According to pictures released on social media, the Japans Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) JS Maya AEGIS destroyer left Yokohama today for its initial sea trials.
To encourage innovation, experimentation, and combat readiness, Vice Adm. Richard Brown, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP), announced the establishment of Surface Development Squadron ONE (SURFDEVRON ONE) during a ceremony, May 22.
Ships from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy commenced drills with French Navy aircraft carrier, FS Charles de Gaulle (R 91) and its escort ships while sailing through the Gulf of Bengal, May 16.
The U.S. Navy christened its third and final Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine on Saturday, April 27.
Sailors aboard US Navy USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), successfully executed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System, the PEO IWS said on April 23.
Maritime forces from France’s Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group and the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group participated in a naval passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Red Sea, April 15.
The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of up to fifty-six (56) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missiles for an estimated cost of $1.150 billion.
Raytheon Company’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) will soon undergo system-level testing at the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, Virginia. The 6’ x 6’ rotating array will track a variety of aircraft through the end of 2019.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed San Diego for its first operational underway, the US Navy announced on March 8, 2019.
The U.S. Navy issued its Request for Information (RFI) document for the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC). The LSC is set to replace the ageing Ticonderoga-class of guided missile cruisers.
