Rear Adm. Adan Cruz was relieved by Rear Adm. Whalen during a ceremony aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the group's flagship.

The U.S. Armed Forces are continuing to develop technologies for countering adversaries’ hypersonic missiles. A hot topic in ...

In a major defense milestone, the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG-91) has successfully ...

The test comes as the Trump administration is pushing for the deployment of a next-generation missile defense shield.

The US Navy sent an Arleigh Burke destroyer to Hawaii late in March to conduct tests on the vessel’s ability to track and respond to hypersonic missile threats.

The test, designated as Flight Test Other-40 or Stellar Banshee, demonstrated detection and tracking of an advanced hypersonic target by the USS Pinckney. The exercise included firing a simulated ...

During the exercise, carried out as part of the MDA's Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), the USS Pinckney (DDG 91) detected, tracked, and executed a simulated engagement of an “advanced manoeuvring ...