DefenceTalkA second crewmember of the virus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier has been moved into the Intensive Care Unit at Naval Hospital Guam on Tuesday. This comes just a day after another Sailor from the carrier lost his life to complications arising from the coronavirus. The second Sailor, admitted into the ICU for shortness […]https://www.defencetalk.com/2nd-sailor-from-uss-theodore-roosevelt-moved-into-intensive-care-75149/

DefenceTalkApril 13th, 2020 marked the first death of an active-duty U.S. Navy servicemember due to the COVID-19 infection. Said U.S. Sailor was one of the 585 USS Theodore Roosevelt crewmembers who tested positive for the coronavirus. He tested positive for the infection on March 20th, evacuated ashore into his quarantine room where he was found […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tragedy-befalls-uss-theodore-roosevelt-75137/

DefenceTalk550 out of the 4,865 Sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier (hull number CVN-71) have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus infection as of April 11th, 2020. Thus far, 93% of the carrier’s crew have been tested for the coronavirus – 3,673 of which returned negative results. Just under 3,700 Sailors have disembarked […]https://www.defencetalk.com/550-sailors-tested-positive-on-uss-theodore-roosevelt-75124/

DefenceTalkUnited States Acting Secretary of the Navy (SecNav) Thomas B. Modly resigned from office on the morning of April 7th, 2020, after his mishandling of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (abbreviated TR) aircraft carrier situation led to mass outrage from active-duty Sailors, former Navy officers, Members of Congress and the public alike. On Monday, Acting SecNav […]https://www.defencetalk.com/troubled-waters-75087/

DefenceTalkThe Air Force Research Laboratory working with Northrop Grumman and Technical Directions Inc. (TDI) recently tested a first-of-its-kind, low-cost turbojet engine under the low-cost cruise missile program known as Gray Wolf. The TDI-J85 engine underwent a successful flight test campaign culminating in multiple inflight engine starts and operation at high altitude. The engine met performance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/afrl-and-industry-team-demo-first-ever-200-lb-thrust-class-low-cost-engine-74885/

DefenceTalkThe Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the Navy’s newest America-class amphibious assault ship, from Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-Ingalls Shipbuilding Division Feb. 28. Amphibious assault ships project power and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstone of the amphibious ready group or expeditionary strike group. These ships transport elements of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-future-uss-tripoli-74527/

DefenceTalkU.S. 2nd Fleet, on behalf of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, and in conjunction with Military Sealift Command (MSC), is conducting convoy operations across the Atlantic, employing the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) alongside USNS Benavidez, MV Resolve, and MV Patriot. Sealift remains the primary method for transporting military equipment, supplies, and material around […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-2nd-fleet-conducts-naveur-convoy-exercise-in-the-atlantic-74519/

DefenceTalkUS forces have conducted a series of air strikes in Somalia in recent days, including one announced Wednesday that officials said killed six militants. The strikes come as part of an ongoing mission in which US forces are working with African Union and Somali national security forces to fight the Shabaab movement. According to US […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-conducts-series-of-strikes-in-somalia-72017/

DefenceTalkRio de Janeiro state is moving ahead with plans to deploy security cameras and drones to help fight crime, according to its next governor, a far-right politician loyal to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro. A tender to install 30,000 cameras will be launched soon, Wilson Witzel, who takes up the governorship of the southeast Brazilian state in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cameras-drones-rio-de-janeiro-to-put-electronic-eyes-on-crime-71959/

DefenceTalkPhotographs of apparently modified Z-10 helicopters are trending on online military forums, prompting a Chinese analyst on Thursday to note the Z-10 is a cost-effective piece of military equipment with great potential to be sold on the global arms market. The photos show helicopters in desert camouflage with “Z10ME001” stenciled on their tails, similar to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-new-z-10me-helicopter-ready-for-business-analyst-71871/