navy’s Constellation class frigates with the fully automatic 57mm Mk 110 naval gun, the company said in an Oct. 28 release. The contract, awarded earlier this month, includes engineering…
Navy Awards BAE Systems $478 Million for SSP Systems Engineering, Integration
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year Systems Engineering and Integration Support Services contract to continue supporting the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office, the company announced Oct. 27. The contract, worth up to $478…
Austal’s Electrowatch Awarded ONR Contract for Additive Manufacturing Process
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded ElectraWatch, an Austal USA company, a highly competitive Manufacturing Science Program contract to identify new material processing pathways that use additive manufacturing for Copper-Nickel (CuNi) heat exchanger designs. ElectraWatch was one…
Thales Expands its ALFS Repair Capabilities in the United States
CLARKSBURG, Md. — Thales Defense & Security Inc. has serviced more than 1,300 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) subsystems over the past eight years, a key milestone in the primary sustainment activities for ALFS, the company announced Oct. 28. For more than 20…
Cutter Kimball Returns to Homeport after Patrol in Bering Sea and Arctic
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returned to homeport in Honolulu, Hawaii Oct. 27 following a 66-day patrol in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a release. The crew traveled nearly…
Navy Budget Admiral: Topline a Challenge for New Ship Programs
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is facing a bow wave of fiscal challenges as it launches or proceeds new major ship, aircraft and shipyard programs as it seeks to build the fleet the nation needs, the Navy’s budget director said. “The…
Future USS Fort Lauderdale Completes Builder’s Trials
WASHINGTON — The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, conducted builder’s sea trials Oct. 26, Team Ships Public Affairs said Oct. 27. Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations…
Rapid HIMARS Deployment to Remote Location Demonstrates Distributed Lethality
GOTLAND, Sweden — Sweden and the United States conducted a recent exercise to deploy a mobile rocket launcher to a remote location and quickly engage targets. Both Swedish and American C-130 Hercules aircraft demonstrated the ability to land on roads…
