SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman Corp. has been contracted by the U.S. Navy to prototype and reduce the risk of integrating sense and avoid (SAA) capabilities into the high-altitude, long-endurance MQ-4C Triton autonomous system, the company said in a May…
Navy Orders Five New Utility Landing Craft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered five more of its new utility landing craft (LCU) for its amphibious warfare forces. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Swiftships of Morgan City, Louisiana, a $59.3 million modification to a previously awarded…
USS Monterey Seizes Illicit Weapons in the North Arabian Sea
BAHRAIN — The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in international waters of the North Arabian Sea on May 6-7, 2021, U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs said in a May…
NAVWAR Commander: Overmatch is ‘Imposing Risk over a Wider Expanse’
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of Project Overmatch said the Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) being developed by the Navy is necessary to preserve free access to the seas and hold adversaries at risk with fully netted, distributed force. …
Navy to Commission Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith
The Navy will commission its newest expeditionary mobile base, the future USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5), during a 10:00 a.m. PST ceremony Saturday, May 8, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, the Defense Department announced in a May…
Navy Completes F/A-18, AARGM-ER Flight with Separation Test Vehicle
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy completed an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) captive carry flight on an F/A-18 Super Hornet April 22 at Patuxent River in support of the first live fire event this spring,…
Paparo Takes Helm as U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Adm. Samuel J. Paparo assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, May 5, the fleet’s public affairs office said in a May 6 release. He relieved Adm. John C. Aquilino, who became the 26th commander of…
CNO Says LCS Will Still Have a Role After Propulsion Issue is Fixed
ARLINGTON, Va. — Despite serious propulsion problems with the newest Freedom-class littoral combat ships (LCS), Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday says he is “very bullish” about the small surface combatant. “We’ve got 33 of them. We’ve got to wring…
USS John C. Stennis Arrives at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding to Start RCOH
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division May 6 to start its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) after years of advance planning. “For the last three years, we have…
Support Grows for SHIPYARD Act, Wicker Says
WASHINGTON – Last week, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, introduced the SHIPYARD Act of 2021, which would provide $21 billion to make upgrades to the U.S. Navy’s four public shipyards and $4 billion for private shipyards in the U.S. that support the…
