ARLINTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s concept of the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW), more formally designated as a medium landing ship (LSM), is advancing within the Pentagon as the Navy and Marine Corps define some goals and the concept gels…
U.S. Naval Special Warfare Establishes Assessment Command
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command established Naval Special Warfare Assessment Command (NSWAC) under the Naval Special Warfare Center during an Aug. 18 ceremony onboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Perlman in an…
Construction of Navy’s New Frigate to Begin This Month, Admiral Says
ARLINGTON, Va. — Construction of the U.S. Navy’s next-generation guided-missile frigate (FFG) is to take begin later this month, a Navy admiral said. “[Regarding] the FFG 62 Constellation class, we’re going to start bending metal later this month,” said Rear…
U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Conducts Maintenance in India
CHENNAI, INDIA — Military Sealift Command’s (MSC’s) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) conducted maintenance at Larsen & Toubro Ltd, commonly known as L&T shipyard, in Kattupalli near Chennai, India, Aug. 7-17, MSC Far East…
USS Bulkeley, Latest FDNF-E ship, Arrives in New Homeport Rota, Spain
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) arrived in its new homeport, Naval Station Rota, Spain, as the U.S. Navy’s last Forward Deployed Naval Forces–Europe (FDNF-E) destroyer scheduled to shift its homeport to…
Pilot Safe after Ejection from Navy T-45C Crash near NAS Kingsville, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI — On Aug. 16 at approximately 12:00 p.m. CDT, a U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft assigned to Training Air Wing 2 at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, crashed on approach to NAS Kingsville, the Chief of…
Keel Authenticated for Future USS Jeremiah Denton
WASHINGTON — The keel for the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), a Flight III Arleigh-Burke class destroyer was ceremonially laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, August 16, Team Ships Public Affairs said in a release. The…
Joint Strike Fighter Lot 15 Ceiling Allows 28 F-35s for Navy, Marine Corps
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Department has increased the ceiling for its contract for Lot 15 Joint Strike Fighters to 129, the department said in an Aug. 12 release. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a not-to-exceed $7.63…
General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $236.2 Million Contract Modification for Support of Operational Submarines
GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a modification of the previously awarded U.S. Navy contract for engineering, technical, design and planning yard support for operational strategic and attack submarines, the company…
ONR ‘SCOUTs’ for Creative Warfighting Solutions at Naval Academy Event
ARLINGTON, Va. — A web of connecting sensors and buoys for conducting ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) in the maritime environment. Specialized GPS that can monitor fishing routes and pinpoint suspicious activity that might reveal the presence of drug smugglers. These…
