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DARPA awards contracts for Long-endurance Unmanned Surface Vessel concepts
Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)
NOMARS aims to disrupt conventional naval architecture designs through creative trade space explorations that optimize useable onboard room considering a variet...
Navy chief calls China the greatest threat, proposes more warships
Oct 14, 2020 (UPI)
Gilday was the keynote speaker on Tuesday at a virtual "State of Defense" conference, and cautioned that the balance of maritime power could shift toward China ...
Japan launches submarine powered by lithium-ion batteries
Oct 14, 2020 (UPI)
The diesel-electric-powered vessel is equipped with lithium-ion batteries, currently used only by Japanese submarines, for longer underwater travel. At 275 feet...
Next Navy sub to be named USS Barb after storied WWII vessel
Oct 14, 2020 (UPI)
Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite said on Tuesday that the next guided-missile destroyer will be named to honor John F. Lehman, Navy Secretary in President Ron...
USS Stout comes home after record-breaking 215 days at sea
Oct 12, 2020 (UPI)
A lack of safety, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, in frequent port calls prompted its seven-month deployment in the U.S. 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet areas of opera...
Submarine USS Wyoming returns after 27-month overhaul
Oct 09, 2020 (UPI)
The Ohio-class, nuclear-powered submarine was commissioned in 1996 and is normally homeported at Kings Bay, Ga. It underwent an engineered refueling overhaul, a...
Greece puts historic shipyard up for sale
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
Skaramanga shipyard, the largest in the eastern Mediterranean according to the finance ministry, has historic ties to Greece's navy, having built or repaired ma...
Navy names new class of Guided Missile Frigate ships
Oct 08, 2020 (UPI)
Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite revealed USS Constellation, currently referred to as FFG 62, as the name of the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate ...
New Navy shipbuilding plan calls for about 500 ships
Oct 06, 2020 (UPI)
In late September Navy documents sent to Defense Secretary Mark Esper saying between 480 and 534 total ships should be at sea, with a mix of manned and unmanned...
Cambodia confirms US-funded defence facility has been razed
Oct 04, 2020 (AFP)
The Wall Street Journal reported last year on a secret draft deal allowing China to dock warships at the Ream naval base near the kingdom's coastal city of Siha...
USCGC Stone, Coast Guard's newest cutter, passes acceptance trials
Oct 02, 2020 (UPI)
The ship, the USCGC Stone, underwent two days of trials in the Gulf of Mexico to test all its systems. It is the Coast Guard's eighth Legend-class cutter, with ...
US Eighth Army in South Korea sees a change of command
Oct 02, 2020 (UPI)
Lt. Gen. Michael Bliss passed the colors of the Eighth Army, which is the command formation of all U.S. forces in South Korea, to Burleson in a change-of-comman...
US Navy to homeport USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams in Greece
Oct 02, 2020 (UPI)
The expeditionary sea base ship USS Hershel "Woody" Williams will be homeported at Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, 600 miles from the Turkish coast. It ...
After upgrades, USS Donald Cook returns to action ahead of schedulew
Sep 30, 2020 (UPI)
The Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center detachment in Rota, Spain, completed the work on the Arleigh Burke-class ship five days sooner than the expecte...
USS Stout breaks records with seven-month deployment
Sep 29, 2020 (UPI)
The guided-missile destroyer, which remained in theater after the rest of the strike group returned home earlier this summer, broke records previously held by U...
Marines to start receiving new amphibious combat vehicles in October
Sep 29, 2020 (UPI)
"This is truly a significant moment, given the many years the Marine Corps has invested in trying to replace the AAV," Col. Kirk Mullins, program manager for Ad...
Future U.S. Navy fleet could include more than 500 ships
Sep 25, 2020 (UPI)
Two analyses sent to Defense Secretary Mark Esper suggest that between 480 and 534 total ships should be at sea, including manned and unmanned vessels. Last wee...
USS Delbert Black destroyer to be commissioned on Saturday
Sep 24, 2020 (UPI)
The commissioning ceremony will be a private event due to COVID-19, but the military will livestream the commissioning ceremony for the vessel, which completed ...
Super Hornet makes emergency landing after engine fire in Virginia
Sep 24, 2020 (UPI)
The incident took place while a Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 11 was training over the Virginia Capes, with the emergency landing happening at noon,...
Norfolk Shipyard commander relieved for 'loss of confidence'
Sep 22, 2020 (UPI)
Capt. Kai Torkelson was relieved of his command "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," according to a press release from Naval Sea Systems Com...
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