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NSWC IHD Anti-Terrorism Officer Awarded Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal
December 30, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) honored Master Sgt. Gregorio Vargas of the Air Force Reserve with the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for revitalizing the command’s Anti-Terrorism (AT) program in less than one year and establishing it as a model for other organizations across the Naval Sea Systems Command...

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Ted Stevens
December 29, 2025 — PASCAGOULA, Mississippi - The U.S Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Dec. 29, 2025.The delivery of DDG 128 marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Delivery follows a rigorous series of at sea and...

Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
December 19, 2025 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller, more agile surface combatant designed to complement the fleet’s larger, multi-mission warships and enhance operational flexibility around the...

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Lucy Stone
December 16, 2025 — SAN DIEGO – John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) was delivered to the Navy, Dec. 16. The delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO to the Navy.Delivery follows the successful completion of sea trials to test the readiness and capability of the ship and to validate...

Future USS Idaho Delivered to U.S. Navy
December 15, 2025 — GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), from General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 15, marking the second delivery of a Virginia-class fast attack submarine this year.The delivery represents the official transfer of the submarine from the shipbuilder...

Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Barb
December 9, 2025 — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) for the keel authentication of the future Virginia-class attack submarine USS Barb (SSN 804), Dec. 9.Keel laying authentication ceremonies signify a major construction milestone where the ship begins to transition from design to reality. The...

USS Oklahoma Sailors and Marines Honored on 84th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
December 7, 2025 — As part of the annual commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy and the National Park Service held a ceremony at the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Ford Island Dec. 7, 2025, honoring the Sailors and Marines who were aboard USS Oklahoma (BB 37) on the “day that will live in infamy.”...

Racing the clock: NSWC Dahlgren Division hosts Australian team in humanitarian mission engineering hackathon
December 3, 2025 — Far beneath the South Pacific, in one of the deepest oceanic trenches on Earth, a powerful earthquake has struck. On the nearby nation of Vanuatu, a string of some 80 islands stretching across 800 miles, a humanitarian crisis unfolds. Buildings have collapsed. Major roads are impassable. Telecommunications are down; communities are shut off from...

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Final Freedom-Variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Cleveland (LCS 31)
November 26, 2025 —

MARINETTE, Wis. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31) from Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) in Marinette, Wisconsin, November 26.

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Split-second science: Dahlgren Division engineers capture first live data on projectile and shockwave interaction
November 21, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division recently fired high-speed projectiles into timed explosions to study how shockwaves affect high-speed rounds in a groundbreaking test. Over two days, a team of scientists and engineers at Dahlgren Division used a M110 Howitzer modified with a 155 mm barrel to launch projectiles traveling nearly four...

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