
The US Coast Guard will commission USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC-1146), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s fifth Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC), into service at the Port of Tampa, today at 10 a.m. ET (local time).

American aerospace company Boeing has revealed its intent to offer P-8A Poseidon in response to Canada’s request for information (RFI) for long-range maritime patrol aircraft.

USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the US Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, has completed initial builder’s trials and returned to port.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has revealed that the US Navy’s Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Montana (SSN 794) successfully completed alpha sea trials.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has been contracted to build nine additional CH-53K helicopters for US Marine Corps.

The US Navy commissioned the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) as the newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a ceremony held on 5 February in Brunswick, Georgia.

Marine craft provider Textron Systems has unveiled a new, innovative solution called the surface effect cargo amphibious transport (SECAT), for US Navy’s expeditionary warfare logistics.

According to the latest report to US Congress on Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program, the lead ship of the new Ford-class USS Gerald R. Ford is expected to be deployed by fall 2022.

The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the US Navy’s 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, completed acceptance trials on 31 January.

The keel for the future USS Harrisburg (LPD 30), the US Navy’s new San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship and the first Flight II ship, was laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding on 28 January

The final block has been placed on the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6), the sixth expeditionary sea base (ESB) built for the US Navy, according to the shipbuilding company General Dynamics NASSCO.

On 5 February, the US Navy plans to commission USS Savannah (LCS 28), the new Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS), in Brunswick Georgia.

The keel for the future expeditionary fast transport ship (EPF 14) USNS Cody, the first of the Spearhead-class EPF Flight II configuration, was laid at Austal USA on 26 January.

Following 59 years of dedicated service, the Canadian Coast Guard’s oldest serving vessel, CCGS Hudson, has been decommissioned.