P-8A Passes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
After an extensive testing period, the U.S. Navy announced July 1 in an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation report that...
P-8A Poseidon Fires Harpoon, Hits Mark
After approximately six minutes of flight time, one of NAVAIR’s test aircraft successfully launched a Harpoon missile during a live...
5th Fleet PC Force Grows to Eight Ships
Patrol Coastal (PC) ships USS Tempest (PC 2), USS Squall (PC 7) and USS Thunderbolt (PC 12) arrived pierside in...
Navy Successfully Tests Long Range Attack Projectile
The Navy announced July 2 that it successfully conducted four Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) guided flight tests at...
MK18 Kingfish UUV Deployed to 5th Fleet
The U.S. Navy has deployed the MK18 Mod 2 Kingfish underwater unmanned vehicle for operations in the 5th Fleet area...
RQ-21A Small UAS Completes First East Coast Flight
The RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) completed its first East Coast flight from Webster Field Annex on June...
First Carrier Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo Launched
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted the first aircraft carrier-borne end-to-end at-sea test of the Surface Ship Torpedo...
DDG 51 Multiyear Procurement Contract Awarded
The Navy awarded two contracts for the DDG 51 fiscal years (FY) 2013-2017 multiyear procurement (MYP) for DDG 51 Arleigh...
Navy Triton Unmanned Aircraft System Completes First Flight
The Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its...
Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Enters Production Phase
The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C...
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