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Navy acquisition chief says the branch needs COVID-19 relief funds to avoid cuts
Aug 13, 2020 (UPI)
Guerts told reporters Wednesday that the Navy needs the relief funding to sustain a ready force. According to a memo obtained by Inside Defense last week, the P...
BAE Systems nabs $103.6M contract to upgrade USS Preble
Aug 13, 2020 (UPI)
The contract funds maintenance, modernization and repair of the Preble, which returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in June. The Preble had been deployed o...
Kursk: Russia's deep-sea drama
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
Here is a look back at the events 20 years ago in what remains the Russian navy's worst-ever disaster. - Submarine sinks - On that Saturday morning, the Kursk, ...
Carney, Churchill guided-missile destroyers headed to Florida for repairs, upgrades
Aug 11, 2020 (UPI)
Under an $83.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy, the USS Carney and the USS Winston S Churchill will head to Jacksonville in September 2020 and June 2021 res...
Eisenhower returns from 7 month deployment ; LCS USS St. Louis commissioned
Aug 10, 2020 (UPI)
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to Norfolk Naval Station on Sunday after seven months operating in the 5th and 6th Fleet, ac...
Navy, Air Force hold joint exercises with aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan
Aug 07, 2020 (UPI)
The exercise involved the carrier and its strike group, currently the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, as well as the Navy Electronic Attack Squad...
China's new amphibious warship begins sea trials
Aug 06, 2020 (UPI)
Photos on Chinese websites show the People's Liberation Army Navy Type 075 amphibious assault ship departing the pier at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, U...
Military finds sunken amphibious assault vehicle, remains of service members
Aug 04, 2020 (UPI)
The services used a remotely operated search and rescue system to find the vehicle, which sank July 30 during a training exercise, killing eight Marines and a S...
Pentagon nominee: Navy's shipbuilding plan is 'not credible'
Aug 04, 2020 (UPI)
During his confirmation hearing Tuesday, John Whitley told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that Esper did not believe the Navy's shipbuilding plan w...
Expeditionary fast transport USNS Newport completes sea trials
Aug 03, 2020 (UPI)
Austal USA successfully conducted comprehensive tests to demonstrate the performance of all of the ship's major systems, the statement on Monday said. The trial...
Bonhomme Richard fire released toxic chemicals into San Diego air
Jul 28, 2020 (UPI)
The San Diego Union Tribune reported Monday that as fires burned aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard earlier in July, residents were exposed to a dozen potentially ...
USS Eisenhower, carrier strike group head to Mediterranean Sea
Jul 27, 2020 (UPI)
The carrier is operating within the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet's area of responsibility as it eventually heads toward Norfolk, Va., its home port, the branch said in...
Keel laid for USS Beloit, Navy's 15th Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Jul 24, 2020 (UPI)
A low-key keel-laying ceremony was held this week with a reduced crowd over concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Beloit City Council President Regina Dunkin, ...
USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group joins 5th Fleet in Indian Ocean
Jul 24, 2020 (UPI)
The Nimitz strike group replaces that of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which will leave the Red Sea and head via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea after a...
Navy certifies 6th weapons elevator on Ford
Jul 23, 2020 (UPI)
The newly certified elevator is designed to move artillery from the ship's forward magazine to the flight deck, according to the Navy. Its certification comes a...
USS Porter heads to Black Sea for NATO 'Sea Breeze' exercise
Jul 20, 2020 (UPI)
Co-hosted by Ukraine and the United States, the exercise is in its 20th year, and this year brings together ships and aircraft of NATO members Bulgaria, Norway,...
USS Carney returns home after five-year deployment
Jul 20, 2020 (UPI)
The ship, which pulled into port on Sunday, was part of the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet's area of operations and part of Destroyer Squadron 60, with Rota, Spain, as i...
China warns UK over basing aircraft carrier in Pacific
Jul 18, 2020 (AFP)
Liu Xiaoming, China's top envoy in the UK, told The Times that as London cuts trading ties with the European Union later this year, it should not "gang up with ...
Outgoing U.S. Naval Forces-Europe chief calls for new NATO maritime strategy
Jul 17, 2020 (UPI)
In a change of command ceremony in Naples, Italy, Adm. James G. Foggo handed authority to Adm. Robert P. Burke, who now commands Joint Force Command Naples, as ...
Fires aboard USS Bonhomme Richard are out, Navy says
Jul 16, 2020 (UPI)
"Our fire teams, are investigating every space to verify the absence of fire. Until every space is checked and there are no active fires we will not be able to ...
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