Lockheed Martin has completed thermal vacuum testing on the fourth satellite scheduled to launch and join the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation. This milestone comes just weeks after the company shipped the third MUOS satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in antic
Lockheed Martin Corp is being awarded a $54,6 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise option year one for ship integration and test of the Aegis weapon system (AWS) for AWS baselines through advanced capability build (ACB) 12. The contract provides for Aegis shipboard integ
The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) makes a turn while underway in the pacific Ocean. Fort Worth is providing a sea-going platform for a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter from the U.S. Army 25th Combat Aviation Brigade to conduct deck landing qualifications off the coast of Hawaii. Fort Worth
Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Training, is being awarded a $82,9 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise options for Aegis combat system engineering agent efforts for the design, development, integration, test, and delivery of computer program baselines and associate
Sailors from the Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center (NAVOCEANMIWCEN) deployed to 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) as the first unit to be permanently deployed under Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM). The NAVOCEANMIWCEN Sailors, who deployed Sept. 1, participated in t
Sailors from amphibious dock landing ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) joined members of the American Legion, Boy Scouts of America and Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps to help lay to rest faded and torn American flags during a flag retirement ceremony in San Diego, Nov. 22. New Orleans’ Sailors p
Sailors attach a container to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a replenishment-at-sea with Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returned to its homeport at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California, Friday, after a 140-day deployment to the Arctic and Central America. Since departing in July, the Stratton’s crew completed a 24,000-mile deployment in support of the nation’s inter
Airbus Defense and Space, Inc., has installed and put into operation the third TRS-3D naval radar for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program through its agreement with LCS prime contractor, Lockheed Martin. The radar has been integrated on the third “Freedom” variant of the new Littoral
VIDEO: Canada Marks Modernization of the Halifax-Class Frigates The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls and Minister of Canadian National Defence, yesterday announced the successful modernization of the first four Halifax-Class frigates. TenCate Advanced Armour to Support
The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) was welcomed to the Pearl Harbor waterfront at an aloha ceremony Nov. 25, as the newest submarine permanently assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The arrival of Mississippi makes her the 4th Virginia-c
Capt. Timothy R. Trampenau transferred leadership of the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) to Capt. Brian K. Sorenson during a change of command ceremony held aboard the ship in Norfolk, Nov. 25. Rear Adm. DeWolfe H. Miller III, commander, Carrier Strike Group Two, presided over the ceremony.
The US Department of Defence on November 24th, 2014, issued the following statement by the US Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, regarding his resignation. I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that this morning, President Obama accepted my letter of resignation. I have agreed to continu
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) intercepted approximately 875 pounds of cocaine being smuggled aboard a fishing vessel while on patrol in international waters off the coast of Central America. Vand
