The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Japan Ministry of Defense, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test Feb. 3 (Hawaii Standard Time), resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3).
Future expeditionary fast transport USNS Yuma (EPF 8) successfully completed acceptance trials Jan. 26 after two days of underway evaluation in the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of future guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) during a ceremony Feb. 3.
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding has handed over the first SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) frigate to the Indonesian Ministry of Defence, on schedule and on budget.
Following an extensive selection process by the Norwegian defense ministry, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems – a leading global system provider for submarines and naval surface vessels – has been chosen as a strategic partner to the Norwegian navy.
A keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) was held Jan. 30 at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.
The Coast Guard's Command, Control and Communications Engineering Center (C3CEN) awarded a contract to FLIR Maritime US, Inc., of Nashua, New Hampshire, for the Scalable Integrated Navigation System, Two (SINS-2).
Korean shipyard specialist SeaQuest Marine Project Management has successfully completed a major project overseeing the construction of one of the UK Ministry of Defence's latest naval auxiliaries, which will provide support to the new UK aircraft carriers and other British and NATO naval vessels.
Khanderi, the second of Indian Navy’s Scorpene class stealth submarine, was launched by the Honorable Raksha Rajya Mantri, Dr. Subhash Bhamre paving the way for her sea trials. Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff and a host of other dignitaries witnessed the launch at Mazagon Dock Shipyard Limited on January 12, 2017.
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) is spending £30m turning science fiction into fact and test laser weapons on Royal Navy warships. Industry has been given two years to design, build and then test a laser directed energy weapon at sea and on land. The weapon is intended to down – or disrupt – drones or missiles, fast attack boats and even incoming mortar rounds courtesy of a high-power, concentrated laser beam.
The U.S. Navy’s AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS), designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has achieved Initial Operational Capability. ALMDS provides rapid wide-area reconnaissance and assessment of mine threats in sea lanes, littoral zones, confined straits, choke points and amphibious areas of operations.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the city of Annapolis, Maryland, will serve as the commissioning site for the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11).
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced that it began on-water testing for the fourth-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV™), supporting the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program.
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