The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 1 October that it had awarded a $26,6 million contract to the Boeing for support of Trident II strategic weapon systems. According to the DoD, the Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is awarded a $26,663,956 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the U.S. and United Kingdom Trident II (D5) maintenance and […]

U.S. Navy officials describe upgrade of C-130 Aircraft Hercules aircraft. The Navy provides a continuous forward-deployed maritime strike and expeditionary power protection force, Navy Rear Adm. Scott D. Conn, director of air warfare in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. said, adding that supporting the force calls for a unique logistics infrastructure. That capability is Navy […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a large-scale contract for construction of six Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight III destroyers for the U.S. Navy. The U.S Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a fixed-price-incentive, firm target multiyear contract on 27 September with a ceiling price of  $5.1 billion, which provides for construction of six Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) […]

The U.S. Coast Guard implements a transfer of two former 110-foot Island-class patrol cutters to Ukraine. According to the statement,  U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Michael McAllister, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, and Ukrainian Adm. Ihor Voronchenko, Naval Forces of Ukraine Commander, signed a certificate of implementation for the transfer of two 110-foot cutters to the […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 27 September that the U.S. Navy to commission submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789). The U.S. Navy will commission its newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Indiana (SSN 789), during an 10 a.m. (EDT) ceremony Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Navy Port at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in […]

Russia says it has for the first time used its Bastion coastal missile system at the Arctic exercise on Kotelny Island. On 26 September, Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced that Northern Fleet to use Bastion coastal missile system at the Arctic exercise on Kotelny Island for the first time. According to […]

On September 17, a fire broke out aboard the Schleswig-Holstein frigate of the German Navy on the Baltic Sea off Kiel.  According to the Deutsche Marine Blog, the Schleswig-Holstein frigate was forced to return to port after a fire in an electrical control panel on 17 September. The source in the German Navy said that around 8 p.m. on board […]

The UK Special Boat Service, an equivalent of the U.S. Navy SEALs, to receive three SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) MK XI Shallow Water Combat Submersibles (SWCS).  On 20 September, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of three MK XI SWCS for an estimated cost of $90 […]

The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of 50 MK 15 Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) Block IB Baseline 2 Upgrade Kits for an estimated cost of $75 million.  According to the statement, announced on 20 September by the Department of Defense, the Government of […]

According to the statement of the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin and Austal USA for the supply of three additional littoral combat ships.  Austal USA was awarded a contract modification by the U.S. Navy to build two additional Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships, its sixteenth and seventeenth ships in the class. The […]