The Defence Research and Development Canada is set to test the TRAPS (Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar), a variable depth ASW sonar on Royal Canadian Navy ships. The department has contracted GeoSpectrum Technologies Inc. to deliver the systems for testing. According to GeoSpectrum, TRAPS is a to
Royal Navy Commodore Andrew Burns, commander of Amphibious Task Group embarked on the U.K.’s HMS Ocean (L 12), took command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force (CTF) 50 in the Arabian Gulf, November 25. This marks the first time a Royal Navy officer has led a U.S. task force in the Mid
U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 757) arrived at Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) in her new homeport of San Diego, November 21. Scranton arrived after completing extensive maintenance at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine, and three months of operatio
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a five-year contract worth up to $86 million to provide management, engineering, maintenance, and IT support services for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) at Wallops Island, Virginia. Under the contract, BAE Systems will integrate various mission equipment
The F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jets that are currently carrying out the third developmental test phase (DT-III) aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) reached a new milestone as the program completed weapons load testing on November 16. A group of the next-generation aircraft fro
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, the shipbuilder in charge of constructing new offshore patrol cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard, has contracted Northrop Grumman Corporation for the design of C4ISR and machinery control systems (MCS). Included in the design phase of the OPC program is a MCS land-based tes
The U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus named the DGG 121 destroyer after the first African-American Marine Corps general officer Frank E. Petersen Jr. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was named during a Nov. 9 ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. In 1950, two years
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems a $21.3 million contract modification exercising an option for the production of Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Insertion (A-RCI) Technical Insertion – 16 (TI-16) systems and pre-cable kits and production support. T
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), one of two shipbuilders in charge of constructing the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, has recently shared a video of USS John Finn (DDG 113) launching SM-2 missiles during Bravo trials. The video shows the ship firing one SM-2 missile each from the sh
The U.S. Navy said that it has improved its ability to track down mines after completing a series of sonar tests at Carderock’s David Taylor Model Basin in Bethesda, Maryland. The navy’s unmanned maritime systems program office along with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division tested
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring scientists who have traveled to Arctic Ocean region to explore an environment of diminishing ice and develop new tools that will help the U.S. Navy operate in a once-inaccessible area. A recent announcement from the National Snow and Ice Data Cen
The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a contract to manufacture additional MK 48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedo afterbody/tailcone sections. The contract has a 27-month base period of performance from award to final acceptance and includes option
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) performed a Standard Missile (SM) launch off the coast of Virginia to test the latest version of the Aegis Weapon System. USS Mitscher recently completed the AEGIS ACB-12 upgrade during and extended dry-dock selected rest
Airbus Helicopters’ Brazilian subsidiary Helibras recently officially presented the Brazilian Navy’s H225M multirole utility helicopter in a naval combat configuration. Developed and assembled locally by Helibras, this new H225M version is equipped with mission capabilities that include anti-surface
