The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Billings (LCS 15), the eighth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, during a ceremony in Key West, Florida, Aug. 3. “Billings was designed to operate and adapt to a rapidly changing environment,” said Joe DePietro, vice president of Small Combatants and Ship Systems at Lockheed Martin. “She is equipped and ready for […]

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, arrive at a cooperative security location in Dakar, Senegal. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis-Response-Africa activated the cooperative security location (CSL) to exercise forward-staging crisis response forces in Africa and rehearse responding to notional crises, according to […]

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the pilot of the F/A-18E Super Hornet involved in the mishap on July 31 died in the crash. The pilot of a Super Hornet was killed Wednesday when the fighter jet crashed into a ravine wall in California’s Death Valley, at a place commonly known as Star Wars Canyon, […]

Huntington Ingalls, the U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilder, has announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $290 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue planning for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The contract, from U.S. Navy, funds the second and third years […]

MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and landing tiltrotor aircraft attached to Marine Helicopter Squadron One, commonly known as President’s escort, opened the baseball game with a flyover at the Nationals Park, Washington D.C., on 30 July. The flyover was conducted during the National Anthem during the Washington Nationals versus Atlanta Braves baseball game. Marine Helicopter Squadron […]

The U.S. Navy has announced the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) arrived in the port of Tanjung Perak as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 2019. Littoral combat ships are fast, agile and networked surface combatants, optimized for operating in the near-shore environments. With mission packages allowing for tailored […]

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that it will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Billings (LCS 15), during a 10 a.m. ceremony Saturday, Aug. 3, in Key West, Florida. According to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, ranking member of the Senate Committee […]

The Marine Corps Systems Command has announced that U.S. Marines is in the process of fielding the Ultra-Light Robot—a small, mobile robot system that enables Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines to interrogate improvised explosive devices and other explosive threats or conduct various other reconnaissance activities. “The primary purpose of the Ultra-Light Robot is for small activities […]

The U.S. Navy Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, July 27. according to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa. USNS Carson City in Nigeria for a scheduled port visit in support of its 2019 Africa Partnership Station deployment to the Gulf of Guinea. “Our team is excited to be […]

U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for Lot 8 Full-Rate Production of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM). The contract, announced Friday by the Corporation, is worth $167 million and includes options for increased quantities for the Department of the Navy, […]