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Eastern Shipbuilding Protests Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter ... - USNI News

This story has been updated on with additional information from Austal USA and HII. The shipyard first tapped to build what the Coast Guard considers its most important shipbuilding program is contesting the service’s decision to change yards with a formal protest to the Government Accountability Office, company officials told USNI News. Eastern Shipbuilding Group …

over 2 years ago

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Senate FY 2023 Appropriations Bill Adds $4B to Navy Shipbuilding, M...

The Senate Appropriations Committee included advanced procurement dollars for two new amphibious warships as part of a $32 billion shipbuilding budget, according to the defense subcommittee’s Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill released on Thursday. The FY 2023 bill shipbuilding and conversion port…

about 2 years ago

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11 Chinese Ballistic Missiles Fired Near Taiwan, U.S. Embarks USS ....

The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force has fired 11 ballistic missiles into waters surrounding Taiwan as part of a series of military exercises, the Ministry of Defense in Taipei said in a Thursday statement. According to the MoD, the PLARF fired 11 DF-15 short-range ballistic missiles into waters to the northeast and southwest of Taiwan. …

about 2 years ago

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Navy Recovers F/A-18E Super Hornet Blown off Deck of USS Harry S. T...

The F/A-18E Super Hornet blown off the deck of an aircraft carrier was recovered 9,500 feet under the Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th Fleet announced on Monday. The single-seat Super Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing 1 aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was knocked off the deck of the carrier in what…

about 2 years ago

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Reagan Carrier Strike Group Wraps Spring Patrol Following ... - USN...

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) pulled into Yokosuka, Japan on Friday, wrapping a three-month patrol in the Western Pacific, USNI News has learned. USNI News confirmed ship spotter reports that the carrier had returned to its Japan homeport. The forward-deployed carrier will now start its annual maintenance period at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, a Navy official confirmed …

about 2 years ago

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UPDATED: HII Wins $42M Award for Lyndon B. Johnson Combat System Ac...

This post was updated with a statement from HII. Ingalls Shipbuilding was awarded a $41.6 million contract modification to begin the combat system activation of Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) in Mississippi, according to a Monday Pentagon announcement. The shipya…

about 2 years ago

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HMS Queen Elizabeth Departs U.K. to Sub for Damaged HMS ... - USNI ...

British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) set sail for the U.S. on Wednesday while its sister ship HMS Prince of Wales (R09) prepares for a major repair to its propulsion system, the U.K. Royal Navy announced. Ahead of a planned European deployment, Queen Elizabeth will step in for some of the stops for Prince …

about 2 years ago

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Marines Clear ACVs to Return to Open Water with Restrictions ... - ...

The Marines cleared the Amphibious Combat Vehicle to return to sea for training after a two-month pause following an incident that disabled two ACVs in California, the service announced on Thursday afternoon. The service took the ACVs out of the water days after heavy surf tipped over two of the vehicles, disabling them, off the …

about 2 years ago

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INTERPOL: Fat Leonard Arrested in Venezuela Trying to Flee to Russi...

After two weeks on the run, authorities in Venezuela arrested former defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis as he attempted to board a plane to Russia, officials said late Wednesday. Francis was detained by Venezuelan authorities at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía on T…

about 2 years ago

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GAO: Navy’s XLUUV Undersea Minelayer $242M Over Budget, 3 Years Beh...

A program to develop an unmanned, 80-ton minelaying submarine is three years late and $242 million over budget, according to a Wednesday report from the Government Accountability Office. The Navy’s Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) prototype program was set to deliver five of the auton…

about 2 years ago

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U.S. Marine Corps Archives - Page 257 of 264 - USNI News - USNI News

about 2 years ago

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Russian Sea-Based Kalibr Cruise Missiles Part of New Round of ... -...

Russia has continued to use long-range cruise missiles fired from ships in the Black Sea to hit civilian targets in Ukraine over the last several weeks, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters on Tuesday. “We do know that they’ve used these capabilities to strike targets in Ukraine to include some of the civilian infrastructure energy and …

about 2 years ago

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U.S. Marine Corps Archives - Page 258 of 265 - USNI News - USNI News

almost 2 years ago

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New Torpedo Tube-launched Drones Will Turn U.S. Attack Sub Fleet .....

ARLINGTON, Va. – In the near future, the U.S. nuclear attack submarine fleet will be able to launch and recover an underwater robot from a torpedo tube, Navy officials said this week. The torpedo-sized Razorback — designed to extend the awareness of a submarine— has been in testing on the Navy’s attack boats for more …

almost 2 years ago

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U.K. Awards BAE Systems $5B for Type 26 Anti-Submarine Warfare ... ...

The United Kingdom Royal Navy is expanding its Type 26 anti-submarine warfare frigate fleet as part of a $5 billion contract with BAE Systems, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday. The contract will add five of the frigates that BAE’s Scotland shipyards at Govan and Scotstoun will build. Sunak made the announcement during …

almost 2 years ago

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U.S. Blames Iran for Drone Attack on Tanker Near Oman - USNI News -...

This story has been updated with more information from U.S. Central Command. U.S. Central Command and Israeli officials are blaming Iran for a Tuesday attack on an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire off the coast of Oman. Tanker Pacific Zircon was 150 miles off the coast of Oman when what U.S. officials described …

almost 2 years ago

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USS George H.W. Bush Operates with French, Italian Carriers in the ...

U.S., French and Italian aircraft carriers operated together near Italy, the Navy announced on Wednesday. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) joined with Italian carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550) and the French carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) for unspecified exercises in the Ionian Sea a week after the Pentagon announced five allied carriers would operate in …

almost 2 years ago

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Surface Forces Archives - Page 528 of 539 - USNI News - USNI News

almost 2 years ago

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House, Senate Agree to Authorize 3 Flight III Destroyers in FY 23 N...

Congress is set to authorize the Navy to buy three Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers in Fiscal Year 2023 as part of a nearly finalized House and Senate $847 billion defense policy bill, USNI News has learned. House and Senate negotiators of the FY 2023 National Defense Authori…

almost 2 years ago

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News & Analysis Archives - Page 775 of 782 - USNI News - USNI News

almost 2 years ago

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Navy Underwater Robots, Divers Searching for Remains of Chinese ......

A U.S. amphibious warship, explosive and ordnance divers and underwater robots are off the coast of South Carolina surveying about a square mile off the Atlantic Ocean for the remains of a high-altitude Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter shot down on Saturday, defense officials told reporters on Monday. USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), Explosive Ordnance …

over 1 year ago

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