Tag: US Navy
US carrier Truman returns home after 7-month deployment
The US Navy's Nimitz-class carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) returned home June 16, marking the end of its deployment after...
US Navy’s second ship to shore connector completes acceptance trials
The second of overall 22 next generation landing craft currently on order has completed US Navy acceptance trials following a series of...
StormBreaker smart bomb passes Super Hornet test ahead of IOC milestone
Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced that it has completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker smart bomb from an F/A-18E/F Super...
US destroyer Fitzgerald sailing home three years after fatal collision
US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) got underway from Huntington Ingalls Industries's Pascagoula shipyard on June 13 to return to...
US destroyer seizes $40m worth of cocaine from low-profile narco boat
US Navy destroyer USS Preble has seized 100 bales of suspected cocaine worth over $40 million from a drug-trafficking low-profile go-fast vessel...
BAE Systems lands another US Navy vertical launch system canister deal
The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce multiple types of vertical launching system (VLS) canisters with a total...
FLIR Systems gets $23.5m for Centaur UGV deliveries to US Army,...
Oregon-based FLIR Systems has received two contracts worth up to $23.5 million for the delivery of its Centaur unmanned ground vehicles to...
Four US carriers underway as Nimitz deploys from San Diego
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and its carrier strike group (CSG) deployed from San Diego on June 8 in...
US Navy’s Japan-based carrier Ronald Reagan begins 2020 deployment
Ships from the US Navy's Japan-based Ronald Reagan carrier strike group are underway in the Indo-Pacific as part of their 2020 deployment,...
New US Navy carrier Ford completes largest aircraft embark to date
The ship's crew successfully managed the loss of EMALS during the latest round of trials.