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Two Japanese Destroyers Score in Ballistic Missile Defense Test off Hawaii

JS Maya (DDG-179) fires an SM-3 BlockIIA on Nov. 16, 2022. JMSDF Photo

Two Japanese Maya-class destroyers successfully test-fired SM-3 interceptors against ballistic missile targets off Hawaii last week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) announced on Monday.

The tests at the Pacific Missile Range on Kauai Island, Hawaii, validated the ballistic missile defense capabilities of Japan’s newest destroyers JS Maya (DDG-179) and JS Haguro (DDG-180) in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.S....

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/21/two-japanese-destroyers-score-in-ballistic-missile-defense-test-off-hawaii

Navy Software Factory, The Forge, Wants to Reshape How Ships Get Upgraded

The Forge software factory was set up in Riverdale, Md. — just off the University of Maryland College Park campus — in March 2021 to begin using a rapid software development and testing approach to bring maintenance fixes and new capabilities to the fleet. USNI News photo.

RIVERDALE, Md. – The Navy’s potential enemies are quickly increasing the size and sophistication of their fleets, which means the Navy needs to move faster too in bringing in new capabilities.

The sea service envisions a new...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/12/navy-software-factory-the-forge-wants-to-reshape-how-ships-get-upgraded

Future USS Delbert D. Black Completes Acceptance Trials After Damage Delay

The future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) completed acceptance trials last week in the Gulf of Mexico, the Navy announced.

DDG-119 was launched in September 2017 and was scheduled to commission in 2019. However, Delbert D. Black was damaged a year ago by a barge supporting electrical work on the then-unfinished destroyer. The incident occurred when heavy-lift ship M/V Hawk, delivering a floating dry dock to Pascagoula from Qingdao, China, struck the...

https://news.usni.org/2020/03/17/future-uss-delbert-d-black-completes-acceptance-trials-after-damage-delay

Navy to Station Advanced Warships, Helo Squadron in Spain

USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) transits the Black Sea on April 21, 2014. US Navy Photo

Five years into basing four guided-missile destroyers in Spain as part of a larger European ballistic missile defense scheme, the Navy announced it will start to cycle out the warships for more modernized hulls..

The quartet will start to rotate next year with all four ships – USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), USS Ross (DDG-71), USS Porter (DDG-78) and USS Carney (DDG-64) – set to cycle out of Naval Station Rota by 2022.

They...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/05/navy-to-station-advanced-warships-helo-squadron-in-spain

USS Oscar Austin Fire Damage Repairs Will Stretch into 2022

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) arrives at homeport Naval Station Norfolk. Navy photo.

The guided-missile destroyer damaged in a fire in a Norfolk maintenance yard last year won’t rejoin the fleet until at least 2022, USNI News has learned.

USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) will undergo repairs caused by the fire at least into the first quarter of 2022, according to an unclassified Navy maintenance summary reviewed by USNI News. The summary included a request from...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/04/uss-oscar-austin-fire-damage-repairs-will-stretch-into-2022

Raytheon Awarded $16.8 Million To Repair Electronics On Fire-Damaged USS Oscar Austin

Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Fredericksen Coulter stands the optical sight systems watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79). US Navy Photo

The Navy recently awarded Raytheon a $16.8-million contract to repair the AN/SPY-1D transmitters suite aboard USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79), providing a hint at the type of work required to bring the fire-damaged Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer back to the fleet.

The contract...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/20/raytheon-awarded-16-8-million-to-repair-electronics-on-fire-damaged-uss-oscar-austin

Raytheon Expects Flat Budgets in 2020 But Plenty of DoD Spending From Existing Multiyear Contracts

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) launches a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during a live-fire test of the ship’s Aegis Weapons System in June 2014. US Navy photo.

Multi-year contracts are setting up Raytheon and other defense contractors to report solid financial results during the next few years even if Pentagon spending plateaus or slightly decreases, Raytheon’s chief executive told analysts today.

Considering President Donald Trump has talked about...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/25/37563

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