US Navy's Arleigh Burke class, guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), a P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) from Patrol Squadron VP-47, four F-16 Fighting Falcons from the USAF 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, KC-135 Stratotankers from the USAF 100th Air Refueling Wing, Mildenhall, England and Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) E-2 from NATO, Geilenkirchen, Germany, participated in another joint training in the Adriatic Sea.

On June 23, 2020, while peacefully operating in the Caribbean Sea, USS Nitze conducted a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP), contesting an excessive maritime claim by Venezuela.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division achieved a substantial milestone with the successful lift of the aft deckhouse onto guided missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125).

Units and personnel from the U.S. Navy and the U.S Marine Corps are conducting integrated operations in support of regional security and stability in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in the Philippine sea on May 7, 2020.

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) from Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division, Apr. 24.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the third Arleigh Burke­-class (DDG 51) Flight III destroyer for the U.S. Navy, the future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128). The start of fabrication signifies the first 100 tons of steel have been cut.

The High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) met U.S. Navy requirements and will be integrated onto an Arleigh Burke destroyer in 2021.

The future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) successfully completed acceptance trials on March 12, returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding Division after spending two days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico.

Construction of the US Navy's future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126) officially began at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard on Mar. 3, the Navy Team Ships Public Affairs stated. The milestone was marked by a ceremony at BIW’s structural fabrication facility in Brunswick, Maine.

The future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) successfully completed Builder's trials Feb. 22 after spending three days underway in the Gulf of Mexico. The trials were conducted by the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding Division.