The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City and Naval Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport are hosting the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) 2017 which kicked off August 14. The ANTX 2017 theme is “Battlespace Preparation in a Contested Environment (BPCE). ANTX provides a low-risk e
Researchers from the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have found a new use for a 90’s-designed autonomous underwater vehicle called Autonomous Mobile Periscope System (AMPS). When it came time to evaluate the Periscope Detection and Discrimination (PDD) capability, a radar interface that detects t
The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded BAE Systems Land and Armaments L.P. a $16.8 million contract to deliver two 57mm MK 110 Mod 0 gun mounts and associated software for the US Coast Guard. The MK 110 Mod 0 gun mount is fielded on the service’s National Security and Offshore Patrol Cutters a
Northrop Grumman Corporation is partnering with other companies to demonstrate advanced autonomous technologies in a multi-domain contested maritime environment during this year’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX). The event is taking place at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Panama Ci
A short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II aircraft took off from the ski jump loaded with Paveway IV and ASRAAM missiles for the first time, BAE Systems announced. Installed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the ski jump is similar to that which will be used on the Royal Navy’s
US Coast Guard cutter Escanaba returned to Boston on Saturday after seizing 2.7 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $75 million in wholesale value during its two-month patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. While in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the crew intercepted two separate smuggling vessels which re
The US Navy recently awarded Spectro Scientific a $9.6 million contract to provide fluid analysis equipment and support. Under the contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Spectro will manufacture, test and deliver up to 69 model M-N/W SpectrOil RDE spectrometers to re
The US State Department has approved the Thailand government’s request for the acquisition of RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles. The requested contract for the possible foreign military sale has an estimated cost of $24.9 million and has been approved by the Defense Security Coopera
US destroyer USS Fitzgerald which was heavily damaged in a June 17 collision with a merchant vessel will be sent back from Japan to the US for repairs, the US Navy has decided. A US Navy 7th Fleet spokesperson confirmed this to Naval Today adding that the contract to transport the Arleigh Burke-clas
The US Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), concluded a three-month patrol of Indo-Asia- Pacific returning to its base at Yokosuka, Japan, on August 9. During the patrol, Ronald Reagan participated in exercise Talisman Saber 2017, designed to enhance U.S.-Australian
Two aircraft carriers, one operational since 2009 and the other preparing for its commissioning ceremony, met off the coast of Scotland during the UK-hosted exercise Saxon Warrior. HMS Queen Elizabeth met up with the USS George HW Bush and her carrier strike group during a series of war games which
Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown left her homeport in Halifax and headed for Europe where she will join navy ships from several countries for a six-month deployment to NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 1. On her second deployment under the Canadian Navy’s operation Reassurance, HMCS Charl
The U.S. Navy’s second Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) is ready to start a six-month overhaul. Ike left its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk transiting the Elizabeth River to arrive to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia on August 5. Norfo
The Canadian government has awarded Marine Recycling Corporation a contract to dismantle Royal Canadian Navy’s former replenishment ship Preserver and the Canadian forces auxiliary vessel Quest. The contract is worth CAD$12,616,144 and includes towing to the contractor’s facility located in Sydney,
