The spread of Coronavirus continues around the world and naval vessels have not been spared. In recent days grave news has come from around the world about crews being infected.… Continue reading "Coronavirus Hits the World’s Navies"
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly formally resigned on Tuesday, following massive uproar from lawmakers and the public after audio and a transcript of a 15 minute speech he… Continue reading "Acting Navy Secretary Modly Resigns Following Speech Row"
As BAE Systems announced on 3rd April, 2020, BAE Systems will drydock and perform nearly 18 months of modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LDH 4). According… Continue reading "BAE Systems Will Upgrade USS Boxer"
Congressional Research Service has published a report on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Project that examines the current status and the future of the US military’s most important aviation project.… Continue reading "Congressional Research Service’s Report on F-35"
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Tindal, in Australia’s Northern Territory, will receive $1.1 billion AUD in upgradesover the next seven years. The majority of the RAAF’s F-35A Lightning II… Continue reading "RAAF Gets Base Upgrades but Triton UAV Delayed"
On 6 February, the US Navy formally accepted delivery of the future USS St. Louis (LCS 19), a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), during a ceremony held at Fincantieri Marinette… Continue reading "Future USS St. Louis Delivered"
On February 7, the first CMV-22B Osprey was formally delivered to the US Navy. The delivery ceremony was held at Bell’s Osprey plant in Amarillo, Texas. The CMV-22B is a… Continue reading "First US Navy CMV-22B Osprey Delivered"
The US Navy plans to standardize its Tomahawk cruise missile inventory on the Block V configuration, according to the program manager of the Tomahawk Weapons System Program, Captain John Red.… Continue reading "US Navy To Upgrade Tomahawk Inventory To Block V"
On January 20, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly officially named CVN 81 – USS Doris Miller, after the first African-American recipient of the Navy Cross. The naming… Continue reading "CVN 81 Named After Doris Miller, WWII Hero"
Lockheed Martin is to replace the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) that serves as the logistics backbone of the F-35 fleet with a new system, the Operational Data Integrated Network… Continue reading "Lockheed Martin to Replace F-35 ALIS With ODIN"