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Sailors’ endurance tested amid 4 months of constant Red Sea threats
Sailors aboard the carrier Eisenhower and its accompanying warships have spent months defending against ballistic missiles and flying attack drones.
By Bernat Armangue and Tara Copp, AP
Lockheed’s helicopter-borne jammer ‘defeats threats’ in US Navy test
The AOEW can work independently aboard the helicopter — either the MH-60R, as was tried, or the MH-60S — and can tie back to other systems aboard a vessel.
Former ship XO pleads guilty to sharing child sexual abuse content
Gregory Edward McLean previously served as the executive officer of the littoral combat ship Minneapolis-St. Paul.
By Diana Stancy
Fire destroys World War II-era blimp hangar in Southern California
The hangar was one of two built in 1942 for the U.S. Navy in the city of Tustin, about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
Navy test-fires missile from mobile launcher aboard LCS Savannah
The sea service continues to test the possibilities of placing mobile missile cells aboard littoral combat ships.
Fixes could cut months off wait for vets’ fire-damaged service records
An inspector general report said frequent procedural mistakes are adding months to elderly veterans' wait for military records.
Navy mothballs, commissions littoral combat ships back-to-back
Littoral combat ships are expected to serve 25 years. But the Little Rock and the Detroit were less than a decade old.
By Diana Stancy
Can the US Navy save money by accepting the LCS as a sunk cost?
Decommissioning these ships early amounts to a loss of almost $7 billion based on analysis by Defense News.
Petition to retire Pat Tillman’s #40 jersey league-wide gains momentum
A petition for the NFL to retire Pat Tillman's jersey number has collected over 80,000 signatures.
By Sarah Sicard
Navy researchers test robot dogs for ship maintenance
Research teams are experimenting with robot “dogs” — testing their ability to maneuver around Navy ships and take on mundane maintenance tasks.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Milwaukee
The ship, which was designed to serve for 25 years, is one of the Freedom-class variants that the Navy is mothballing early.
By Diana Stancy