Scientists Deploy Ice Stations From USCGC Healy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers ventured onto a floe of multi-year ice for the first of three multi-instrument ice stations in the Arctic Ocean…
HMS Northumberland Returns From NATO Exercises
A Royal Navy frigate returned home August 13th after spending more than half of 2023 at sea operating across the Arctic, Baltic and the North Atlantic. HMS Northumberland has sailed…
Construction Begins on Future USNS Hector A Cafferata Jr
Construction started on the sixth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USNS Hector A Cafferata Jr (T-ESB 8), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD NASSCO), Aug. 8.…
US Navy Extends Testing Contract with AML3D
AML3D Limited is pleased to announce contract extension for Nickel-Aluminum-Bronze (NAB) alloy characterization and strength testing to support the US Navy’s submarine program. The contract has been signed with BlueForge…
USS Delaware Returns from Maiden Deployment
Submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791), under the command of Cmdr. Robert Low, returned to Naval Submarine Base New London on Tuesday, August 14, completing her first six-month deployment since commissioning…
US & South Korea to Hold Exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield
The ROK and U.S. will conduct Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS), an 11-day, joint, combined, and interagency exercise event from Aug. 21 to 31, 2023. The annual exercise is designed to…
New SSN Duguay-Trouin Delivered to French Navy
On July 28, 2023, the Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) announced the receipt of the Duguay-Trouin, the second of six Suffren-class nuclear attack submarines (SNA) built as part of the…
USS Tucson Completes Modernization at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully completed all planned maintenance and modernization work on USS Tucson (SSN 770) Aug. 15, delivering the Los Angeles-class…
Textron Wins Aerosonde UAS Support Contract
Textron Systems Corporation announced August 9th that it has been awarded an initial contract valued at up to $19.5 million by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to…
Austal Delivers 16th Guardian Class Patrol Boat
Austal Limited (Austal) is pleased to announce Austal Australia has delivered the 16th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) David W Panuelo to the Australian Department of Defense. The vessel was then…