NORFOLK, Va. — Continuing the Navy’s strategic realignment of ships, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) has arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, making Norfolk its new homeport June 10, 2021, the Navy said in a release. Due to excess port loading…
Navy Notified Congress of Cost Increase for Ship-to-Shore Connector
WASHINGTON — The Naval Sea Systems Command has issued the following statement regarding a cost increase regarding the Ship-to-Shore Connector Program, designed to replace the Navy’s legacy fleet of Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC). Textron Systems is the designer and…
Navy Accepts Delivery of First TH-73A Training Helicopter
PHILADELPHIA — The first operational TH-73A helicopter was presented to the U.S. Navy June 10 during a ceremony at the AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. (Leonardo) plant in Philadelphia, the Naval Air Systems Command announced in a release. “The TH-73A will be instrumental in…
Northrop Grumman Delivers First SEWIP Block 3 System to U.S. Navy
BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered the AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 Engineering and Development Model (EDM) to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing, the company said in a June 11 release. The official transfer…
Navy’s SSP Admiral: New Missile Planned for Introduction on 9th Columbia SSBN
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of developing and sustaining the U.S. Navy’s strategic weapons said the service needs to have the new Trident D5LE2 ballistic missile ready to deploy in fiscal 2039 on the ninth hull of the…
VCNO: Navy’s Task Force Greyhound ‘A Strong Approach’ to Ship Maintenance
ARLINGON, Va. — The vice chief of naval operations (VCNO) told Congress that the Navy’s experiment with an alternate ship availability maintenance concept based on the Forward Deployed Naval Force model is worth pursuing. The concept, called Task Force Greyhound,…
HASC, SASC GOP Leaders Concerned over Possible Cancellation of Navy’s Nuclear SLCM
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-Alabama) and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), the ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, have expressed deep concern following reports that the acting secretary of the Navy plans to…
General Dynamics Mission Systems to Build Containers for LCS
Marion, Va. – General Dynamics Mission Systems was awarded a multi-million-dollar firm fixed-price contract from Northrop Grumman to provide Reduced Weight Basic Operating Assembly (RWBOA) containers for U.S. Navy littoral combat ships (LCS), the company said in a release. The containers, developed specifically for…
U.S. Navy Launches First Flight III DDG, the Future USS Jack H. Lucas
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 4, the…
Navy Finalizes Order for Pathfinder-Class Oceanographic Survey Ship
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has awarded a contract for the completion of a modified Pathfinder-class oceanographic research ship for the Military Sealift Command. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Halter Marine a $149 million fixed-price incentive contract modification “for…
