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Navy Accepts Delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion 112
March 13, 2025 — NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 112, from Textron Systems, March 13.Delivery of LCAC 112 follows completion of acceptance trials and represents the official transfer of the craft from the shipbuilder to the Navy. During acceptance trials, the Navy’s Board of Inspection and... MORE

USS Minnesota (SSN 783) advances AUKUS with port visit to HMAS Stirling
February 25, 2025 — USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived in Western Australia on February 25, 2025, kicking off the first of two planned U.S. fast-attack submarine visits to HMAS Stirling in 2025. Port visits support the first pillar of the Australia, United Kingdom, United States trilateral security agreement, known as AUKUS, that is delivering a sovereign conventionally... MORE

USS Minnesota (SSN 783) conduct mooring operations at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australia, Feb. 25, 2025.

NAVSEA Honors Attack Submarine Executive Director Lisa Radocha’s 36 Years of Service
February 20, 2025 — Naval Sea System Commands (NAVSEA) celebrated the exceptional 36-year career of Ms. Lisa Radocha, executive director for New Construction Submarines, Program Executive Office, Attack Submarines (PEO SSN), during her retirement ceremony Feb. 10.The ceremony featured guest speakers Rear Adm. Jon Rucker, program executive officer PEO SSN, and Ms... MORE

Retirement ceremony in honor of Ms. Lisa Radocha, SES

Pearl Harbor Intermediate Maintenance Activity Receives Inaugural Lockwood Award for Excellence in Torpedo Maintenance
February 13, 2025 — WASHINGTON -- Naval Sea System Command’s Undersea Weapons Program Office recognized Pearl Harbor Torpedo Intermediate Maintenance Activity (PH IMA) as the first-ever recipient of the Lockwood Award during a ceremony, Jan. 28, for excellence in maintaining the Navy’s arsenal of Mk48 heavyweight torpedoes. Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine... MORE

The staff of Pearl Harbor Torpedo Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PH IMA) pose for a group photo with Navy leadership after winning the inaugural Lockwood Award for Excellence in Torpedo Maintenance.

U.S. Navy Awards Contract for Deployment of Future Mine Countermeasures Capabilities
February 3, 2025 — WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy has recently awarded a series of contracts, under Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC), to facilitate Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Mission Package (MP) deployments. The MCM Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) is an unmanned, diesel-powered surface craft that can be... MORE

Maritime Industrial Base Program Holds Change of Office
January 30, 2025 — ARLINGTON, Va. -- Mr. Matthew D. Sermon relieves Mr. Frederick J. "Jay" Stefany as the Direct Reporting Program Manager for Maritime Industrial Base (DRPM-MIB) during a change of office ceremony January 28 in Arlington, Virginia... MORE

Forging the Future: Training Center Opens to Train Next Generation of Defense Manufacturers
January 24, 2025 — DANVILLE, Va. — The U.S. Navy strengthened its efforts to revitalize the nation's shipbuilding capability with the opening of a new training center in Danville, Virginia.The Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) program, launched in 2021, has graduated more than 777 students from 45 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Australia. About 25%... MORE

Jim Hook, an Accelerated Training for Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) instructor, teaches a student how to use a Haas CNC machine at the newly opened National Training Center in Danville, Virginia.

NAVSEA to present at WEST 2025
January 24, 2025 — WASHINGTON – Officials from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and affiliated program executive offices will participate in panel discussions and present program updates in NAVSEA’s exhibit booth during the WEST 2025 annual symposium at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif., Jan. 28-30.NAVSEA Commander Vice Adm. Jim Downey, will... MORE

Bridging Oceans, Building Futures: How a Navy Captain’s Unique Career Embodies the Spirit of AUKUS
January 17, 2025 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s rare to find a naval officer with experience in two allied navies, let alone three. But for Royal Australian Navy Capt. Stephen Hussey, currently assigned to the AUKUS Integration & Acquisition (AUKUS I&A) program in Washington, D.C., a 50-year career spanning the British Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, and multiple... MORE

On behalf of the Secretary of the Navy, AUKUS Integration & Acquisition Director Rear Adm. Lincoln Reifsteck, right, presented Royal Australian Navy Capt. Stephen Hussey with a Meritorious Service Award and medal during a Dec. 13, 2024

Ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Embarks on Final Voyage
January 16, 2025 — PHILADELPHIA – The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) began its final journey this morning as it departed from the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, PA for transit to Brownsville, Texas where it will be dismantled. Commissioned on Sept. 7, 1968, CV 67 was the first Navy ship to be named John F. Kennedy. The ship conducted... MORE

The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) began its final journey this morning as it departed from the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, PA for transit to Brownsville, Texas where it will be dismantled.

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