Defense

China has boosted its underwater glider capacity by developing an underwater glider named Haiyi, which means “sea wings.” Developed by the Shenyang Institute of Automation under CAS, the Haiyi glider can monitor sea water temperature, salinity, turbidity, chlorophyll and oxygen content for months on end.

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Navy commissioned USS Delaware (SSN 791), the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine, April 4.

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC HAROLD MILLER to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida.

U.S. Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), has been conducting joint naval and air integration operations with U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters assigned to U.S. Army Central Command’s (USARCENT) Task Force Saber, throughout the month of March.

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), departed Naval Station Norfolk on March 29, 2020, for New York City in support of the nation’s Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response efforts.

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy has renewed its annual contract with eMARINE to maintain the electronic charts display and information systems (ECDIS) onboard 225 naval ships. The contract is valued at $1.9 million (2.4 billion Won).

Members of Navy Forward-Deployed Preventive Medicine Units (FDPMU) and Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) embarked several 7th Fleet ships March 14 to help combat the risk of and provide laboratory batch testing for COVID-19 aboard the ships.

Damen Shipyards Group and its partner PT PAL recently completed installation and testing of combat systems to the second of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense’s SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigates, the KRI Gusti Ngurah Rai (332).

Leading subsea solutions integrator, N-Sea, has announced the commencement of a five-year contract with the Royal Netherlands Navy.

The Department of Navy (DON) has published their new installation energy strategy focused on the delivery of uninterrupted, reliable and high-quality power necessary to meet evolving mission requirements as defined in the National Defense Strategy.

Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially commenced Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020 in the Arctic Ocean with the construction of a temporary ice camp, Camp Seadragon, and the arrival of two U.S. Navy fast-attack submarines March 4.