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Lockheed nabs $70.2M for Aegis development for Navy, foreign partners
Jun 09, 2020 (UPI)
The contract funds Aegis weapon system upgrades to the U.S.S. Ticonderoga and U.S.S. Arleigh Burke, as well as Aegis ballistic missile defense and foreign milit...
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group deploys from San Diego following quarantine
Jun 09, 2020 (UPI)
Two sailors on the Nimitz tested positive for COVID-19 at the beginning of April, ahead of a composite training unit exercise, or COMPTUEX. According to the Nav...
Launch system issues keep aircraft from flying on Ford carrier during tests
Jun 08, 2020 (UPI)
The Ford was at sea for testing of communications and data systems, as well as flight operations, over the weekend, according to the Navy, but was unable to lau...
USS Ronald Reagan, carrier strike group begin 2020 deployment
Jun 08, 2020 (UPI)
The ship, garrisoned at Yokusaka, Japan, and deployed in the 7th Fleet's Indo-Pacific area of operations, is joined by guided missile destroyers of Destroyer Sq...
Russian nuclear sub city closes access over virus
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
The governor of the Arkhangelsk region where Severodvinsk is located has signed a decree shutting access to the city of more than 180,000 people from midnight F...
US jails three Chinese for photographing navy base
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
Liao Lyuyou, 27, was sentenced to a year in federal prison after being arrested on December 26, 2019 at the Naval Air Station Key West and found with photograph...
Steel contract signed for new Australian frigate prototypes
Jun 05, 2020 (UPI)
BlueScope Steel AIS will supply the steel to ASC Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia, to construct five ship blocks in the prototyping phase of ...
Truman Carrier Strike Group to return home after long deployment
Jun 05, 2020 (UPI)
Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite, in his first official trip since being sworn in last week, flew to the carrier in the Atlantic Ocean to make the announcemen...
USS Ford still has major technical problems, says GAO report
Jun 04, 2020 (UPI)
"Despite maturing its critical technologies, the Navy is still struggling to demonstrate the reliability of key systems, including the electromagnetic aircraft ...
USS Theodore Roosevelt leaves Guam to resume deployment
Jun 04, 2020 (UPI)
On Tuesday, the Roosevelt completed carrier qualifications, the last milestone required before resuming the deployment it began in January. "Our forward presenc...
Roosevelt completes carrier qualifications following COVID-19 battle
Jun 03, 2020 (UPI)
"You can see and feel the excitement around the ship as we have returned to flight operations," Capt. Carlos Sardiello, Theodore Roosevelt's commanding officer,...
Loaded with aircraft, Ford begins ordnance operations
Jun 03, 2020 (UPI)
Seven squadrons of aircraft, comprising nearly 30 fixed-wing aircraft and two Helicopter Sea Combat squadrons, were aboard as the vessel, commissioned in 2017, ...
NATO's BALTOPS 2020 exercise to involve 19 countries
Jun 03, 2020 (UPI)
The annual event, this year involving 19 NATO and two partner countries, will be conducted between June 6 and 17. The event, which EUCOM called a "visible demon...
Kenneth Braithwaite sworn in as Secretary of the Navy
May 29, 2020 (UPI)
A retired rear admiral, Braithwaite is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of Pennsylvania, the Naval War College and the Air Command and Staff...
Northrop Grumman builds very lightweight torpedo for US Navy
May 22, 2020 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman, which independently funded the research and development, will offer the design-for-affordability improvements to this VLWT as Northrop Grumman...
US Navy gets fourth new leader in six months
May 22, 2020 (AFP)
Kenneth Braithwaite, a retired rear admiral who currently serves as the US ambassador to Norway, was approved as the next Secretary of the Navy in the upper cha...
USS Blue Ridge breaks record with 65-day underway record
May 21, 2020 (UPI)
The Blue Ridge, generally known for its frequent port visits, changed its patrol for underway operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic and broke its record on Su...
Huntington Ingalls lifts 320-ton deckhouse onto USS Jack H. Lucas
May 21, 2020 (UPI)
According to Huntington Ingalls, the aft deckhouse includes radar equipment rooms, main engine intake and exhaust compartments, an electric shop and state rooms...
US approves sale of 18 torpedoes to Taiwan
May 20, 2020 (AFP)
The US framed the sale as a mutually beneficial transaction. "This proposed sale serves U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipi...
Navy transfers 90 sailors from quarantine to USS Kidd
May 19, 2020 (UPI)
The Navy said it re-tested 100 percent of the crew before moving them back to the ship, which reported a COVID-19 outbreak on board at the end of April. "Our nu...
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