Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the next two Freedom-class littoral combat ships (LCS) to be built in Alabama will be named the USS Jackson and the USS Montgomery. These two ships are part of a dual block buy of LCS class ships announced by Mabus in December 2010. By procuring [
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonar experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) segment in Liverpool, N.Y., will b… by John Keller (militaryaerospace) [mappress] Source: militaryaerospace,March 28, 2011;
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy’s commissioned ships. The milestone Q-70 System will be installed on the USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Virginia-class s
Commander, Submarine Force (COMSUBFOR) announced the Virginia-class submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) and the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) have commenced Ice Exercise 2011 (ICEX-2011) in the Arctic Ocean, March 15. USS New Hampshire is home ported in Groton, Conn., and comman
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight March 1 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin . The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged submarine USS Nevada (SSBN 733) in the Pacific Ocean. This test marked the 135th consecutive successful test f
The US Navy has successfully test-fired an unarmed Trident II D5 missile from the Ohio-class fleet ballistic-missile submarine USS Nevada… (brahmand) [mappress] Source: brahmand, March 8, 2011;
