U.S. Marines prepare their Rifle Combat Optics before they enter Hathcock Range on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Jan. 30, 2023. U.S. Marine Corps Photo
SAN DIEGO – A military installation’s sewer lines and electrical grids are critical to a unit’s combat readiness, meaning bases and stations must prepare to grapple with outages, breaks, attacks and other threats to critical infrastructure, a Marine Corps installation commander said last week.
“The sustainment of facilities – things that...
At a dry dock near the Persian Gulf’s entrance, Iran is transforming a former merchant container ship into a drone aircraft carrier, as per satellite imagery and open-source images, as published on Youtube.
Aircraft carrierThe naval division of Iran’s formidable Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is well renowned for its fleet of small, heavily-armed speedboats that it employs to harass the big US Navy vessels in the Persian Gulf.
However, the IRGC might soon...
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Warships are vessels constructed for naval warfare by the government of a sovereign nation. Their main function is to protect a country’s territory and nautical assets. They detect, deter and destroy any threat that intends to harm its sovereignty or its allies. Warships are extremely capable of...
Vikrant, India’s first-ever indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) has come back to the harbour of Kochi after completing its third sea trials, a defence spokesperson informed Monday. The IAC had embarked on the new trials on January 9, 2022, and returned on January 16.
The set of comprehensive trials in the high seas was planned to ensure smooth induction in August this year. The trial date is yet to be analyzed. Some mandatory inspections and additional balance work on the vessel are soon to be...
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits through Puget Sound. Nimitz is currently underway conducting sea trials after completing a six-month planned incremental availability. US Navy Photo
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is back in port after its propulsion plant experienced “a minor material deficiency,” according to the Navy.
“On Nov. 7, 2021, USS Nimitz (CVN 68) identified a minor material deficiency in the propulsion plant during normal operations while transiting in international waters off the...
The former USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) gets underway from its homeport at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan in 2004. US Navy Photo
When James Melka first approached USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), he had no idea the size of the aircraft carrier.
As the 17-year-old walked toward the pier in 1965, he could see the big gray ship, growing larger as he approached. It was “amazing” to walk onto the ship, then just four years into its service life, via its gangplank, Melka recalled.
At 1,047 feet, the former USS Kitty Hawk...
The US’ largest supplier of valves, pipes, and fittings to the maritime industry, W&O Supply, Inc., celebrated the ceremonial first cut of steel for the US Navy’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, Doris Miller (CVN 81). The ceremonial cut took place at Newport News Shipbuilding, Virginia, where the ship was constructed, with parts of the ship supplied and manufactured at Virginia Beach and Portsmouth, VA, as well as via W&O’s corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, FL.
W&O contributes...
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has hailed the launching of sea trials of indigenous aircraft carrier ‘Vikrant’, India’s most complex warship to have been indigenously built by Cochin Shipyard for the Indian Navy. He said, designing and building an indigenous aircraft carrier is a huge achievement for the Nation.
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He said this is a true reflection of the Make in India and Atma Nirbhar Bharat initiatives of Prime Minister Shri...
The Navy announced Friday that Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt will assume command of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) marking the first time a female commanding officer will lead the crew of one of the Navy’s 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
Bauernschmidt will take command of Lincoln this summer, upon completion of the nuclear power, aviation, and leadership training required of aircraft carrier COs.
“I am incredibly honored and humbled to be selected,” said Bauernschmidt. “I love leading Sailors and I...
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that it has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), currently under construction at its Newport News Shipbuilding division, from a two-phase delivery to a single phase.
The contract action has a potential total value of up to $315 million, providing initial funding for the procurement of long-lead material and planning, and is expected to be...