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Machine Inc., Raytheon, and Major Tool collaborate on missile defence radars

Maritime January 20, 2020

Raytheon has teamed up with Major Tool and Machine Inc. to develop structures for SPY-6 missile defence radars for the US Navy. Raytheon has signed an agreement with Major Tool and Machine Inc. to create structures for SPY-6 missile defence radars for when the programme transitions from low-rate initial production to ...

NASA collaborates with US Navy to produce images of the sun

Air December 12, 2019

NASA worked with the Naval Research laboratory (NRL) to produce detailed images of the sun with a solar probe. The NRL’s Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) took detailed images of the sun on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission. Images captured include the dust-free zone around the sun, magnetic flux ...

US Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Mobile

Maritime December 6, 2019

The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Mobile (LCS 26), during a ceremony on Saturday, December 7, in Mobile, Alabama. US Rep Bradley Byrne, representing Alabama’s first district, will deliver the christening ceremony’s principal address. His wife, Rebecca Byrne, president and CEO of the ...

International Maritime Security Unit serves in Persian Gulf

Maritime December 4, 2019

An International Maritime Security Unit lead by the US is conducting an operation to secure shipping in the Persian Gulf. A maritime security operation has been securing shipping channels through the Persian Gulf. Operation Sentinel is lead by the US and includes Britain, Albania, Bahrain, UAE, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. Kuwait and ...