HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has completed the final round of sea trials for the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128).
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) on 21 November from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
Scientists from Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic recovered the unmanned surface vessel Lightfish in Troia, Portugal, on 9 September after its solo transatlantic crossing.
Cubic Defense has announced its collaboration with SNC as part of the Freedom Trainer team for the U.S. Navy UJTS competition, positioning the Freedom Trainer as a digitally designed, modern and cost-effective aircraft.
The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group has transited the Anegada Passage and entered the Caribbean Sea on 16 November.
The U.S. Navy commissioned the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) during a ceremony in Panama City, Florida on 15 November.
Naval officers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom joined Project Overmatch in September for joint planning sessions in San Diego.
The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world’s largest aircraft carrier, entered the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility (USSOUTHCOM AOR) on 11 November.
General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded $1.7 billion by the U.S. Navy to build T-AO 215 and T-AO 216, the next ships in the John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler programme.
A multi-year agreement to procure 15 nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy could be finalised by the end of 2025, according to shipbuilder HII, despite earlier delays linked to rising labour and material costs.
Lockheed Martin has announced a $50 million investment in maritime autonomous systems company Saildrone to accelerate the development of armed unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) for the U.S. Navy.
On 25 October, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, the US Navy christened the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Utah (SSN 801).
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