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BAE awarded $111M contract for Navy's Archerfish mine neutralizers
Sep 21, 2020 (UPI)
Archerfish is used by the US Navy's MH-60S Helicopter squadrons as part of their Airborne Mine Neutralization System capability, and reduces the need to put div...
Satellite imagery shows significant progress made on China's Type 002 Carrier
Sep 21, 2020 (Sputnik)
The China Power Project (ChinaPower) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies updated its "Tracking China's Third Aircraft Carrier" page on Thursda...
'Go ahead and build' another Chinese aircraft carrier, U.S. admiral says
Sep 18, 2020 (UPI)
Grady, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces, responded to photographic evidence published this week that the building of China's newest aircraft carrier is proceeding...
NATO opens new Atlantic Command at Norfolk, Va.
Sep 17, 2020 (UPI)
The new command was established to protect sea lanes between Europe and North America and is the first NATO headquarters dedicated to the Atlantic since 2003, a...
Mark Esper outlines plan for 355-ship Navy, calls for more focus on China
Sep 17, 2020 (UPI)
In an address to the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif., Esper said the Department of Defense needs to increase funding for shipbuilding and to focus more on co...
Navy wraps Exercise Black Widow 2020 in Atlantic
Sep 17, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Navy, several Navy aircraft, surface ships and submarines participated in the exercise, which started Saturday and concludes Friday. This year ...
Eyeing China, Pentagon plans larger, 'more lethal' navy
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
The Pentagon chief said a sweeping review of US naval power dubbed "Future Forward" had laid out a "game-changer" plan that would expand the US sea fleet to mor...
Coast Guard cutter NSC Stone completes builder's trials
Sep 14, 2020 (UPI)
The Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter -- or Maritime Security Cutter, Large -- spent three days in the Gulf of Mexico after leavin...
Keel laid for future replenishment ship USNS Harvey Milk
Sep 04, 2020 (UPI)
The formal start of construction began on Thursday without the usual ceremonial aspects because of problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the ...
USS Carl Vinson arrives at new home port in San Diego
Sep 03, 2020 (UPI)
The Vinson completed 17 months of maintenance and upgrades at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., the Navy ann...
Navy receives two new hovercraft vessels, and the USNS Newport
Sep 03, 2020 (UPI)
The two craft, which were escorted by a development and testing craft from the NSWC, were the first new LCAC to arrive in Panama City in 19 years, according to ...
Carrier USS George H.W. Bush leaves drydock after 18 months of upgrades
Aug 31, 2020 (UPI)
The Norfolk, Va., Naval Shipyard "undocked" the 1,092 foot-long ship on Saturday after its most extensive maintenance period, a milestone in the ships' Drydocki...
Thailand delays $724m China submarine deal after public anger
Aug 31, 2020 (AFP)
Under a 2015 deal, Thailand was one of the first countries to buy Chinese naval hardware and finalised its purchase of three submarines in 2017, with the first ...
Vinson carrier departs Bremerton, Wash., for sea trials, then San Diego
Aug 25, 2020 (UPI)
The sea trials are the final phase in the ship's docking period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Once the trials are complet...
Navy's next littoral combat ship completes acceptance trials
Aug 24, 2020 (UPI)
The Navy's 11th Freedom-class ship, currently designated LCS 21, was designed and built by Lockheed Martin's Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard facilities in...
Turkey's bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean
Aug 23, 2020 (AFP)
Fearful of being denied a fair share of the region's bountiful natural gas wealth, Turkey sent a research vessel and a small navy armada into seas Greece views ...
Navy's information warfare research effort gets $400M in new funding
Aug 19, 2020 (UPI)
James Guerts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, approved a funding ceiling increase and extension for the Information W...
Submarine tender USS Emory S. Land arrives home for maintenance
Aug 17, 2020 (UPI)
The ship will spend 150 days in port at Mare Island Dry Dock in Vallejo, Calif., for a regular overhaul through an awarded contract of $33.5 million, the Navy s...
NATO ships, aircraft conduct exercises with Latvian navy
Aug 14, 2020 (UPI)
The high-readiness group Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, led by the Canadian frigate HCMS Toronto and the Portuguese frigate NRP Corte Real, conducted air defen...
U.S. Navy develops software to track COVID-19 cases aboard ships
Aug 14, 2020 (UPI)
The software will be delivered in laptop computers to171 surface ships, and will be used to repurpose the existing Advanced Damage Control System, officials sai...
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