HII builds new submarine-construction facility

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of manufacturing, broke ground on a new facility that will support nuclear submarine construction at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. As noted by…

February 16, 2023
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US Marine Corps sends 1300 Marines to Europe

The U.S. Marine Corps has announced the deployment of 1300 Marines for months-long training during Marine Rotational Force-Europe. The Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa said in a release that Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), Cam…

February 10, 2023
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UK Navy to receive Austrian-made drone helicopter

The Austrian company Schiebel announced on Friday that it has been awarded the contract for its rotary-wing drone. As noted by the company, Schiebel and Thales have been awarded the Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) contract “Peregrine” by the UK Ministry of …

February 10, 2023
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US Navy conducts anti-ice test of MQ-4C Triton

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has announced that the MQ-4C Triton test team conducted the first flight to assess the unmanned aircraft system’s ability to fly with wing ice accumulation on Jan. 25 at Patuxent River. This was the first of approxima…

January 31, 2023
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US Marines’ new helicopter easily lifts F-35

The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter, demonstrated its heavy-lift capability, lifting an F-35 Lightning II for the first time at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.  A CH-53K King Stallion with Marine Operational T…

January 23, 2023
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