United States Navy

...Air Station opened during World War II to train British and Canadian pilots. After the war, the base was deactivated for a time before the U.S. Navy moved in. Since then, maritime patrol aircraft including the P-3 Orions, which first flew...

In this article: World War II, Brunswick Naval Air Station, Florida, Maine, and Recession

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina BAE Systems has received a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $233 million to provide information and operating systems integration and related services at land-based facilities and on various platforms such as...

In this article: BAE Systems, U.S. Navy, Lockheed Martin, North Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, and South Carolina

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A merchant sea captain who was captured and held by Somali pirates has thanked the U.S. Navy crew and captain who were part of his daring rescue. Richard Phillips stood Thursday on the fantail of the USS Bainbridge in...

In this article: Virginia, USS Bainbridge, U.S. Navy, and New England

...-- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today marked the 45th anniversary of the maiden flight of the C-2A Greyhound -- the U.S. Navy's premier platform for Carrier-on-Board Delivery (COD) to Carrier Strike Groups throughout the U.S....

In this article: Northrop Grumman, C-2 Greyhound, U.S. Navy, Derivative, and E-2 Hawkeye

U.S. ship fends off second pirate attack U.S. Navy personnel help tow a lifeboat in April after snipers killed three pirates and rescued a cargo ship's captain. Maersk Alabama guards drive off pirates with gunfire Ship was at center of...

In this article: U.S., U.S. Navy, European Union, CNN, Indian Ocean, and Somalia

...it means a jet can get airborne carrying heavier loads. But the current steam cats are hard on aircraft and hell on maintenance - thus the US Navy's aspirations to move to EMALS in its next carrier. The electromagnetic cat will be able to...

In this article: US Navy, US, Royal Navy, New Jersey, UK, and Russia

...Center. See more news releases in: Airlines & Aviation, Aerospace & Defense, Contracts AgustaWestland North America Awarded U.S. Navy Contract RESTON, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- AgustaWestland North America (AWNA) is pleased to...

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LocalBrooklynEPA names city, four others, including U.S. Navy in Gowanus pollution mess EPA names city, four others, including U.S. Navy in Gowanus pollution mess Friday, November 13th 2009, 4:00 AM Superfund director Walter Mugdan...

In this article: Pollution, U.S. Navy, EPA, Gowanus Canal, and National Grid

Posted in Government, 12th November 2009 15:45 GMT US Navy Intelligence is soon to deploy radical new computer monitoring software able to sniff out "deviations" among hundreds of thousands of sailors at sea on the world's oceans.

In this article: Darpa, US Navy, Lockheed, US Intelligence Community, Office of Naval Intelligence, Pentagon, and Phase IV

* Wants to speed up autonomous underwater systems * Navy unmanned combat plane could move out sooner By Andrea Shalal-Esa The U.S. Navy's top admiral said on Monday he hoped to speed up work on unmanned weapons systems, including...

In this article: Gary Roughead, US Navy, Fire Scout, Brookings Institution, Northrop Grumman Corp, and Pentagon