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All USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors tested for COVID-19
Sailors tested negative from the USS Theodore Roosevelt are moved to their appropriate housing facilities on Guam. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Matthew R. White) Friday, April 24th, the U.S. Navy has completed its...
US Navy Takes Delivery of Final F/A-18E Super Hornet Block II
Since 2005, F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II aircraft have been rolling off Boeing’s production line and serving as the U.S. Navy’s multi-mission capable workhorse. The service took delivery of the final Block II Super...
18 Sailors Positive In COVID-19 Outbreak On US Navy Destroyer
The US Navy said Friday that 18 sailors aboard a destroyer patrolling in the Caribbean had tested positive for coronavirus, forcing the ship to head back to port. After one sailor aboard the USS...
Huntington Ingalls Industries Delivers Guided Missile Destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to US Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to the U.S. Navy today. Documents signed today mark the official transfer of custody of...
Navy Accepts Delivery of DDG-1000 And DDG-119
The Navy accepted delivery of the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) and USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) destroyers on April 24. DDG-1000 is the lead ship of three multi-mission surface combatant destroyers. The delivery marks a...
Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded LCS Planning Yard Contract Worth a Potential $107.9 M
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification to exercise the first option year of the existing Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) Planning Yard contract. This option has a...
Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded LCS Planning Yard Contract Worth a Potential $107.9 M
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification to exercise the first option year of the existing Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) Planning Yard contract. This option has a...
Future F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory
A new Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronics Unit (PCD-EU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is to feature significantly enhanced processing and memory. The PCD-EU “is considered a new development effort under the F-35...
China: Second Type 075 amphibious assault ship launched
China is moving forward with its efforts to expand navy capabilities as the country launched its second amphibious assault ship. The launching ceremony for the second Type 075 landing helicopter… [[ This is a...
Office of Naval Research starts USD 750K challenge
The US Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global has launched Global-X, a nine-month international science challenge worth up to $750,000 USD to encourage groundbreaking research from all around the… [[ This is a content...
Northrop Grumman gets a new AARGM missiles contract, this time for $165 million
Northrop Grumman, one of the biggest U.S. defense contractors, has received a new U.S. Navy AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) missiles contract. The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman for Lot 9 full-rate production...
Malaysia speaks out against fresh tensions in South China Sea
Key Points Putrajaya has denounced the recent build-up of naval vessels in the South China Sea The presence of these warships could result in miscalculations, said the country’s foreign minister Malaysia’s foreign minister, Hishammuddin...
Covid-19: With 100% of carrier Roosevelt sailors tested, 17% found positive for virus
The US Navy (USN) reported on 23 April that as of that day, 100% of aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) crewmembers have been tested for Covid-19, with 840 total positive and 4,098...
South Korea to equip FFX-III frigates with indigenous multifunction radar
Key Points South Korea will equip its future FFX-III frigates with a locally developed multifunction radar The selection points to greater inclusion of indigenously manufactured components in the warship programme South Korea will incorporate...
Fifth Ford Elevator Certified, Next Ready By End Of FY 2020
This week the Navy said the fifth overall and first lower Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier was certified while noting the next one is expected later...
ONR Launches New International Research Competition
The office of Naval Research (ONR) this week launched Global-X, a new nine-month international science challenge to encourage “groundbreaking research.” ONR Global, the division that sponsors scientific work outside the U.S., announced Global-X on...
Battle For The Arctic: Russia Plans Nuke Icebreaker, US Counters China In Greenland
US official: “We can expect the rapidly changing Arctic system to create greater incentives for the Kremlin and the PRC to pursue agendas that clash with the interests of the United States.” …read more...
NGC’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Continues to Protect the US Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in March. Assets will include all-up round missiles...
NGC’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Continues to Protect the US Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) $165 million for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in March. Assets will include all-up round missiles...