Start of GPI Japan-US Joint Development
At the Japan-U.S. Security Consultative Committee (2+2) meeting in January 2023, the U.S. and Japan agreed to start discussions on the possibility of joint development of future interceptors. Based on…
Lessons Learned From Valued Partner
Bringing a new Royal Australian Navy ship into service naturally brings some challenges – especially when it is only the fifth of its kind worldwide, and the first built in…
NOAA to Build Two REMUS 620 UUVs for NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently ordered two REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from HII. The customized, medium-class UUVs will be built by HII’s Mission Technologies division…
Future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) Launching
II’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the successful launch of the Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128). “The translation and launch are always important milestones for…
HII Newport News Now Using Additive Manufacturing Process
When Chris Davis, a tool engineer at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, designed an upgrade for a spotface cutting tool needed for work aboard John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), it…
MSCI Advisory on Adversarial Foreign Influence
1. Issue: This Advisory seeks to alert maritime stakeholders of potential vulnerabilities to maritime port equipment, networks, operating systems, software, and infrastructure. Foreign companies manufacture, install, and maintain port equipment…
INS Nahshon Commissioned in Pascagoula
IDF Statement: This is the INS Nahshon, the first of 2 vessels to be received by the Israeli Navy. A delivery & flag-raising ceremony took place in Pascagoula🇺🇸, led by…
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…