Defense News in Brief: MQ-8C Fire Scout Gets Second Life

Source: United States Navy

PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE AVIATION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – In a prime demonstration of Joint Force agility and resource optimization, the Navy and Army partnered to rapidly repurpose divested MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, transforming excess inventory into dynamic test assets.

Defense News in Brief: NPS Announces Nine Digital Trident II Projects Addressing Pacific Operational Challenges

Source: United States Navy

The Naval Postgraduate School Office of Research and Innovation announced nine projects selected for development through the Digital Trident II initiative. Chosen through a competitive process, the projects bring NPS researchers, operational stakeholders and partners together to address consequential challenges facing U.S. forces in the Pacific.

Defense News in Brief: Critical Industrial Base Facility Breaks Ground Thanks to Australian Submarine Industrial Base Contribution

Source: United States Navy

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — U.S. Navy leaders joined industry partners, members of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation, Inc., and representatives from the Australian Embassy to break ground on a new facility in Pascagoula, Miss. that will manufacture critical components for in-service and new-construction submarines.

Defense News in Brief: Department of the Navy selects Radiant Industries for Microreactor Prototype at Naval Weapons Station Crane

Source: United States Navy

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Navy announces the selection of Radiant Industries, Inc. (Radiant) to design, build, and deliver a prototype Microreactor Power Plant (MPP). The selection of Radiant’s Kaleidos microreactor design, pursued in conjunction with the Department of the Army’s Janus Program, marks a milestone in securing reliable, grid-independent, and dispatchable power for critical military infrastructure at Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Crane, Indiana.

Defense News in Brief: USS Theodore Roosevelt Arrives in Yokosuka

Source: United States Navy

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 16, 2026, ahead of exercise Keen Sword.

Defense News in Brief: Navy accepts first C-130J-30 for next-generation TACAMO fleet, modernizing airborne strategic communications

Source: United States Navy

PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE AVIATION, Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of a newly manufactured C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft from Lockheed Martin during a formal ceremony Oct. 15 at the company’s production facility in Marietta, Georgia, marking the first step toward fielding the future E-130J “Phoenix II.”