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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Navy Cutbacks Force Huntington Ingalls to Close Gulfport Composites Facility
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Navy Cutbacks Force Huntington Ingalls to Close Gulfport Composites Facility

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced Wednesday that it will be closing its Gulfport, Mississippi facility as a result of cuts in U.S. Navy

September 4, 2013
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Great Barrier Reef Michael Phelan
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U.S. Navy Recovers Live Ordnance from Great Barrier Reef

The U.S. Navy and Australian Defense Force (ADF) successfully recovered and disposed of the live ordnance emergency-jettisoned by two AV-8B Harrier aircraft on

September 3, 2013
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
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Defense

LCS 4 Completes U.S. Navy Acceptance Trials

Austal Shipbuilding announced today that their second Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the Coronado (LCS 4) successfully completed Acceptance Trials

August 29, 2013
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day – U.S. Navy’s JHSV-1 Hits 40 Knots
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Ship Photos of The Day – U.S. Navy’s JHSV-1 Hits 40 Knots

The Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) this week conducted high-speed trials off the coast of Virginia, reaching speeds

August 22, 2013
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Explosion Rocks New Jersey Naval Weapons Station
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Explosion Rocks New Jersey Naval Weapons Station

Eight people were injured, one of them seriously, after an explosion and fire struck a U.S. Navy ammunitions depot near the New Jersey shore on Tuesday, Navy

August 20, 2013
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Ship Photos Of The Day – Recovery Test of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft
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Ship Photos Of The Day – Recovery Test of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

The U.S. Navy on Thursday took part in the first recovery test of the NASA Orion spacecraft at Naval Station Norfolk as part of a partnership to develop

August 15, 2013
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Barrel of a Gun, circa 1937

This image, courtesy of the U.S Navy Heritage and History Command, was taken in 1937 at the “Big Gun Shop” in the Washington Navy Yard,

August 15, 2013
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Royal Navy Leads Massive Drug Seizure Near Puerto Rico
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Royal Navy Leads Massive Drug Seizure Near Puerto Rico

The U.K. Royal Navy recorded its biggest seizure of illegal drugs in four years in an operation near Puerto

August 14, 2013
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Monday, August 12, 2013
India Launches First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
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India Launches First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, built for the Indian Navy, was launched Monday at the Cochin Shipyard in the southern Indian city of

August 12, 2013
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, August 7, 2013
USS Miami: A Tangible Impact to Readiness from Sequestration
Defense

USS Miami: A Tangible Impact to Readiness from Sequestration

By Rear Adm. Richard Breckenridge, Director, Undersea Warfare, OPNAV N97 USS Miami was set ablaze by an arsonist in May 2012. The Navy recently completed a

August 7, 2013
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
SPOTD: Russian “Carrier Killer” Warship Enters Havana
Defense

SPOTD: Russian “Carrier Killer” Warship Enters Havana

A fleet of Russian warships entered the Port of Havana today, including the guided missile cruiser Moskva, pictured above, the destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov

August 3, 2013
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
US Navy Freedom Class LCS
Navy

Navy Littoral Combat Ship Needs More Scrutiny, House Panel Says

Lawmakers said today they have “serious questions” about the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship after a Government Accountability Office report

July 25, 2013
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
U.S. Navy: Seven Injured During Small Boat Training Exercise
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U.S. Navy: Seven Injured During Small Boat Training Exercise

Seven people were injured Monday during a U.S. Navy small boat training exercise off the coast of

July 23, 2013
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Monday, July 22, 2013
At Sea Generator Problems Force USS Freedom Back To Singapore
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At Sea Generator Problems Force USS Freedom Back To Singapore

Incident is the latest in a series of problems faced by the new Littoral Combat Ship on its first major overseas deployment.

July 22, 2013
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Monday, July 1, 2013
westpac express
Defense

U.S. Navy Extends Charter of Austal Catamaran, WestPac Express

The charter of the Austal high speed vessel WestPac Express has been extended for a further six months by the United States Navy’s Military Sealift

July 1, 2013
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Friday, June 28, 2013
$745 Million to ‘Inactivate’ USS Enterprise
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$745 Million to ‘Inactivate’ USS Enterprise

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced this week that the company has been awarded a contract for the inactivation of the nuclear-powered aircraft

June 28, 2013
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Military Sealift Command Ship Assists Vessel in Distress
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Military Sealift Command Ship Assists Vessel in Distress

Mariners aboard USNS Seay (T-AKR 302) rendered assistance to a commercial vessel in distress while underway in the Indian Ocean, June

June 28, 2013
Total Views: 38

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Austal USA Lays Keel for Eighth LCS for U.S. Navy
Navy

Austal USA Lays Keel for Eighth LCS for U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy and Austal USA on Wednesday held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Montgomery, the U.S. Navy's eighth littoral combat ship

June 26, 2013
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WATCH: Missiles Simultaneously Strike Multiple Fast Attack Craft on Single Fire
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WATCH: Missiles Simultaneously Strike Multiple Fast Attack Craft on Single Fire

A surface-to-surface missile that can simultaneously destroy multiple "fast attack craft" with a single button push? I can think of one use for

June 26, 2013
Total Views: 51

Thursday, June 13, 2013
USS Nimitz Suffers Electrical Fire at Sea
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USS Nimitz Suffers Electrical Fire at Sea

A fire broke out aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz while underway in the Indian Ocean on June 7, the U.S. Navy said

June 13, 2013
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