FEBRUARY 27, 2019 - Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer has approved Key West, Florida as the site for the commissioning of the future USS Billings (LCS 15). The event will take place in August 2019. The specific date has yet to be announced. The future USS Billings is the 17th littoral combat ship (LCS) to be delivered to the Navy and the eighth of the Freedom variant to … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2019
Army Lab, Lockheed Announce Partnership to Develop New Materials
FEBRUARY 28, 2019 - The Army and a major defense contractor established a new research partnership to create novel materials to further enhance the devices and technology used by warfighters. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory -- the Army's corporate research laboratory known as ARL -- and the Lockheed Martin Corporation entered … [Read more...]
Stand-Down Starts Process of Bringing Cultural Change to West Point
FEBRUARY 28, 2019, West Point, NY - There were no classes at the U.S. Military Academy Monday. Nor were there athletic events, student group meetings or any other extracurricular activities for the Corps of Cadets. Instead, the entire corps as well as West Point’s military and civilian staff, faculty and coaches spent the entire day participating in a stand-down to begin the … [Read more...]
Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship Charleston
FEBRUARY 28, 2019 - The Navy will commission its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Charleston (LCS 18), during a 10 a.m. ceremony Saturday, March 2 at Columbus Street Terminal in Charleston, South Carolina. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will deliver the commissioning ceremony's principal address. Charlotte Riley, wife of former … [Read more...]
Modernizing Nuclear Triad Critical to Defense
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 - The nuclear triad, which is composed of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, intercontinental ballistic missiles and bombers, “is the most important element of our national defense, and we have to make sure that we’re always ready to respond to any threat,” the commander of U.S. Strategic Command said today. “I can do that today because I have the most … [Read more...]