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1 month ago | 
news.usni.org | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
After 32 years, an American military presence is set to return to Subic Bay under a new Marine Corps prepositioning program that will see the service stage equipment in the Philippines. Last month, the U.S. Marine Corps quietly leased a 57,000-square-foot warehouse at the former Subic Bay Naval Supply Depot. The service will lease the facility from Amerasia International Terminal Services Inc., which operates the warehouse alongside Anglicotech Philippines and KBR Overseas Inc. Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, claimed in a Subic Bay Management Authority release that the facilities would only store vehicles, communications equipment and
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Martin Manaranche |Martin has worked |Lee Willett |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
The announcement confirms the addition of VSHORAD SAM on the future OPVs and the production of a new ammunition for the RAPIDFire naval gun system.
French Armed Forces press release – Translated by Naval NewsWorth a total of around 600 million euros, these orders are part of the 2024-2030 Military Programming Law (LPM) which plans to strengthen and modernize forces’ capabilities in these strategic areas.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Xavier Vavasseur
Leidos Gibbs and Cox is looking to deliver enhanced logistical capabilities and faster vertical launch cell reloading through its Mobile Depot Platform, a concept that converts surplus civilian semi-submersible oil rigs into relocatable resupply hubs.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Peter Ong |Carter Johnston |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
At the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) webinar event held on October 8, 2024, Naval News asked U.S. Navy’s VADM James Pitts, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, whether the U.S. Navy will have enough vertical launch system (VLS) cells in the future with the retirement of the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and the Ohio-class guided missile submarines (SSGNs).
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Carter Johnston |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
The U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems, unveiled a new design for the hypersonic SM-6 Block IB at the Surface Navy Association’s 2025 Symposium earlier this month, breaking from the previous rifle round design that featured a traditional 13.5-inch diameter guidance and warhead section and 21-inch motor section.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Jeoffrey Maitem |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Yoshihiro Inaba
U.S. Navy Press Release SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Navy conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, Jan. 17-18, 2025. MCAs demonstrate a collective commitment to strengthening regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. This MCA is designed to emphasize our longstanding partnership between the two militaries in the maritime domain.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Jeoffrey Maitem |Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
The Philippine Navy on Friday flexed its power by holding live fire drills during a "sovereignty patrol" in the disputed waters where China's "monster vessel" was spotted recently.
Friday’s drills at the Scarborough shoal, a traditional fishing ground within the 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines, involved the frigate BRP Antonio Luna and patrol vessels BRP Ramon Alcaraz and BRP Andres Bonifacio.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Yoshihiro Inaba
ARLINGTON, Va, – At least two of the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships can now down drones after the service modified the class’ Surface-to-Surface Missile Module amid increasing demands for a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) as a result of combat in the Red Sea and threats beyond.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
navalnews.com | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa |Eunhyuk Cha |Martin Manaranche
General Atomics unveiled concepts for the installation of a new drone launch system on a variety of vessels, including the Royal Navy’s Daring-class (Type 45) destroyer and U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base. The company claims the “Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft” is part of a broader effort to support the launching of drones in constrained environments both on land and at sea.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
news.usni.org | Aaron-Matthew Lariosa
ARLINGTON, Va. – USS Sterett (DDG-104) will be the first destroyer to receive all electronic warfare, radar and combat system upgrades under the service’s Destroyer Modernization 2.0 program in a single availability period within the next five years. Compared to the existing quartet of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers slated for modernization, USS Pinckney (DDG-91), USS James E.
