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U.S. Navy Awards Contracts for Deployment of Future MCM Capabilities
The U.S. Navy has recently awarded a series of contracts to facilitate LCS MCM Mission Package deployments…
7 February 2025
The U.S. Navy has recently awarded a series of contracts to facilitate LCS MCM Mission Package deployments…
U.S. forces will participate in Exercise Pacific Steller 2025, a multi-large deck event (MLDE) hosted by the French Navy in the Philippine Sea beginning Feb. 8.
In late 2024, the U.S. Navy tested its HELIOS weapon system against a threat-representative cruise missile. This test, performed with USS Preble (DDG 88)…
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment.
Naval News asked U.S. Navy’s VADM James Pitts whether the U.S. Navy will have enough vertical launch system cells in the future with the retirement of the cruisers and the guided missile submarines.
The U.S. Navy’s premier hypersonic missile program, SM-6 Block IB, based on the SM-6 Block IA, has a new look, seen for the first time at SNA 2025.
The U.S. Navy looks to the Mk 70 PDS, a containerized VLS, to deliver “offensive capability” to its Freedom and Independence LCS.
Manila and Washington hold their first South China Sea joint patrol in 2025 with a carrier strike group.
U.S. Navy LCS’ gain a new C-UAS capability amid the service’s unmanned threats in the Red Sea and search for a most cost-effective method of downing cheap drones.
In October 2024, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington entered the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base (U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The carrier
