Tag: US Navy
US Navy LCS completes first land-attack missile evolution
USS Montgomery struck a land-based target with three Longbow Hellfire missiles as part of the LCS surface-to-surface mission module testing.
US Navy commissions destroyer named after first black Marine 3-star general
The US Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), in a ceremony on May 14...
US Navy launches first Orca XLUUV drone submarine
The US Navy revealed an important milestone for its Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program with the christening and first...
US Navy sends an LCS on first-ever operational deployment in Europe
In a historic moment for the US Navy's European and African area of operations, a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship is on an...
US Navy awards Austal $230M for 16th expeditionary fast transport ship
The US Navy has awarded Austal a $230.5 million contract for the construction of the 16th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) ship....
Damper hose failure led to fatal MH-60S crash on Abe, US...
The crash on USS Abraham Lincoln also damaged two T-45s on the flight deck, with total damages amounting to over $30.5M.
US Navy’s lead John Lewis-class oiler starts sea trials
The sea trials were one of several shipbuilding milestones celebrated by the navy in late April.
USS Paul Ignatius deploys to Spain as part of US Navy’s...
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) departed Naval Station Mayport on April 27 to become the third new US...
US Navy’s 23rd Virginia-class submarine New Jersey hits the water
US shipbuilder HII revealed it launched the US Navy's newest Virginia-class submarine into the James River at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding...
US Air Force’s Quicksink anti-ship bomb sinks vessel in new test
Quicksink promises to develop a low-cost method of achieving torpedo-like seaworthy kills from the air.
