Guided missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) has launched Tomahawk missiles against Yemen’s Houthi fighters in response to repeated anti-ship missile launches at U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason. In the morning hours of October 13, USS Nitze struck and destroyed three radar sites in Houthi-controlled te
USS Mason (DDG-87) is a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer equipped with a range of combat systems providing it with capabilities for surface, anti-submarine and anti-aircraft warfare. The ship also features Raytheon’s anti-ship missile defense systems including the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulled into San Diego naval base after completing a successful six-day sea trials and officially marking the completion of a 20-month extended planned incremental availability. Nimitz got underway for the first time since January 2015 when it pulled awa
U.S. naval forces in Korea and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) joined ten United Nations sending states in the first Combined Mine Warfare Event, hosted in Seoul, Republic of Korea between October 11-22. The event combines the third annual United Nations Command (UNC) naval component commander (NC
A U.S. Navy destroyer has been targeted by missiles fired from Yemen on Sunday, according to reports. Two missiles were fired and both missed, impacting water before reaching the U.S. Navy ship. Another missile targeted a Saudi air base causing no damage, Al Jazeera reported citing Saudi and rebel m
U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, Munro (WMSL 755) has completed acceptance trials, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced. Munro spent two full days in the Gulf of Mexico proving the ship’s systems. The U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) were on board, as Ingalls’ test an
The U.S. Navy said that it has successfully completed a restrained firing test of the Longbow Hellfire missile for the LCS surface-to-surface missile module (SSMM). In comparison to live fire testing, restrained firing usually costs less and allows the navy to examine the missile after the test. Loc
U.S. Navy’s biggest destroyer to date, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), is ready to depart Naval Station Norfolk October 7 and complete a one-day transit to Baltimore, Md., where it will be commissioned into active service on October 15. This means that the sailors and engineers have carried out repairs to t
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin an initial $148.9 million contract for full rate production of the surface electronic warfare improvement program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems to upgrade the fleet’s electronic warfare capabilities. Under this full-rate production contract, which has four additio
USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the lead ship of the class of U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, has started sea trials after spending 20 months in port. Nimitz got underway Oct. 5 for sea trials, following an extended planned incremental availability (EPIA) that started February 2015 at Puget Soun
U.S. Navy’s Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group joined two guided-missile destroyers from the Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) for a series of interoperability drills in international waters of the South China Sea on October 3 and 4. The BHR ESG employed the capabilities of USS Spruanc
Electric Boat Corp., a subsidiary of General Dynamics, was awarded a not-to-exceed $101,295,930 contract modification for the manufacturing of 22 tactical missile tubes in support of the Ohio-class replacement. More specifically, Electric Boat is to deliver tactical missile tubes to support the manu
The U.S. Navy has sent three warships off the coast of Yemen after a UAE Navy-operated vessel was hit by missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi fighters in the Bab al-Mandab strait on Saturday. According to a report by Fox News, guided-missile destroyers USS Mason and USS Nitze were dispatched together wi
U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado arrived in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) October 3 while on its maiden deployment to Southeast Asia. The ship departed Hawaii for a 16-month rotational deployment to the 7th Fleet in September after spending a month in port for repairs on the
