
The U.S. Navy returned its CMV-22 Osprey fleet to flight status on March 8, following Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)’s announcement that issued clearance for the V-22 to fly.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico for amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29).

The US Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36) at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama on March 1.

Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), a subsidiary of Thales, has delivered the first CAPTAS-4 sonar for the U.S. Navy’s Constellation class frigates (FFG).

Vard Marine, a Fincantieri company, has named Serco as a preferred supplier to Team Vigilance for the Canadian Navy’s next-generation offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) has been launched into the James River at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division (NNS) recently began topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on US Navy’s aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).

The Government of Canada has awarded a contract to Ocean Industries Inc. for the vessel life extension of CCGS Griffon.

The U.S. Navy commissioned the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) as the newest expeditionary sea base ship (ESB) during a ceremony held on February 17.

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has completed the construction of the prototype block for the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) Polar Icebreaker program.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed builder’s sea trials for the amphibious transport dock ship Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) built for the US Navy.

US Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro has named the future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67).

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has been awarded an advanced planning contract for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

The U.S. Navy’s newest Overlord unmanned surface vessel Vanguard (OUSV3), was recently launched from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.