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AEGIS Virtual Twin Successfully Intercepts First Cruise Missile Target
April 23, 2019 — ATLANTIC OCEAN - Sailors aboard USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), successfully executed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System... MORE

The guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) fires an SM-2 missile during a live-fire missile exercise off the
coast of Virginia, March 25, 2019. The AEGIS Virtual Twin controlled the missile to successfully intercept an inbound target.

USS Fitzgerald Leaves Dry Dock, Continues Repairs Pierside in Pascagoula
April 17, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready,combat-capable ship. The ship achieved a milestone in its complex repair and restoration as it successfully launched and moored pier-side at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) - Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, April 16. ... MORE

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready, combat-capable ship.

Future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. Keel Authenticated
April 12, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The keel for the future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was ceremoniously laid during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, April 12. ... MORE

Shana McCool (left) and Kate Oja, ship sponsors of the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), speak about their grandfather during the keel authentication ceremony for the ship at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard April 12.

Ver Hage Assumes Command of NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 8, 2019 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Eric H. Ver Hage assumed command of both the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) on Friday, April 5 in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard... MORE

NAVSEA SIOP office leading $21-billion naval shipyard modernization
April 3, 2019 — WASHINGTON, District of Columbia -- A new Navy program office will centrally coordinate a plan to recapitalize its four public shipyards... MORE

Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Marinette (LCS 25)
March 29, 2019 — MARINETTE, Wis. — The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) in Marinette, Wisconsin March 27... MORE

C-ARTS brings high-tech training to the waterfront for USS Gerald R. Ford
March 25, 2019 — The Navy's aircraft carriers program office is using a new, high-tech approach to train Sailors on USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) advanced, first-of-class systems -- right on the waterfront... MORE

The Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS) is used by Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to increase their knowledge and understanding of vital equipment and systems for the first-in-class carrier.

Capt. Edward Flynn: Honoring the legacy of an undersea medical officer
March 21, 2019 — When U.S. Navy undersea medical officers had a question about decompression theory or undersea medicine, there was one man who knew all the answers. But when retired U.S. Navy Capt. Edward Flynn Jr. passed away recently, he took with him his encyclopedic knowledge of all things Navy diving... MORE

Keel Laid on Future USS Bougainville
March 14, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) was held at the Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division (HII), March 14... MORE

Ship Sponsor Ellyn Dunford traces her initials before Ingalls Shipbuilding welder Cedric Harman welds them into a steel plate to be fastened to the ship during the keel authentication ceremony of the future USS Bougainville (LHA 8) at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard March 14.

Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) Scores Highest
March 6, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. — The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey awarded the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) a “93”—the highest score to date for an Independence variant—after successfully completing acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico Feb. 8... MORE

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