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Nov- 2022 -

1 November

Sea

Naval Air crewman loads sonobuoys aboard a P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Photo: Lance Cpl. Joseph Atiyeh/USMC

Sparton to Provide US Navy With Sonobuoy Capabilities

Elbit Systems has announced that subsidiary Sparton has secured a contract to provide sonobuoy capabilities for the US Navy.

1 November

Air

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy EA-18G Growler Completes Five-Year Overhaul

A US Navy has concluded a five-year overhaul of its EA-18G Growler aircraft with a functional check flight at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington.

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31 October

Sea

Joe Saballa

HII Awarded $2.4B to Build US Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship

The US Navy has awarded a $2.4-billion contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries to construct its 4th America-class amphibious assault ship.

28 October

Air

A suborbital sounding rocket launched at Wallops Flight Facility. Photo: NASA

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy, Army Conduct Hypersonic Payload Flight Test

The US Navy and the US Army flight-tested a precision sounding rocket with hypersonic payloads at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

27 October

Air

Philippines’ AW109 Helicopter “Grey Wolf”

Alie Peter Neil Galeon

742 Sailors Join Philippine-Led Multilateral Naval Exercises

The Armed Forces of the Philippines led the first-ever simultaneous joint maritime exercises with the US Navy and Royal Australian Navy.

26 October

Sea

Rojoef Manuel

Aerojet Rocketdyne Joins US Navy CRAW Torpedo Development

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has partnered with Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop the US Navy’s latest torpedo system.

26 October

Air

Alie Peter Neil Galeon

Textron’s Aerosonde Drone to Support USS Miguel Keith Missions

The US Navy awarded Textron Systems a $22-million contract to deploy its Aerosonde unmanned aircraft system in support of the USS Miguel Keith’s missions.

26 October

Europe

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers

Inder Singh Bisht

Spain, US to Discuss More Destroyers on Base: Foreign Minister

The US and Spain will begin negotiations to renew a 1988 bilateral pact to expand the US naval presence at the Rota naval base in southern Spain.

25 October

Sea

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Robert E. Simanek

The US Navy conducted a keel-laying ceremony for the future USS Robert E. Simanek at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company shipyard in San Diego.

24 October

Exercises