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Taiwan says US has approved key submarine technology sale
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
Taipei was notified by Washington on Tuesday that the permit has been granted, vice defence minister Chang Che-ping said during a parliament session. The digita...
BAE gets go-ahead for production of Marines' amphibious combat vehicles
Dec 11, 2020 (UPI)
The contract covers the first lot of 36 ACVs, an eight-wheeled, ship-to-shore landing craft, with 36 more to be built in 2021, and an option for 80 vehicles per...
U.S. Navy plan calls for 82 new ships, at $147B, by 2026
Dec 11, 2020 (UPI)
The 23-page "Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels," released on Thursday, calls for construction of three new atta...
NATO Operation Sea Guardian wraps last security patrol of 2020
Dec 10, 2020 (UPI)
During the patrol, Sea Guardian ships paid port visits to Alexandria, Egypt, and Haifa, Israel, and trained with the Israeli navy in the eastern Mediterranean S...
Navy tests sensors aboard USS Gerald R. Ford
Dec 09, 2020 (UPI)
A Sensor Accuracy Test team of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport NATO Naval Forces Weapon and Sensor Accuracy Check Site in Rhode Island execut...
Navy recommends first woman to command aircraft carrier
Dec 09, 2020 (UPI)
Braunschmidt and five others are listed on the Navy Air Forces' "FY-22 [Fiscal Year 2022] Active-Duty Aviation Major Command Screen Board" of "Officers Recommen...
USS Roosevelt leaves home port ahead of scheduled deployment
Dec 08, 2020 (UPI)
The aircraft carrier departed with little fanfare and without a public announcement to conduct operations in West Coast waters. pre-deployment exercise and cert...
USS Sioux City returns home after exercises, drug interdictions
Dec 04, 2020 (UPI)
The ship, commissioned in 2018, was deployed on Aug. 30 from its homeport of Naval Station Mayport, Fla., to the Navy's 4th Fleet, where it participated in a mu...
Navy's second guided missile frigate to be named USS Congress
Dec 04, 2020 (UPI)
It will follow the USS Constellation, whose name Braithwaite announced in October, and is expected to be delivered in 2026. The ships are the first two of the N...
Navy to prioritize health care workers in COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Dec 03, 2020 (UPI)
The military is expected to receive both the Pfizer and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines within the next three weeks and the services are working to prioritize the...
Navy to rename U.S. Fleet Forces Command to U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Dec 03, 2020 (UPI)
The is intended to address what defense officials describe as a rise in aggression in the region. rather than the Global War on Terror, the secretary of the Nav...
USS Donald Cook returns from Black Sea exercises
Dec 02, 2020 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer entered the Black Sea, a strategically important waterway bordered by six countries, including Russia and three...
USS Ross joins German aircraft for Baltic Sea exercises
Nov 30, 2020 (UPI)
"German Eurofighter F2000 aircraft from NATO Air Command conducted a series of flyovers while Ross' air-intercept controllers directed the aircraft in a series ...
BAE awarded $197.4M for work on USS Wasp
Nov 24, 2020 (UPI)
Under the contract, BAE will drydock and perform maintenance and modernization work on the amphibious assault ship. The company's last maintenance availability ...
HII nets $2.2B deal from GenDyn for Columbia-class submarine modules
Nov 24, 2020 (UPI)
The contract funds design support, construction and delivery of six module sections for the first two Columbia-class vessels, according to Huntington Ingalls. H...
Taiwan expanding submarine fleet as China threat grows
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
Democratic Taiwan lives under the constant threat of invasion by communist China, which views the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has vowed to on...
Destroyer USS Donald Cook enters Black Sea
Nov 23, 2020 (UPI)
The ship began its "straits transfer," moving through a narrow Turkish waterway between the Mediterranean and Black Seas, early Monday morning. Bordered by Turk...
Nimitz Strike Group concludes four-nation Malabar sea exercises
Nov 20, 2020 (UPI)
The exercise began on Nov. 3 in India's Bay of Bengal and involved Japanese, Indian, Australian and U.S. maritime forces. It included night operations, air defe...
Damen and Thales to build the German MKS 180 Frigate of the Future
Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)
Valued at 1.5B euro, the contract illustrates Thales's leading position in naval global integration. It will be executed by Thales's naval Centers of Excellence...
BAE Systems nabs $76.3M contract for work on USS Stout
Nov 19, 2020 (UPI)
According to the contractor, BAE will begin working on the 510-long ship in January 2021. Under the contract, BAE will drydock the ship, perform hull, tank and ...
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