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USS Carney makes port visit in South Africa
Mar 16, 2020 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, stationed in Rota, Spain, made the weekend visit on March 15 at the invitation of Lana Marks, U.S. ambassador to South Africa...
Navy may cancel plans to extend lives of Burke-class destroyers
Mar 13, 2020 (UPI)
James Geurts, the Navy's Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition, submitted written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee sayin...
Northrop Grumman awarded $49.1M for work on LCS gun mission modules
Mar 13, 2020 (UPI)
The deal modifies a contract awarded in March 2017. It funds engineering services for gun mission modules, including support for outfitting and installation, in...
Fluor nabs $1.8B for nuclear propulsion work
Mar 12, 2020 (UPI)
The deal modifies a contract awarded in July 2018 that included options that, if exercised, would bring the total value of the contract to $13.1 billion. The co...
Raytheon nabs $109.6M modification for work on MK 15 CIWS
Mar 11, 2020 (UPI)
The deal modifies a $199.6 million contract awarded in August 2019 for MK 15 CIWS work. It funds upgrades, conversions, system overhauls and associated hardware...
Navy to commission USNS Hershel Woody Williams Saturday
Mar 06, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Pentagon, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va, is slated to deliver the commissioning ceremony's principal address. Manchin will be joined by Tracie...
CSG-12 assumes operational control of USS Gerald Ford
Mar 04, 2020 (UPI)
"I appreciate the diligence and speed that are being applied by all hands to 'Make FORD Ready,'" Acting Secretary of Navy Thomas B. Modly said in a press releas...
USS Louis H. Wilson begins construction at Bath Iron Works
Mar 04, 2020 (UPI)
The Louis Wilson will be the first Arleigh Burke class destroyer built in the Flight Three configuration at BIW, according to the Navy's announcement. Named in ...
India postpones naval exercises over coronavirus fears
Mar 03, 2020 (AFP)
The MILAN 2020 exercise "has been postponed, taking into consideration the safety of all participants and travel restrictions imposed by the spread of COVID-19,...
USS Ross departs Bulgaria in NATO mission to Black Sea
Mar 02, 2020 (UPI)
The guided-missile destroyer entered the Black Sea on Feb. 23 and participated in separate drills with the three NATO partners. It departed the port of Varna, B...
Coast Guard christens cutter USCGC Stone
Mar 02, 2020 (UPI)
The vessel, formally christened on Saturday, is envisioned by the Coast Guard as able to undertake a range of high endurance cutter roles with additional upgrad...
Navy's 2nd Fleet escorts convoy across the Atlantic
Feb 27, 2020 (UPI)
During the exercise, the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf is guiding the USNS Benavidez, MV Resolve and MV Patriot as they carry military equipment to Euro...
BAE nabs $113.5M for 26 Amphibious Combat Vehicles for Navy
Feb 26, 2020 (UPI)
This award brings the total number of ACVs on order for the program to 116, according to BAE. It is the fourth order for the vehicles, which are intended to sup...
Destroyer USS Ross heads to Black Sea
Feb 24, 2020 (UPI)
While in the Black Sea, a strategic location in Eastern Europe bounded by Russia, Ukraine and six other nations, the ship will "conduct maritime security operat...
Future destroyer USS Delbert D. Black completes builder's trials
Feb 24, 2020 (UPI)
The ship will undergo acceptance trials, conducted by the U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey, in March, prior to its planned commissioning, the Navy said....
Raytheon nabs $121.5M to work on Zumwalt-class destroyers
Feb 20, 2020 (UPI)
The deal modifies an earlier contract for support of the Zumwalt-class destroyer program. The first in class USS Zumwalt was commissioned in 2013. The vessel, o...
USS Eisenhower, CSG 10 deploy after COMPTUEX exercise with allies
Feb 20, 2020 (UPI)
The Eisenhower was in port for maintenance from 2017 until early 2019 -- four times longer than expected -- when it departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard for testing ...
General Atomics nabs two deals totaling $35.M for work on EMALs
Feb 18, 2020 (UPI)
The larger of the two deals is a $25.2 million delivery order funding planning efforts for EMALS, including logistics support, engineering support, maintenance ...
Roosevelt, America strike groups unite for Pacific operations
Feb 17, 2020 (UPI)
Ships and aircraft of the two groups, assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet and including Navy and Marine Corps personnel, conducted "high-end warfighting exercises" i...
Australian navy begins three-week fleet certification exercise
Feb 17, 2020 (UPI)
The three-week event, known as the sea phase of Fleet Certification Period 2020, will verify the capabilities of participating vessels, RAN officials announced....
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