Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Monday that the Pentagon plans to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all military personnel by the middle of September. In a message to… Continue reading "Pentagon: COVID-19 Vaccine Required By Mid-September"
On the 29 June, the United States Navy (USN) awarded two commercial operators contracts to provide contractor-owned, contractor-operated, air-to-air refuelling services to the Department of the Navy as well as… Continue reading "Navy Awards Omega, CASS Commercial Air-to-Air Refueling Contracts"
The United States Navy christened the future USS Hyman G. Rickover on 31 July, with a ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. The invitation-only ceremony was… Continue reading "Future Attack Submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover Christened"
The US Navy announced late on Thursday that it has charged a sailor for allegedly starting the July 2020 fire that ultimately caused the USS Bonhomme Richard to be scrapped,… Continue reading "Bonhomme Richard Crew Member Accused Of Starting 2020 Fire"
On 4th June, the U.S. Navy established a Program Office for the DDG(X). PMS 460 (Program Office) falls under the PEO Ships (Program Executive Office) and was approved by the… Continue reading "US Navy Stands Up DDG(X) Program Office"
The US Navy and Boeing announced today that Boeing’s MQ-25 Stingray successfully conducted its first aerial refueling on June 4. The successful refueling of a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet… Continue reading "MQ-25 Stingray Becomes First Ever Unmanned Aircraft To Refuel Manned Aircraft"
The US Navy has reported that one of its patrol ships in the northern Persian Gulf fired warning shots on Monday night, in response to harassment in international waters by… Continue reading "Warning Shots Fired By US Navy In Response To IRGC Navy Harassment"
Leidos announced that it had completed delivery of its Seahawk autonomous vessel to the US Navy on 7 April. The delivery comes just under three and a half years after… Continue reading "Leidos Completes Delivery Of US Navy’s Seahawk Autonomous Vessel"
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the launch of the future Virginia-class attack submarine USS Montana (SSN-794) on Wednesday. The launch into the James River took place on 8 February, at HII’s… Continue reading "Future USS Montana Launched At Newport News Shipbuilding"
The US Navy has announced that it has successfully conducted its first ever at-sea replenishment of an F-35C power module. A power module was loaded onto a CMV-22B Osprey of… Continue reading "US Navy Conducts First At-Sea F-35C Power Module Replenishment"