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USS Fitzgerald leaves dry dock amid repairs
Apr 17, 2019 (UPI)
Naval Sea Systems Command said the Tuesday launch was a "milestone" as it works to restore integrity to the hull and topside structures damaged during the June ...
Mogherini urges EU to redeploy warships in Mediterranean
Apr 16, 2019 (AFP)
The European Union last month suspended naval patrols that had rescued tens of thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean and brought them to Italy, where a pop...
HII awarded $727.4M contract for Virginia-class sub materials
Apr 15, 2019 (UPI)
The new funding contract brings the overall value of the contract to $1.04 billion for long-lead-time material to support construction of Block V submarines, HI...
Keel laid for future USS Richard M. McCool amphibious transport dock ship
Apr 15, 2019 (UPI)
Ship sponsors Shana McCool and Kate Oja, the granddaughters of Capt. Richard M. McCool Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient in 1945, were on hand for the ceremony Fr...
BAE Systems gets $8.1M for post-shakedown services on USS Wichita
Apr 10, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday, follows a previously awarded contract to exercise options for the littoral combat ship's post-shakedown and availability. Corre...
Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group enters European waters
Apr 09, 2019 (UPI)
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, along with its carrier air wing, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf, and destroyers USS Bainbridge, USS ...
US Navy pleased with improvement, function of new towed minehunting sonar
Apr 09, 2019 (UPI)
The AN/AQS-20C, known as Q-20C, completed development testing in February at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Panama City, Fla. "We're excited to finally fin...
China's 70th anniversary naval celebration won't include U.S. ship
Apr 08, 2019 (UPI)
The U.S. Embassy's defense attache in Beijing will represent the United States in Qingdao from April 22 to 25, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Dave Eastburn told St...
USS Zumwalt destroyer visits Pearl Harbor for first time
Apr 04, 2019 (UPI)
The Zumalt arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Wednesday. Crew aboard the ship will meet with local officials and organizations. "The training ranges o...
Russian navy navigating stormy seas
Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)
The Kremlin is keen to display the strength of its armed forces -- organising massive war games on NATO borders, backing President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, or ...
Vigor Marine awarded $14.7M for overhaul of USNS Yukon oiler tanker
Apr 03, 2019 (UPI)
During an 81-calendar day shipyard availability, work will include include general services, miscellaneous steel repair, starboard main engine 12K overhaul, var...
Russia opposes US plan for more NATO ships in Black Sea
Apr 03, 2019 (AFP)
Washington has been working on a package to boost surveillance and deploy more NATO vessels to the Black Sea after a naval confrontation between Moscow and Kiev...
US gives Vietnam more patrol boats as defence links grow
Apr 01, 2019 (AFP)
Vietnam and the United States have become staunch allies in recent years as China exerts influence in the hotly contested South China Sea. The latest military d...
BAE awarded $21.4M for propulsars, tailcones for future Virginia-class submarines
Apr 01, 2019 (UPI)
The work will be performed on the nuclear-powered fast attack submarines SSN 802 and SSN 803 for the Navy, the Defense Department announced Friday. BAE Systems ...
BAE awarded $70.6M contract for Navy gun modifications
Mar 29, 2019 (UPI)
Under the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, the company, based in Louisville, will overhaul and upgrade gun mounts, weather shields and...
USS Eisenhower back at sea after upgrades in Norfolk
Mar 29, 2019 (UPI)
The improvements on the 41-year-old ship, called planned incremental availability, were performed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia, starting in 2017. T...
HII awarded $1.47B for first Flight II landing platform ship
Mar 27, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced separately Monday by HII and the Department of Defense, covers the procurement of detail design and construction of LPD 30, the 14th in ...
Keel authenticated for new Virginia-class attack sub New Jersey
Mar 26, 2019 (UPI)
Ship sponsor Susan DiMarco, a retired dentist, chalked her initials onto a metal plate as her husband, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and the...
German prosecutors say probing submarine sales to Israel
Mar 26, 2019 (AFP)
"An evaluation of the (international) press coverage has given cause for a preliminary investigation," a spokesman for Bochum's prosecutors office, which specia...
Austal nets $261.8M for work on next two Expeditionary Fast Transport ships
Mar 26, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, includes the design and construction of the 13th and 14th EPF ships, as well as long-lead-time mate...
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