
NASSCO Lays Keel of US Navy’s 7th ESB
The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7) was laid at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, October 21.

The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7) was laid at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, October 21.
Ships from the U.S., Japan and Republic of Korea conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan, Oct. 6…
The U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted a tri-lateral anti-submarine warfare exercise…

British and American forces took part in a SINKEX (sinking exercise) striking a former US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in the North Atlantic.
The U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Guam after a scheduled port call, on Sept. 19.
The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13), the Navy’s 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport successfully completed Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials.
Northrop Grumman’s LITENING advanced targeting pod has successfully completed its first test flights on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.

The US Navy is seeking a hypersonic anti-surface warfare (ASuW) capability known as the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive (HALO) ASuW requirement…
US Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea Aug. 25, 2022.

At SNA Waterfront Symposium 2022 the U.S. Navy fielded audience questions regarding the status of the unmanned surface vessels (USV) that participated in Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022) naval exercise….