Aviation

Navy RQ-4A Surveillance Drone Suffers Major Damage in Middle East

Undated file photo provided by Northrop Grumman, a Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducts tests over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

A Navy surveillance drone suffered major damage during a takeoff attempt while operating in the Middle East, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.

The service’s $180-million RQ-4A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) was attempting to take off from a runway in U.S. Central Command and was hit by a piece of debris...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/12/navy-rq-4a-surveillance-drone-suffers-major-damage-in-middle-east

Saudi Military Cooperating with Pensacola Mass Shooting Investigation; Flight Students Grounded, Some Remain Restricted to Base

A dozen members of Saudi Arabia’s military remain restricted to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., as federal investigators continue gathering information about last week’s mass shooting on base, Pentagon officials said on Thursday.

The gunman, Royal Saudi Air Force 2nd Lt. Ahmed Mohammed Alshamrani, was attending flight school at NAS Pensacola when he killed three U.S. sailors on Friday and injured several others. Alshamrani was killed in the incident by local law enforcement.

The Saudi Arabian...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/12/saudi-military-cooperating-with-pensacola-mass-shooting-investigation-flight-students-grounded-some-remain-restricted-to-base

Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Burning After Welding Mishap, At Least 1 Dead

A fire has broken out aboard the Project 11435 aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov of the Russian Northern Fleet. Admiral Kuznetsov is the largest and only aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy on Dec. 12, 2019. TASS Photo

One person was killed and about a dozen injured when Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov caught fire at a Murmansk shipyard renovating the warship, international media outlets have reported.

A source told the Russian government-owned TASS news agency that one body was...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/12/russias-only-aircraft-carrier-burning-after-welding-mishap-at-least-1-dead

U.S. Navy P-8A to Assist in Search for Missing Chilean C-130

A Chilean Air Force KC-130R aircraft starts its engines prior to a flight during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Sept 22, 2019. US Air Force photo.

A U.S. Navy aircraft will help search for a Chilean military plane that went missing while transporting 38 passengers and crew to the Antarctic.

U.S. Southern Command directed a Navy P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft to deploy to Punta Arenas, Chile, to contribute to the search for the Chilean Air Force...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/11/u-s-navy-p-8a-to-assist-in-search-for-missing-chilean-c-130

New Navy Enlisted Online Detailing Program is Live for 277K Sailors

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) wave to sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) after completing a fueling at sea on Dec. 6, 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy launched a new online detailing program to bring more transparency, choice and control to the process that places the service’s more than 277,000 enlisted sailors in their next billets, officials told USNI News.

MyNavy Assignment, the online detailing tool that...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/11/new-navy-enlisted-online-detailing-program-is-live-for-277k-sailors

Underway on USS Gerald R. Ford: Navy Marks Progress on Carrier as Scrutiny on Program Grows

An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dragonslayers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11 flies by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) on Oct. 27, 2019. US Navy Photo

ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS GERALD R. FORD – The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier left a pier from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., late last month with its reputation arguably at an all-time low.

The world’s most modern expensive warship, loaded with unique and largely unproven technology designed to reduce...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/09/navy-marks-progress-on-uss-gerald-r-ford-as-scrutiny-on-program-grows

House, Senate Defense Bill Signs Off on New Shipbuilding Programs, Restricts Others

Leaders from the House and Senate armed services committees agreed to a $738 billion Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which approves funding for several Navy programs but also imposes limits on a few high-profile ship programs.

Both chambers of Congress are expected to vote on the FY 2020 NDAA later this week. The compromise closed some of the gap separating the House and Senate version of the bill passed earlier this year. The House version authorized $733 billion. The...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/10/house-senate-defense-bill-signs-off-on-new-shipbuilding-programs-restricts-others

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 10, 2019

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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 10, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:292Ships Underway

Deployed Ships UnderwayNon-deployed Ships UnderwayTotal Ships Underway
425092

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces3rd...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/10/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-dec-10-2019

Mass Shooting at NAS Pensacola Leaves Shooter, At Least 2 Victims Dead; Multiple People Injured

A Friday morning shooting incident at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. has left one victim and the shooter dead, according to Navy officials.
“There was an active shooter incident at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida this morning. The base remains on lockdown,” read a Friday statement from the Navy. “The shooter is confirmed deceased, and two additional fatalities are confirmed. Multiple injured personnel have been transported to local hospitals. We will continue to work...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/06/shooting-at-naval-air-station-pensacola-leaves-shooter-at-least-2-victims-dead-multiple-people-injured

Amphibious Assault Ship USS America Arrives In Japan

Sailors man the rails as the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) arrives at Sasebo, Japan to join the forward deployed naval forces. America is assigned to Amphibious Squadron Eleven and will serve as the flagship for Expeditionary Strike Group 7 while conducting routine operations in the Western Pacific. Navy photo.

USS America (LHA-6) arrived at its new homeport of Sasebo, Japan, on Thursday, a move that puts the big-deck amphibious assault ship designed to accommodate the F-35B...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/06/amphibious-assault-ship-uss-america-arrives-in-japan

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