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Thursday, December 11, 2014
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Navy

Pentagon Opts to Upgrade Littoral Combat Ship Design

The new surface combatant (SSC) ships will be based on an upgraded variant of the existing littoral combat ships

December 11, 2014
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Two U.S. Navy Contractors Killed by Falling Buoy at Pearl Harbor Facility
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Two U.S. Navy Contractors Killed by Falling Buoy at Pearl Harbor Facility

Two civilian contractors were killed Wednesday after being hit by a falling five-ton buoy at Pearl Harbor's Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance

December 11, 2014
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
WATCH: U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon in Action – Photos and Video
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WATCH: U.S. Navy’s New Laser Weapon in Action – Photos and Video

The U.S. Navy has achieved a historic milestone with a cutting-edge new laser weapon system that can destroy targets for less than $1 per

December 10, 2014
Total Views: 108

Tuesday, December 9, 2014
NASA’s Orion Crew Module Recovery [PHOTOS]
Maritime News

NASA’s Orion Crew Module Recovery [PHOTOS]

Following last Friday’s historic first test flight of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft, U.S. Navy sailors were on-hand to recover the Orion Crew Module

December 9, 2014
Total Views: 47

Saturday, December 6, 2014
Navy Engineer Caught Trying to Steal Supercarrier Secrets
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Navy Engineer Caught Trying to Steal Supercarrier Secrets

A civilian engineer at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard was arrested in a sting operation on a charge of trying to steal diagrams of the U.S. Navy’s newest nuclear

December 6, 2014
Total Views: 78

Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Watch: Steel Workers Replace Old Rivets On Board Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown
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Watch: Steel Workers Replace Old Rivets On Board Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown

Early last month, the SS John W. Brown, one of two remaining fully operational WWII Liberty Ships, arrived at the Colonna’s Shipyard in Norfolk, VA

December 2, 2014
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
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Collision

Navy Ships Collide in Gulf of Aden

The U.S. Navy reports two of their supply ships, USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) and USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) collided today as they were beginning an

November 20, 2014
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Friday, November 14, 2014
U.S. Navy Deploys First Laser Weapon in Persian Gulf
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U.S. Navy Deploys First Laser Weapon in Persian Gulf

The U.S. Navy has deployed on a command ship in the Persian Gulf its first laser weapon capable of destroying a

November 14, 2014
Total Views: 76

Monday, November 10, 2014
U.S. Navy’s First Afloat Forward Staging Base Floated at NASSCO – PHOTOS
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U.S. Navy’s First Afloat Forward Staging Base Floated at NASSCO – PHOTOS

The future USNS Lewis B. Puller, the third ship in the U.S. Navy's new Mobile Landing Platform-class, was launched into San Diego Bay last week at the General

November 10, 2014
Total Views: 474

Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Video: USS Abraham Lincoln Refloated at Newport News
Maritime News

Video: USS Abraham Lincoln Refloated at Newport News

With the assistance of tugboats, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was relaunched into the James River this week following more

November 5, 2014
Total Views: 56

Tuesday, November 4, 2014
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Engineering News

CNO Expresses Concern Over U.S. Navy’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base

“There’s some likelihood we’ll lose a builder,” commented Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations

November 4, 2014
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U.S. Navy Lands First F-35 Fighter Jet Aboard Aircraft Carrier – Video
Navy

U.S. Navy Lands First F-35 Fighter Jet Aboard Aircraft Carrier – Video

The U.S. Navy made aviation history Monday when an F-35C fighter jet made its first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier at sea off the coast of

November 4, 2014
Total Views: 89

Sea Power – Bringing Balance to the Force
Blog

Sea Power – Bringing Balance to the Force

It shouldn’t surprise any of us that combat at sea is the focus of the United States

November 4, 2014
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Friday, October 31, 2014
Watch: Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches 10th Amphibious Transport Dock – John P. Murtha (LPD 26)
Navy

Watch: Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches 10th Amphibious Transport Dock – John P. Murtha (LPD 26)

Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the company’s 10th amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD

October 31, 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014
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Navy

World’s Largest Naval Exercise Kicks Off in Persian Gulf

Being called the world’s largest naval exercise, this year’s International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) has just kicked off in the Persian Gulf.

October 30, 2014
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Video: Future USS Detroit (LCS 7) Launched at Marinette Marine
News

Video: Future USS Detroit (LCS 7) Launched at Marinette Marine

A Lockheed Martin-led team launched the United States Navy's seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Detroit, into the Menominee River this weekend

October 21, 2014
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
U.S. Navy Warship to Remain in Philippines Amid Murder Probe
Maritime News

U.S. Navy Warship to Remain in Philippines Amid Murder Probe

The United States will keep custody of a Marine named as a suspect in the murder of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar, the head of the Philippine military

October 14, 2014
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Monday, October 6, 2014
U.S. Navy Testing Unmanned Autonomous ‘Swarm’ Boats
Navy

U.S. Navy Testing Unmanned Autonomous ‘Swarm’ Boats

The U.S. Navy is testing a new type of artificial intelligence technology which allows for self-guided, unmanned boats to autonomously protect navy ships and

October 6, 2014
Total Views: 56

Friday, October 3, 2014
USS Enterprise Anchor Gets Second Life Aboard USS Lincoln
News

USS Enterprise Anchor Gets Second Life Aboard USS Lincoln

With its inactivation and eventual decommissioning just around the corner, the legacy of the USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear powered aircraft

October 3, 2014
Total Views: 91

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Defense

USS Coronado Fires Kongsberg-Designed Missile

There have been many articles published over the past few years criticizing the combat effectiveness of the Littoral Combat Ships built by both Austal and

October 1, 2014
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