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State Dept. says yes to $387M sale of MK 54 torpedo conversion kits to Canada
May 20, 2019 (UPI)
Canada intends to upgrade its current MK 46 torpedoes to MK 54 with the purchase of the kits, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Friday when it not...
Israeli navy tests unmanned sonar mine-sweeping vessel
May 15, 2019 (UPI)
Working with Greece's navy, the vessel employed its HELRAS "dipping" sonar, mounted beneath the hull of the unmanned ship. The deployment came three months afte...
Keel authenticated for USNS John Lewis replenishment tanker
May 14, 2019 (UPI)
The ship's namesake, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, and the ship's sponsor, actress Alfre Woodard, etched their initials into the keel plate Monday during a ceremony. Th...
Stennis headed to Norfolk for upgrades, part of three-carrier location swap
May 14, 2019 (UPI)
The Stennis, which had been based in the Pacific Seventh Fleet, will pull into Naval Station Norfolk for the start of preparations for a scheduled four-year mid...
India and France hold biggest naval exercises -- with one eye on China
May 10, 2019 (AFP)
Without naming the Asian giant, India and France worry about China's growing economic clout and its territorial claims that have caused tensions in the South Ch...
Georgia Tech Research receives Navy contract for wave study
May 09, 2019 (UPI)
The Atlanta-based umbrella organization will oversee development of vector sensors and arrays for deep and shallow water applications by Navy vessels. The cost ...
Lincoln carrier group, Romanian forces conclude joint air support exercises
May 08, 2019 (UPI)
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group of ships and components of its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 7, with the U.S. Air Force 603rd Air Control Squadro...
Satellite imagery shows China constructing third aircraft carrier
May 07, 2019 (UPI)
Commercial satellite imagery obtained by ChinaPower, a project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, shows construction underway at China's Jia...
U.S. Navy, Raytheon test sea-based Excalibur N5 munition
May 07, 2019 (UPI)
Raytheon announced the testing Monday in a news release, saying the munition "doubles the range of the Navy's big guns." The test of the N5 naval variant took p...
USS Blue Ridge returns to Singapore as part of Asian deployment
May 06, 2019 (UPI)
The Blue Ridge, namesake of its class of amphibious command ships of the U.S. States Navy and the oldest deployable warship in the fleet, last visited the natio...
AAI nets $20.5M for mine sweep system on Littoral Combat Ships
May 03, 2019 (UPI)
Work is expected to be completed by this September, including 70 percent in AAI's plant in Hunt Valley, Md., and 30 percent in Slidell, La., the Defense Departm...
HII awarded $931.7M for LCS planning yard services
May 02, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Wednesday by HII, includes options for the next six years, and includes work for the company's Technical Solutions division. Most of the...
Navy's Boxer ARG deployed from Naval Base San Diego
May 02, 2019 (UPI)
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John Murtha, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer and the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship ...
Stennis joins Lincoln as second carrier strike group in Mediterranean
Apr 23, 2019 (UPI)
The Lincoln strike group entered Europe en route to the Mediterranean after being deployed on April 1 from its home port in Norfolk. The Stennis deployed from N...
Lockheed awarded $20M to provide services for subs' warfare systems
Apr 23, 2019 (UPI)
The contract for the (TI)-20, TI-22 and TI-24 includes the design, development, testing, integration, technology insertion/refreshment and system support of new...
Chinese navy shows off new warship in 70th anniversary parade
Apr 23, 2019 (AFP)
Under grey, foggy skies, Chinese President Xi Jinping stood on a warship to take the salute from 32 Chinese vessels, including submarines, and 39 planes off the...
USS Charleston arrives in home port in San Diego
Apr 22, 2019 (UPI)
The Independence-variant entered Naval Base San Diego on Friday after a 1 1/2-month trip from the East Coast. The Charleston was commissioned on March 2 in its ...
CARAT exercise in Sri Lanka ends early because of bombings
Apr 22, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. and Sri Lanka naval branches made the joint decision to halt the 25th anniversary of their CART exercise on shore and at sea. "All U.S. personnel invol...
GenDyn awarded $269.2M for missile tubes for U.S., U.K. subs
Apr 22, 2019 (UPI)
The United States and Britain jointly participate in the Common Missile Compartment program. Naval fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion and foreign military ...
BAE awarded $23.9M for USS Ignatius post-shakedown work
Apr 19, 2019 (UPI)
The contract exercises options for the post-shakedown availability of approximately 16 weeks between when the ship custody is transferred to the Navy and the sh...
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