The US Navy will name three future vessels after ships steeped in naval history and two others after a Medal of Honor recipient and a Native American tribe, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the US Navy, revealed on 15 January.
While on its maiden voyage, the US Coast Guard’s new national security cutter USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) encountered and interdicted a suspected narcotic trafficking vessel south of the Dominican Republic last week.
The US Navy revealed that Captain Amy Bauernschmidt will assume command of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), marking the first time a female commanding officer will lead the crew of one of the navy’s eleven nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
The US Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard released a new Tri-Service Maritime Strategy today, entitled ‘Advantage at Sea’.
Last week, the Department of the US Navy released the annual 30-year shipbuilding plan outlining a larger, modernized force.
The Brazilian Navy launched today the second Scorpene-class diesel-electric attack submarine, the S Humaita (S41).
The Canadian Coast Guard has taken the delivery of the CCGS Jean Goodwill, the second of three medium interim icebreakers to join the fleet after completing refit and conversion work at Davie Shipbuilding in Lévis, Quebec.
The US Navy’s two future Virginia-class attack submarines will be named USS Tang and USS Wahoo, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy said.
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and US Navy successfully intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii, November
The Government of Canada has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada for in-service support on Royal Canadian Navy’s six Halifax-class combat systems (HCCS).
General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $9.474 billion contract modification option for construction and test of the lead and second ships of the US Navy’s Columbia class, as well as associated design and engineering support.
The US Navy’s newest Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite revealed last week.
A US Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in a residential area of Foley, Alabama, on 23 October, killing two officers and starting home and car fires.
The US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804), Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, revealed.
