Tag: US Navy
USMC deploys EOD capability to US-led North African maritime security exercise for first time
A US Marine Corps (USMC) explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) detachment has participated for the first time in a US Navy (USN) maritime security exercise...
Kongsberg awarded contract to deliver Naval Strike Missile to US Navy and Marine Corps...
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a multi-year procurement contract with the US Navy for the delivery of Naval Strike Missile (NSM) missiles...
Ready Mercury?
The US Navy has shared details with Armada regarding its ongoing plans to replace the force’s existing Boeing E-6B Mercury TACAMO aircraft.
The TACAMO...
Northrop Grumman’s LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod Completes Initial US Navy F/A-18 Flight Testing
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s LITENING targeting pod has completed initial flight testing on the U.S. Navy F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft, a critical step on...
Fighting Technology With Technology
Remote-controlled weapons systems provide the capability to engage close-in air and surface threats at sea. In today’s changing naval operational environment, such systems are...
USS Oscar Austin Rota arrival steps up USN forward-based European presence
The US Navy (USN) DDG 51 Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin arrived in its new homeport at Naval Station Rota,...
Where are we going?
As NATO contemplates war in the spectrum, the alliance must consider evolving threats, current and desired capabilities, training and simulation challenges and the impact...
US, UK carrier strike groups demonstrate NATO presence in North Sea deployments
Two NATO carrier strike groups (CSGs) are currently conducting operations in the North Sea.
The deployments demonstrate a level of integrated, multi-national, high-end capability and...
US Navy conducts first port visit to Finland following country’s NATO membership
The US Navy (USN) has conducted its first visit to Finland since the Northern European country became a member of the NATO alliance.
In late...
UUV Offence and Defence
Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a capability that Western navies must both capitalise on and counter.
In the maritime domain, the underwater world is a...
