The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base (ESB), was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, on 21 October.
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, has been awarded a contract valued at up to $22 million by the US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide UAS operational support to the USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5).
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has been awarded a purchase order by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) to build and deliver four main propulsion diesel engines for US Navy’s landing platform dock LPD 32.
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded a US Navy contract modification for lead-yard support, development studies and design efforts related to Virginia-class attack submarines.
US Navy’s latest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer aces sea trials
The US Navy has scheduled to demonstrate re-arming the vertical launch system (VLS) aboard Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) at Naval Air Station North Island and in the San Diego Harbor.
The keel for US Navy’s future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek (T-ATS 8) was ceremonially laid at Bollinger Houma Shipyards on 3 October.
The US Navy’s first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), departed from Naval Station Norfolk on its first deployment to conduct operations and training exercises alongside NATO allies and partners throughout the Atlantic
The Canadian Coast Guard’s newest light icebreaker has been named the CCGS Judy LaMarsh, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Government House Leader and Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands Mark Gerretsen announced.
The lead ship of the US Navy’s newest aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), is set to begin its maiden deployment on 3 October.
Colombian state-owned shipbuilder Cotecmar and Dutch shipbuilding company Damen have signed a contract for the co-development of the contractual design for the next generation of frigates for the Colombian Navy.
The US Coast Guard’s patrol boat USCGC Baranof (WPB 1318) was decommissioned during a ceremony aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain on 26 September.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is developing a new unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) Manta Ray with the aim to operate long-range missions in ocean environments without the need for on-site human logistics support.
Four years after her debut in the Big Apple, aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth returned to New York to focus on Anglo-American military, political and strategic relations.
