US Navy Orders Additional P-8A Aircraft, First Royal Australian Air Force Planes
The U.S. Navy awarded a nearly $1.5 billion contract Aug. 27 to Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the procurement...
USS Seawolf SSN-21 Completes Six-Month Arctic Deployment
The fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Aug. 21, following a six-month...
US Navy Begins LRASM, F/A-18 Integration Testing
NAS PATUXENT RIVER: The Navy began initial integration testing of its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto the F/A-18E/F Super...
US Marine AV-8B Harriers Join Anti-ISIL Air Strikes
AV-8B Harriers assigned to the "Greyhawks" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 (Reinforced), which launched from the amphibious assault...
US Navy Announces Successful Test of Electromagnetic Catapult on CVN 78
The Navy conducted the first-ever, shipboard, full-speed catapult shots using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) aboard the aircraft carrier...
US Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability for New Rolling Airframe Missile
The U.S. Navy successfully achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) aboard the amphibious...
Triton UAS Conducts First Flight with Search Radar
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER: The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS equipped with a new search radar completed its inaugural...
US Navy Names 19th Littoral Combat Ship
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced April 17 that the next Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) will be named...
Navy Unmanned, Weapons Leaders Solicit Industry for New, Innovative Ideas
The Navy’s Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons (PEO (U&W)) hosted an industry day April 16 to...
The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the 21st Century
Since our last publication in 2009, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA(N)) has made significant strides in operationalizing as well...
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