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.
US shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) has held a keel-laying ceremony for the US Navy’s newest Virginia-class submarine USS Arizona (SSN 803).
US shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO laid the keel for the future USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208), the fourth ship in the John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler program for the US Navy.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) to the U.S. Navy.
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan), Canada’s strategic shipbuilding partner for large non-combat vessels under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) have reached an important milestone with the keel-laying ceremony for the offshore oceanographic science vessel (O
Canadian shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has launched the fourth Arctic and offshore patrol vessel HMCS William Hall build for the Canadian Navy.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has hosted a keel authentication ceremony for US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800).
The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the next-generation landing craft, ship-to-shore connector (SSC), landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) 106.
Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile cruiser USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) arrived in Portsmouth, UK for a scheduled port visit on 14 November.
US Coast Guard has commissioned fast response cutter (FRC) William Chadwick (WPC-1150) at Coast Guard Base Boston, as the first of six fast response cutters to be stationed in the city.
Bollinger Shipyards, the largest privately-owned and operated shipbuilder in the United States, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire defense companies VT Halter Marine, Inc. and ST Engineering Halter Marine Offshore.
The US Navy has resumed flight operations for some T-45C Goshawk aircraft.
