Here are the 8 Ships the US Navy Commissioned in 2017 (courtesy of US Military News) Follow us on Twitter; @navalstrategy76
8 Ships the US Navy Commissioned in 2017
LCS 9 : USS Little Rock Sea Trials
The future USS Little Rock’s (LCS 9) acceptance trials were completed in Marinette, Wisconsin. The five-day, U.S. Navy-led trials featured a comprehensive array of tests designed to demonstrate performance of the ship’s […]
F-35B flight tests on amphibious ship
F-35B Lightning II aircraft takes off and lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant is the world’s first […]
US Navy – LCS Shock Trials (video)
US Navy is conducting Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) for LCS Program. The purpose of FSST is to validate the operational survivability of new construction ships after exposure to underwater shock. Three […]
US Navy XLUUV Acquisition Program with Boeing and Lockheed Martin
The US Navy selected Boeing and Lockheed Martin to pursue the Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) program, which will test the Navy’s ability to manage a rapid-acquisition project and the Navy-industry […]
Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded for complex overhaul of the CVN 73
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $2.8 billion contract to execute the refueling and complex overhaul of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). The […]
US Navy ICEX exercise video
USS Hartford (SSN 768) surfaces in the Arctic Circle near Ice Camp Sargo during Ice Exercise (ICEX). Service members and civilians assigned to Arctic Submarine Lab clear ice from the hatches to […]
US Navy Supercarrier USS Ford sea trials
The Gerald R. Ford class is the future aircraft carrier replacement class for Enterprise and Nimitz class aircraft carriers. “The Navy and our industry partners are excited to have the future USS […]
LCS High Speed Trials (USS Milwaukee)
The littoral combat ship (LCS) are a new family of surface ships for the US Navy. The LCS is a fast, highly manoeuvrable, networked surface combat ship, which is a specialised variant […]
Austal USA – Manchester (LCS 14) Launch video
Great video from Austal USA about the launching action of Independence Class LCS The Future USS Manchester (LCS-14) Video by courtesy of Austal USA Follow us on Twitter; @navalstrategy76
