Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has confirmed that LCS 17, the future USS Indianapolis, recently completed her Acceptance Trials. “U.S. Navy tests the ship before delivery to ensure she’s capable of serving focused missions today and can evolve for the future,” it said in a statement. This is the ship’s final significant milestone […]

Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems has confirmed that U.S. Marine Corps awards contract to develop new variants for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) Family of Vehicles. BAE Systems, along with teammate Iveco Defence Vehicles, has been awarded a $67 million contract modification by the U.S. Marine Corps to develop new variants for the Amphibious […]

The U.S. Navy has christened its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), during a ceremony on Saturday, Jun. 22, at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The future USS Daniel Inouye is named in honour of Daniel Inouye, who served as a United States Senator for Hawaii from 1963 until his death […]

The newest Independence-class littoral combat ship joins the U.S. Navy fleet during a June 21 ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. The future USS Cincinnati is the 18th littoral combat ship (LCS) delivered to the Navy and the 10th of the Independence variant to join the fleet. Delivery marks the official transfer of the […]

A  two U.S. Navy’s landing craft, air cushion, or LCAC, take part in Defense Support of Civil Authorities training at Sunset Beach State Recreation Site, south of Warrenton, Oregon, near Camp Rilea on June 3, 2019. Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office has reported that the two LCAC’s transported supplies, heavy equipment and crewmembers ashore, demonstrating how […]

U.K. aerospace giant BAE Systems has announced on Monday that the U.S. Navy selects it to provide engineering and integration support for critical communications and combat systems. The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a five-year, $90 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize and maintain C5ISR systems embedded within vehicles, watercraft, and specialized communications platforms. C5ISR […]

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has announced on Monday that U.S. and United Kingdom naval forces conducted routine bilateral mine countermeasures training in the Arabian Gulf, June 10-20. This recurring series of maritime assurance exercises brings U.S. and UK mine countermeasures forces together for the third time this year. “Integrated training such as this exercise […]

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that began testing an advanced version of long-range electromagnetic weapon at the White Sands Missile Range. The new weapon system is a long-range electromagnetic railgun that fires projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants. Last month, the U.S. Navy has reported that Engineers and technicians at Naval Surface Warfare Center, […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced on Thursday that BAE Systems Land and Armaments,a subsidiary of BAE Systems, is awarded a not-to-exceed $67 million modification for contract line item numbers 8000, 8001, 8002, and 8100 to a previously awarded contract, for the development of engineering drawings, manufacture, and test support for three Amphibious Combat […]

The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has confirmed on 19 June that a drone-killing, directed energy weapon prototype is now in the hands of Marines. According to a statement released by the PEO Land Systems Public Affairs of the Marine Corps, the Compact Laser Weapons System—or CLaWS—is the first ground-based laser approved by the Department […]