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• US Coast Guard Cutter Takes a Prominent Role at RIMPAC

  This year's Rim of the Pacific naval exercise has received considerable attention for incorporating the U.S. Navy's entire public inventory of midsize autonomous vessels, including the two Sea Hunter-class prototypes and the two Operation Overlord crewboat conversions. While this yielded valuable practical experience for uncrewed vessel development, it overshadowed another series of firsts with perhaps more significant near-term importance: the inclusion of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in high-end naval operations.

• Navy Orders Two CH-53K Helicopters for Marine Corps

  The U.S. Navy has placed an order for two more CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the Marine Corps.

• New Commandant Fagan Becomes First Female Branch Chief

  Adm. Linda Fagan was sworn in Wednesday as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, making her the first woman to lead a military branch. President Biden, who nominated Fagan, said “it’s about time” a woman was given such a job.

• SUBASE helps Chamber of Commerce Members Participate in renewed Military Affairs Day

  Members of the local community received behind-the-gates tours of Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) and Southeastern Connecticut military installations and commands during the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Leadership Program’s Military Affairs Day, last month.

• Army awards Stratford’s Sikorsky Aircraft $2.3 billion contract for fleet of Black Hawk helicopters

  The U.S. Army awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $2.3 billion contract Sunday for dozens of combat helicopters, the company announced.

• CNO Gilday Navy Balancing New SSN

  A banner over the sonar operators in the control room of one of the Navy’s most technologically advanced submarines declares the attack boat is the service’s “Apex Predator.”

• Navy Commissions Sub SSN-793 Completes Refit Of SSGN-727

  The Navy recently commissioned the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN-793) and also completed a refit of the guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN-727).

• New exhibit at state Capitol honors Coast Guard and its history in Connecticut

  A new temporary exhibit at the Connecticut state Capitol honors the United States Coast Guard and its rich history in Connecticut, and serves as a preview of what's to come with the Coast Guard Museum planned for New London.

• Navy brass celebrates completion of Pier 32 at Sub Base

  Navy officials and supporters gathered Monday to celebrate the Naval Submarine Base's new Pier 32, a nearly $70 million project to help modernize the base's waterfront for the Navy's next generation of submarines.

• Governor Lamont Reappoints Major General Francis Evon Jr

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is reappointing Major General Francis Evon, Jr. to serve another four-year term as adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard. He has served in the role since July 2018.

• Navy looks to 3D printing for submarine parts to ease burden on strained industrial base

  Among the top risks to the critical Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program is fragility in key parts of the industrial base.

• With great fanfare refurbished Nautilus reopens to public

  The Navy on Friday celebrated the completion of a $36 million preservation of the USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, as elected officials celebrated the ship’s history and advocated for continued investment in the nation’s undersea force.

• Coast Guard celebrates start of museum construction

  Coast Guard officials, National Coast Guard Museum Association members, and politicians gathered Friday afternoon at City Pier for a keel-laying ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for the future museum.

• Sikorsky Electric Boat others could get business boost from federal proposal

  Connecticut’s major defense companies as well as the supply chain that reinforces the industry would receive a major boost from a bill that Congress must pass annually to authorize the budget for military spending.

• Coast Guard Research and Development Center to celebrate 50th anniversary

  When Bert Macesker traces the history of the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, it’s with an eye on its response to world events: how the RDC responded in the 80s to increased drug smuggling, in the 90s to the Exxon Valdez oil spill and in the 2000s to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.