NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) completed exercise New Horizon, the first at-sea evolution for its new unmanned task force, the command’s public affairs said Oct. 26. During the two-day training exercise, Task Force 59…
CORAS to Support U.S. Navy’s Shipboard Systems with AI/ML
TYSONS, Va. — CORAS, an enterprise decision management software company in Tysons, Virginia, has won a prototype project agreement under the other transaction authority with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP)….
U.S. Navy Destroyer Detaches from U.K. Carrier Strike Group
LONDON — The USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has departed the U.K. Carrier Strike Group after a five-month contribution to the global deployment, the U.K Ministry of Defence said Oct. 26. Having worked with the Carrier Strike Group…
PEO Ships Establishes New Program Office to Focus on U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales, Boats & Craft
WASHINGTON — Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships stood up their newest program office, U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Boats and Craft (PMS 300), with a small ceremony Oct 21., said Team Ships public affairs. PMS 300 was established…
Carrier Group Deployment Allows Combined F-35 Integration in Indo-Pac, say Senior US, UK Officers
The United Kingdom’s deployment of its HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group on its CSG21 mission has provided opportunities for F-35 joint strike fighter user countries to conduct combined integration and training in the Indo-Pacific region, senior U.S. Navy and…
UMS Skeldar’s V-200 Completes Successful Flight Trials in Finland
BASEL, Switzerland — UMS Skeldar’s V-200 unmanned helicopter has successfully completed five-day long surveillance flight trial demonstrations aboard the OPV Turva as part of the Valvonta2 project led by the Finnish Border Guard and funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the company…
U.S. Navy, JMSDF Conduct Bilateral Operations in South China Sea
SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and JS Kaga (DDH 184) are conducting maritime security operations and exercises, Lt. Cmdr. Miranda Williams, USS Carl Vinson, said in an Oct. 25 release. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class…
USCGC Legare Returns Home from 61-day Counter-Narcotic Deployment
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) returned home Thursday after an eight-week counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South and the Coast Guard 11th District, the Coast Guard 5th…
Bell Completes First AH-1Z Viper for Bahrain
AMARILLO, Texas — Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, celebrated the completion of the first AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain Sept. 30, the company said in a release. Bell delivered the first of 12 production aircraft to…
Navy and Army Demonstrate Advanced Hypersonic Technologies
WASHINGTON — The Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO) successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign Oct. 20, the SSP said Oct. 21. This flight campaign was executed by Sandia National Laboratories from…
