Edward J. Walsh

BAE Systems Land & Armaments is pushing ahead on manufacturing canisters that house the wide variety of missiles launched from the Mk 41 vertical launch system.

The Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding made history in June when the company delivered the first Flight III Arleigh Burke–class destroyer—the PCU Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125).

Austal USA is activating systems and working on final outfitting of the Navy’s newest expeditionary fast transport, the Cody (EPF-14).

The Integrated Defense Systems Division of CAES produces the antenna array assemblies for the Block 2 variant of the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).

Northrop Grumman’s Naval and Oceanic Systems group is implementing software changes and upgrades to the Navy’s Electronic Chart Display and Information System.

Raytheon’s Missiles and Defense business unit is collaborating with shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for systems integration for the SPY-6(v) radar.

The MQ-8B entered Navy service in 2006. It operates today on board littoral combat ships in conjunction with manned MH-60S helicopters.

The Navy and Marine Corps have long considered the LCAC a critical cog in the Sea Services’ amphibious warfare machine.

Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered the Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), the 12th San Antonio- class amphibious transport dock, in March.

An industry team led by L3Harris Technologies is working toward a December target for completing construction of a prototype medium unmanned surface vehicle.

Raytheon Technologies’ Missiles and Defense unit, longtime builder of the Tomahawk precision-strike standoff cruise missile, is recertifying the current inventory of Block IV missiles and upgrading them.

Flight III represents a near bow-to-stern transformation of the Arleigh Burke design.