USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. Completes Trials
USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8) successfully completed Acceptance Trials July 17 following a three-day underway off the coast of southern California. ESB 8 is the final Expeditionary Sea…
White Sands Team Launches Its Biggest Sounding Rocket
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) recently hit a high mark in its suborbital vehicle’s capabilities, launching its biggest sounding rocket for an…
US Naval Aviation to Receive JDAM LR
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $75 million Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU) Joint Direct Attack Munition Long Range (JDAM LR),…
HMAS Perth 2026 Regional Presence Deployment
Anzac class frigate HMAS Perth has departed Fleet Base West in Western Australia to commence the Australian Defence Force’s fifth Regional Presence Deployment of 2026. Perth will participate in training…
ARA Libertad Visits Kingston, Jamaica
The frigate ARA Libertad, a training ship of the Argentine Navy, moored in the port of Kingston (Port Royal), beginning its official visit to the capital of Jamaica as part…
USS Virginia Returns from Deployment
Capt. Thomas Flaherty, commander of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4, under which Virginia operates, welcomed the crew home and praised their efforts. “The deployment of USS Virginia to the European theater…
USCGC Kimball Returns from RIMPAC 2026
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) concluded operations in support of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 exercise and returned to their homeport in Honolulu, July 27.…
USS Arizona Will be First VPM Equipped Virginia Class
On August 3, the Department of the Navy announced a decisive step to sharpen its competitive edge, reclassifying nineteen planned Virginia Class submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM)…