The U.S. government funding package for the fiscal year 2023 that was recently signed into law includes $503 million to continue the modernization of Dry Dock #1 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is America’s leader in attack submarine maintenance, repair, and
Defence company BAE Systems has received a $119.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82).
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $10.5 million contract for the modernization period planning of Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers.
As the war in Ukraine is still progressing, nations across the globe are trying to keep their naval projects on track. The year 2022, besides Russian aggression on Ukraine, was also marked by economic challenges and COVID 19 aftermath.
The U.S. Navy has declared full-rate production of the Sikorsky’s CH-53K helicopter.
General Dynamics Electric Boat has received a $5.1-billion modification of the previously awarded Columbia integrated product and process development contract for the US Navy’s Columbia-class submarines.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division started fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship Fallujah (LHA 9).
The US Navy’s first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), has completed builder’s trials, Naval Sea Systems Command informed. The trials, which ended on 15 December 2022, were conducted by the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) In
US Navy’s destroyer USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) completed acceptance trials with a General Dynamics Bath Iron Works operating crew.
US Navy’s Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro has revealed that a future America-class amphibious assault ship will be named USS Fallujah (LHA 9).
UK defence and aerospace company BAE Systems has received a $294.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform more than 20 months of maintenance and modernization work on the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).
After being moored pierside at Naval Air Station North Island for six months, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has completed a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) ahead of schedule while underway conducting sea trials.
Textron Systems Corporation has delivered Cottonmouth, a vehicle purpose-built for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program.
New Zealand has received the first of four P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft built by Boeing in a ceremony at the Museum of Flight.
