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U.S. Navy finishes test of first LCS-based unmanned mine detection system
Aug 24, 2021 (UPI)
The Unmanned Influence Sweep System designed for the LCS has a mine countermeasures unmanned surface vehicle, or MCM USV, and a towed minesweeping payload to sw...
Ford aircraft carrier departs to Newport News for planned maintenance
Aug 23, 2021 (UPI)
The six-month maintenance period, called a Planned Incremental Availability, which includes modernization, maintenance and repairs, was slated to serve as the f...
USS America conducts first bilateral refueling at sea with British warship
Aug 23, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship conducted the bilateral FAS with the HMS Defender while operating with elements of Britain's Carri...
Navy tests wearable devices to monitor, manage fatigue
Aug 20, 2021 (UPI)
Rachel Markwald, a sleep and human performance research physiologist at the research center, told Stars & Stripes that the devices are part of an effort to deve...
20th annual SEACAT multilateral exercise concludes Friday
Aug 20, 2021 (UPI)
Led by the U.S. Navy, the exercise included international organizations and non-governmental organizations working to enhance collaboration on shared maritime s...
Navy to christen USS Fort Lauderdale transport dock ship
Aug 20, 2021 (UPI)
"Tomorrow, we christen the future USS Fort Lauderdale, recognizing a city with a proud naval history," Secretary of the Navy Carlose Del Toro said in a Departme...
New secretary of the Navy lays out the 'four Cs' as challenges
Aug 19, 2021 (UPI)
"Like [U.S. Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin, I view our most pressing challenges as the four Cs -- China, culture, climate and COVID, and we need the resource...
US Navy awards $134.5M in two more contracts for Marine Corps Camp Blaz
Aug 19, 2021 (UPI)
One of the two contracts awarded was a $36.5 million contract to Caddell-Nan Joint Venture of Montgomery, Ala., to build a base warehouse in Finegayan, Guam, sl...
Marines successfully fire new NMESIS anti-ship system
Aug 18, 2021 (UPI)
The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System is a ground-based system developed to provide the Marine Littoral Regiment with capability to combat enem...
USS Higgins, USS Howard arrive in Yokosuka, Japan, to join 7th Fleet
Aug 17, 2021 (UPI)
Howard and Higgins forward presence directly supports strategy to posture the most capable units forward in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Navy said on Monda...
$1.7B dry dock contract awarded for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard renovation
Aug 17, 2021 (UPI)
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., awarded 381 Constructors of Omaha, Neb., the contract for construction of a multi-miss...
US warship makes first visit to Egyptian naval base
Aug 13, 2021 (UPI)
The Navy announced the visit to the Berenice Naval Base, which officially opened in January 2020, in a press release that emphasized the closeness between the U...
South Korea commissions first SLBM submarine
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
Pyongyang has been developing submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) technology for years. It showed off four such devices at a military parade overseen by...
Reports: British carrier followed by Chinese subs, possibly for target practice
Aug 12, 2021 (UPI)
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was followed by two Chinese Shang class submarines armed with cruise missiles, the British Daily Express rep...
3rd fleet shifts command hub to Hawaii for Large Scale Exercise
Aug 11, 2021 (UPI)
The fleet's move last week to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is in support of the Navy's Large Scale Exercise 2021, the Navy said this week. The training exerci...
U.S. Navy, 20 allies kick off SEACAT multilateral exercise
Aug 10, 2021 (UPI)
The 20th iteration of the multilateral maritime exercise features 21 Indo-Pacific partner nations, including the U.S. Navy, and for the first time, internationa...
USS Gerald R. Ford successfully completes Full Ship Shock Trials
Aug 09, 2021 (UPI)
The third explosive event was conducted Sunday off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., according to a Naval Sea Systems Command statement. The Full Ship Shock Tria...
Ghanaian, Nigerian forces join U.S. ship for Gulf of Guinea exercises
Aug 06, 2021 (UPI)
The vessel, an expeditionary sea base, returned to West Africa's Gulf of Guinea after participating in the 32-nation Obangame Express 2021 exercises in March. T...
Destroyer USS Roosevelt returns to port in Rota, Spain
Aug 06, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer departed Rota on March 29 for the second Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operation...
India flexes muscles with new aircraft carrier, task force
Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)
The INS Vikrant, which began trials off the southern state of Kerala on Wednesday, will be India's second aircraft carrier in operation. The Indian Navy said th...
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