Release from USS Ronald Reagan  *****  YOKOSUKA, Japan  –  The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), returned to its forward-deployed port in Yokosuka, Japan, following a six-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, Nov. 19.  During the ship’s final…

Release from HII  *****  PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division received a cost-plus-award fee contract from the U.S. Navy for follow yard support of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class…

Release from Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs   *****  MANAMA, Bahrain — A French navy ship working with Combined Maritime Forces seized about $34 million worth of illegal drugs from a stateless vessel while operating in the international waters of the…

Release from USNAVSOUTH/4TH FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS  *****  CALLAO, Peru  –  25 naval officers from eight partner nations recently completed the first-ever U.S. 4th Fleet Maritime Planning Symposium at the Peruvian Naval War College (Escuela Superior de Guerra Naval) in Callao, Peru.  Supported by…

*****  17 November 2023 As part of his commitment to strengthen the Nation’s shipbuilding and maintenance, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro kicked off the inaugural meeting of the Government Shipbuilders Council (GSC) at the Coast Guard Yard in…

Release from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems  *****  Mojave Flights for the Royal Navy Highlight UAS’ Ability to Operate From Warships  SAN DIEGO – 17 November 2023 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted a first-of-its-kind demonstration of its short…

Release from the U.S. Navy  *****  16 November 2023  Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh, best known for his daring dive to the deepest spot on Earth, nearly 36,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, has died at age 92.  Walsh was…

Release from Naval Sea Systems Command  *****  Nov. 17, 2023  By Team Submarines Public Affairs  WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Over the last two months, the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) program team, in partnership with a critical network of…

Release from Naval Air Systems Command  *****  NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–Born out of necessity and innovation, the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet introduced a level of aircraft superiority that had not been seen before and set the standard…

Release from the Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs  *****  15 November 2023 Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced, today, that a DDG 51 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named after World War II…