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April 1, 2024

Raytheon’s Enhanced SM-6 Missile Intercepts Ballistic Target in Sea Trial

The Defense Post Raytheon has announced another successful sea-based trial of its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) following a recent software upgrade.

December 21, 2023

Japan MoD Secures $2.5 Billion To Build Two ASEV For FY2024

Naval News The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) on December 19 announced it has secured $2.59 billion (373.1 billion yen)

December 21, 2023

Navy certifying virtualized Aegis Combat System on its first destroyer

Defense News The U.S. Navy has one ship operating with a fully virtualized combat system and is on the cusp

October 27, 2023

US Navy Tests Simultaneous Aegis Defense Against Missiles, Drones

TheDefensePost The US Navy and the Missile Defense Agency have conducted an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) test using the Aegis

October 20, 2023

U.S. Destroyer Used SM-2s to Down 3 Land Attack Missiles Launched from Yemen, Says Pentagon

USNI News A U.S. guided-missile destroyer took out three land attack missiles fired from the shore of Western Yemen on Thursday,

August 16, 2023

HII Launches US Navy’s 3rd Flight III Destroyer, Ted Stevens (DDG 128)

Naval News: Prior to launch, DDG 128 was translated from land to the dry dock using translation railcars to support

August 2, 2023

US Navy Orders Nine Additional Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyers

The Defense Post: The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and HII Ingalls Shipbuilding fixed-priced contracts to build nine

June 2, 2023

Stationing US Navy Destroyers in Spain Increases Readiness in the Pacific

Foundation of Defense for Democracies The U.S. Navy recently announced its intention to forward station an additional two Arleigh Burke-class ballistic missile

March 31, 2023

MDA Test Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target

MDA News Release The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted Flight Test Aegis Weapon

March 23, 2023

Navy will extend service life of destroyer Arleigh Burke

Defense News After decades of service, the guided-missile destroyer Arleigh Burke — the first of its class — appeared likely