A newer upgrade, the AGM-88E Advanced Antiradiation Guided Missile (AARGM), features the latest software, enhanced capabilities intended to counter enemy radar shutdown, and passive radar using an
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Austal wins contract for the new Navajo-class ship
The Navajo class is a class of Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ships of the United States Navy According to a press release published by Austal Limited on June 6, 2021, the
US Navy has commissioned future USS Mobile LCS 26 Independence-variant littoral combat ship
The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy. According to information published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the US Navy has commissioned
US Navy commissions the USS Miguel Keith Expeditionary Sea Base ESB 5 ship
Formerly known as Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), the Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD) / Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) is a new class of auxiliary vessels under
US Navy receives first Block V Tomahawk missile
The Tomahawk Block V is planned to go into production in 2020, the Block Va being the Maritime Strike Tomahawk (MST) which allows the missile
United States Navy awards Austal USA contract for the Spearhead-class
Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ships, previously known as Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV), are being built by Austal USA as part of the EPF
Newport News Shipbuilding contract to support Research and Development for future submarines
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of United States Navy aircraft
AN/SPY-6 radar installation begins on USS Jack H. Lucas
AN/SPY-6 is an active electronically scanned array air and missile defense active electronically scanned array 3D radar According to a press release published by Raytheon Missiles & Defense on February 12, 2021,
Teledyne Technologies to manufacture Surface-to-Surface Missile Module for US Navy Littoral Combat Ships
The SSMM is a modular weapons system that fires Lockheed Martin-built AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire missiles from launchers built by Teledyne Brown Engineering. According to a
NASSCO launches future US Navy USNS John Lewis T-AO-205 replenishment oiler ship
USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205) is a United States Navy replenishment oiler and the lead ship of her class. She is part of the Military Sealift Command fleet of support ships. According to a Tweet published on