Divers from the navies of U.S. and Australia met in Perth, Western Australia, for a round of mine counter measure drills recently. The United States Navy explosive ordnance disposal Mobile Unit Five flew from Guam to Perth to join Australian Clearance Diving Team Four and Australian Mine Warfare Tea
The U.S. Strategic Systems Programs office has awarded Lockheed Martin a $540.8 million contract for work on the Trident II (D5) submarine-launched ballistic missile. The contract will run through September, 2021, and will see Lockheed Martin provide missile production and deployed system support. A
The wreck of the U.S. Navy’s World War II cruiser USS Houston (CA 30) lying in Indonesian waters appears to be intact, an analysis of data from a multi-beam sonar survey has revealed. Following a 2014 expedition, specialists from the Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archeology (UA) Bran
U.S. Navy’s carrier strike group centered around aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has started air strikes against ISIL from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The strikes, which started on February 13, are in support of the U.S. operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) aimed at fighting the Islamic State o
U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship USS Coronado returned to sea after spending just seven days undergoing engineering maintenance in Singapore. Sailors aboard USS Coronado started training and conducting operations at sea after departing Singapore on February 10. The Coronado crew is executing a busy
USS Chicago became the first submarine in four years to transfer retrievable exercise torpedoes (EXTORPs) to a submarine tender at Naval Base Guam, February 10. The Los Angeles-class submarine transferred two EXTORPs to USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) during a three-hour evolution in preparation for a pla
U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) completed its unit-level training in record time and returned to Sasebo, Japan,on February 13. “Out at sea, ship’s readiness and operability are the responsibility of all hands,” said Capt. Jeffrey Ward, USS Bonhomme Richard, commandin
The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has exercised contract options with BWXT Nuclear Operations Group for work on the naval nuclear reactor components production. This modification brought the value of the contract to $784 million. BWXT said new contracts valued at approximately $11 million we
Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) conducted a burial at sea ceremony, January 30. The ceremony honored the lives of 19 retired service members and one spouse. During the ceremony, the cremated remains of U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army veterans were placed
In conjunction with the Missile Defense Agency, guided-missile cruisers USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) and USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), along with guided-missile destroyers USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) and USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79), successfully executed a live-fire missile exercise off the coast of North Caro
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) joined over 2,800 service personnel from Romania, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine for the at-sea portion of exercise Sea Shield on February 8. Sea Shield is an annual, Romania-led multinational exercise
Weeks after receiving a $54 million contract for Trident (D5) MK 6 guidance system production, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has landed another $58.5 contract modification for the same task. The contract for the guidance system production includes failure verification, test, repair and recertifica
Sailors aboard the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) had a lot of ice to battle before pulling into Otaru, Japan, on February 3. The warm welcome the sailors received was an appreciated contrast to the conditions at sea they previously
Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailed near disputed islands in the East China Sea on Monday, two days after US Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited Japan. According to AFP, Japanese Coast Guard said three ships sailed near the disputed island chain known as Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyus in China.
