
The keel of future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), the 78th Arleigh Burke-class ship was laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding on 9 March.

The US Navy is celebrating the centennial of its aircraft carriers, “which are recognized as a powerful tool that has furthered America’s interests”.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the integrated modification and maintenance contract for the US Navy’s E-6B Mercury platform, a derivative of the commercial Boeing 707 aircraft.

US 7th Fleet’s Task Force (CTF) 75 and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) have successfully retrieved the F-35C Lightning II aircraft which crashed earlier this year in the South China Sea.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has revealed that it has delivered to the US Navy the first of two bearing support structures (BSS) for installation in the first Columbia-class submarine currently under construction.

The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has achieved a milestone in composite manufacturing with the production of two 3D-printed prototype logistics vessels for the US Department of Defence (DoD).

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) returned to Naval Station Norfolk following the completion of successful four-day sea trials on 17 February.

General Dynamics Electric Boat has delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Oregon (SSN 793) to the US Navy on 26 February.

US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed sea trials off the coast of Virginia this week, marking the successful conclusion of its inaugural planned incremental availability (PIA).

American naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox Inc. has received a contract for supporting surface combatant ship design and engineering efforts for the US Navy’s future surface combatant force, primarily in support of the future DDG(X) program.

General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a contract for smart start maintenance, repair, and modernization efforts in support of the US Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768).

The US Navy decommissioned Cyclone-class coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) at a ceremony held at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on 23 February.

Defence Company Austal USA has hosted keel-laying of the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), US Navy’s newest Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) at its ship manufacturing facility.

The US Coast Guard commissioned the USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) into service at the Port of Tampa in Tampa, Florida, on 23 February.