Tag: US navy
US-Japan Advance New Amphibious Capability
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) became the first U.S. Navy ship in the 7th Fleet to conduct amphibious operations with...
Wreckage found of WWII aircraft carrier USS Lexington
Wreckage from the USS Lexington, a US aircraft carrier which sank during World War II, has been found in the Coral Sea, a search...
BAE Systems to Provide U.S. Navy with Modernized Mk 45 Guns
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $46.8 million contract option to deliver four additional Mk 45 Naval Guns. The contract modification calls...
US Navy Tests New Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile on AH-1Z Helicopter
The Navy successfully completed its first Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) flight test on the AH-1Z helicopter Dec.5 at Patuxent River. During the flight, aircrew...
USS Wasp Joins 7th Fleet
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) entered U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Jan. 6, after completing nearly two months of disaster...
NAVAIR Hosts First Orientation Flight In A CH-53K King Stallion
Naval Air Systems Command and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, hosted a ‘first of its kind’ orientation flight in the CH-53K King Stallion for...
US aircraft carriers in rare Pacific operation amid North Korea tensions
Three US aircraft carriers will stage joint drills in the western Pacific for the first time in a decade, the US Navy said Thursday,...
Major Expansion of U.S. Navy Amphibious Warfare Fleet?
The decision to use the LPD-17 design as the baseline for the LX(R) has opened up a major discussion on the future size and...
USS Abraham Lincoln Tests F-35C Lightning II at Sea
The Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) became one of the few ships in the fleet to trap and launch the F-35C...
Training, maintenance issues beset overseas US Navy ships
Foreign-based US Navy ships are suffering a slew of problems that are raising risks and impacting military readiness, a government watchdog warned on Thursday...
