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Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it is packaging a laser weapon system that is set to be installed on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) this year. The […]

The Navy this week showcased the DDG(X) next large surface combatant’s draft capabilities that could accommodate multiple directed energy laser weapons, hypersonic missiles, and a more powerful radar. The Navy […]

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Adm. Daryl Caudle relieved Adm. Chris Grady as commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) in a ceremony on Dec. 7 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush […]

The Navy is planning to host a workshop in February with industry and academia to explore and better understand the state of unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) system capabilities and identify […]

Construction of the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB-7) Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base ship began with a ceremony on Dec. 1 at General Dynamics’ National Steel and Shipbuilding […]

The Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (NDMA) accepted the first of five Boeing [BA] P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the company said Nov. 18. This first P-8A, named Vingtor, was delivered […]

The head of Naval Reactors invited defense industry executives here Wednesday to think about how they’d contribute to a three-way effort to transfer nuclear submarine propulsion to Australia — but […]

The Secretary of the Navy confirmed the department will seek another multi-year procurement contract for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and backs previous service plans to end new purchases of the […]

The Navy awarded a $115 million contract for repair and maintenance of surface ships homeported in Mayport, Fla., to Fincantieri’s Marine Systems North America, Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., and St. […]