Three foreign warships from Germany, Netherlands, and the US will moor at Vasilyevsky Island’s quay of St. Petersburg. They will participate in the 5th International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS-2011) to be held since June 29 till July 3. Apart from arrival of foreign warships, the IMDS program inclu
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, June 5. George H.W. Bush was joined by guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103), guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) and Spanish
Trident ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) Sailors visited the boat’s namesake state to participate in Philadelphia Fleet Week May 22-26. Five Pennsylvania Sailors, led by USS Pennsylvania Commanding Officer Cmdr. Gustavo Gutierrez, took part in various events in the region thro
Raytheon Company submitted its proposal for the U.S. Army and Navy’s Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition and responded as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with The Boeing Company for the JAGM program. Raytheon and Boeing have proven capabilities that were showcased in the JAGM technology d
Sailors of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 will arrive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled port visit on June 7. Vinson is currently transiting to her homeport in San Diego following a six-month deployment to the Western
BAE Systems has delivered its 20,000th warning sensor for U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and allied aircraft missile warning systems, an achievement made possible by teaming with the Navy NAVAIR program office, and prime contractor ATK BAE Systems has been a key supplier to ATK since 1998, providing sen
A U.S. Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) participated in training exercises with the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), May 30. The Coast Guard unit, embarked aboard Mason since May, regularly takes part in the ship’s VBSS trai
The crew of the USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) rendered honors to the fallen in the Battle of Midway during a ceremony June 3, in the waters near Midway Atoll. The ceremony, commemorated the U.S. Navy’s victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy in the three-day battle June 4-7, 1942. “Today we are here to re
More than 5,000 people gathered at the Port of Mobile on Saturday to bring to life the Navy’s newest warship… By Travis Griggs (citizen-times) [mappress] Source: citizen-times, June 6, 2011;
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments, LP, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $54,613,172 firm-fixed-price contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System mechanical modules and related equipment and services. The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants s
In accordance with official data exchange under START-3 treaty, the US State Department published information on numbers of nuclear warheads available to the Russian Federation and the US, as well as amount of deployed and non-deployed carriers. According to the promulgated data, as of Feb 5, 2011 R
Sailors aboard guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) conducted flight operations with a Chilean navy helicopter during the Southern Seas 2011 transit of the Strait of Magellan, May 28. The flight operation was completed successfully as the Chilean pilots flying the Dauphin AS-365N2 landed safely
The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, William P. Lawrence, Saturday, June 4, 2011, during an 11 a.m. CDT ceremony at Pier 2, Alabama State Docks, Mobile, Ala. Designated DDG 110, the new destroyer honors the late Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence. During the V
ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that its recently-developed Hostile Fire Indication (HFI) capability upgrade for the AAR-47 Missile Warning System has been approved by the Department of the Navy for Fleet introduction. In addition to the AAR-47’s longstanding, combat-proven ability to detect incoming miss
