Seven US destroyer crew missing, commander hurt in crash off Japan

Seven US sailors were missing and a skipper injured after their Navy destroyer collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan early Saturday, with the badly damaged US vessel partially flooded. Aerial television footage showed one sailor lying on a stretcher and a rescuer being pulled up to a helicopter that was hovering above the USS Fitzgerald, its right side partially crushed.

Seven crewmen missing after U.S. Navy destroyer collides with ship

Seven crew members are reportedly missing and one injured after a U.S. Navy destroyer collided early yesterday morning with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the country's coast guard reported. Footage from the Japanese TV network NHK showed heavy damage to the mid-right side of the Navy ship and a person in a stretcher being lifted to a helicopter.

Missing Shiloh sailor found alive on ship

A missing USS Shiloh sailor who was presumed to have fallen overboard has been found alive aboard the ship, Navy officials announced in a statement Thursday. Navy officials released few details but said Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Mims will be transferred to the USS Ronald Regan for a medical evaluation and then will receive a recommendation for follow on care.

US fighter jet deal, ship visit show military links to Qatar

A deal between the United States and Qatar for F-15 fighter jets and a visit to Doha by two American warships on Thursday showed the vital military links Washington maintains with a country now in a dispute with several other Arab nations. Qatar remains the home of some 10,000 American troops at a major U.S. military base in the Mideast.

Ultra Electronics wins A 7m UK MoD contract

Ultra Electronics said its US-based Ocean Systems business had won a $10m contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for the production of two variants of its submarine countermeasure acoustic device for the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. The SCAD 101 is a self-contained externally mounted and launched torpedo countermeasure.

NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants

NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation's next generation of spacecraft. The astronaut class of 2017 includes doctors, scientists, engineers, pilots and military officers from Anchorage to Miami and points in between.

Diana Addendum to Time Charter with Rio Tinto

Diana Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has agreed to extend and increase the time charter rate of the present time charter contract with Singapore-based Rio Tinto Shipping for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Sideris GS. The global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels added that the contract is for a period of minimum 13 months to maximum 17 months.

New Pentagon Report Finally Drags China’s Secret Sea Weapon Out Of The Shadows

The Pentagon's new report on China's developing military capabilities exposes the fighting force on the front line of China's quest to control the seas. The Chinese Maritime Militia , a paramilitary force masquerading as a civilian fishing fleet, is a weapon for gray zone aggression that has operated in the shadow of plausible deniability for years.

Japan, US Navy order $42M in sub-hunting sonars from Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Navy and Japan will buy an additional $42 million worth of submarine-hunting sonar systems from Lockheed Martin's plant in suburban Syracuse, according to Pentagon officials. The deal confirmed by Lockheed Martin officials Monday is at least the fourth option exercised by the Navy on a contract worth up to $199 million for TB-37 multi-function towed arrays.

Lawmakers Ask Supreme Court to Weigh Veterans’ vs. Employers’ Rights in Workplace

Nineteen lawmakers are testing their luck at the Supreme Court, asking the justices to take up a case on whether military reservists' unfair dismissal claims can be forced into arbitration by their civilian bosses. Because the case involves veterans' rights, the legislators say they are hopeful the Supreme Court of John Roberts will temper its usual affinity for agreements waiving employees' right to sue.

A ‘Eureka’ moment: How Andrew Higgins landed himself on the U.S. Navy’s radar

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, the series continues with a look at the deal that put New Orleans boat builder Andrew Higgins on the radar of the U.S. Navy.

75 years after Midway, U.S. Navy hero honored in hometown

Sculptor Susan Geissler wored on a clay likeness of World War II hero C. Wade McClusky Jr. in her Youngstown, N.Y., studio. The clay model will form the basis for a bronze monument planned for the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in McClusky's hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y.>> C. Wade McClusky Jr. faced a tough decision on June 4, 1942: turn his low-on-fuel U.S. Navy air squadron around or keep searching for the Japanese fleet headed for Midway.