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GenDyn nabs $64.8M contract to outfit British Dreadnought subs
Aug 23, 2019 (UPI)
The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, announced on Thursday, calls for hardware, assorted deliverables and spare parts for the submarine's Strategic Weapon Syst...
Raytheon wins $199.5M Navy contract for Close-In Weapon System work
Aug 19, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced on Friday, includes options which can bring its value to $367.1 million. It calls for upgrades, conversions and system overhauls to the ...
Britain to lead multinational effort to train Ukrainian navy
Aug 18, 2019 (UPI)
During a visit to Kyiv, Ben Wallace said Britain will send Royal Navy ships to the region later in the fall to train alongside the Ukrainian navy. "The Maritime...
FLIR Surveillance awarded $12.6M for sensors aboard littoral combat ships
Aug 16, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Thursday by the Defense Department, refers to FLIR's Saffire III Electro-Optics Sensor Systems. The systems offer image stabilization, l...
38-year-old submarine USS Ohio returns to service after refitting
Aug 16, 2019 (UPI)
The 560-feet-long submarine completed its $223 million overhaul at Puget Sound, Wash., Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility on Wednesday, in whi...
First steel cut for British anti-submarine frigate HMS Cardiff
Aug 14, 2019 (UPI)
Defense Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan pushed the button to start the plasma laser cutting process at BAE Systems' shipyard at Govan, Scotland, BAE and the Briti...
GenDyn to upgrade Virginia-class sub USS Washington in $15.2M contract
Aug 12, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday, charges General Dynamics with the planning, material procurement and repair work on the submarine, to be completed by December 2...
Raytheon contracted for changes to LCS escort mission module
Aug 06, 2019 (UPI)
The $8.6 million contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, covers services and deliverables to achieve weight reduction on the Escort Mission Mod...
Navy to commission USS Billings Saturday in Key West
Aug 02, 2019 (UPI)
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is due to deliver the principle address, and his wife, Sharla, is sponsor of the ship for the commissioning, scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday...
U.S. State Department approves $554M sale of maritime support for Egypt
Jul 31, 2019 (UPI)
The package calls for technical and maintenance support, known as Follow-On Technical Support, of various U.S.-made ships in the Egyptian fleet. The contract, a...
Navy chief nominee promises transparency in USS Gerald R. Ford delays
Jul 31, 2019 (UPI)
Gilday, seeking the approval of the Senate Armed Services Committee to be the Defense Department's chief of naval operations, offered testimony on Wednesday. Du...
Navy accepts delivery of USS Indianapolis littoral combat ship
Jul 29, 2019 (UPI)
The delivery signifies the official transfer of the ship from Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine to the Navy. The vessel is planned for commission...
Cambodia rubbishes reports of deal with China to use naval base
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
Rumours have long swirled about China's desire to use the Ream naval base on Cambodia's stretch of the Gulf of Thailand, giving its ships ready access to the st...
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli completes builder's trials
Jul 24, 2019 (UPI)
The ship, designated LHA 7, completed four days of trials in the Gulf of Mexico to test it main propulsion, combat and other systems before returning to Pascago...
Lockheed contracted for weapons system changes on Navy's future frigate
Jul 23, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is a modification of a previous contract for AEGIS Weapons System requirements for the FFG(X) progr...
Delaware submarine nears delivery to U.S. Navy as first meals served
Jul 19, 2019 (UPI)
Crew members aboard the nuclear-power submarine dined on salad, sausage and spaghetti with a choice of meat sauce or Alfredo at Huntington Ingalls Industries' s...
ERAPSCO awarded $1B to produce sonobuoys for U.S. Navy
Jul 19, 2019 (UPI)
The contract for the sonobuoys, which detect and transmit underwater audio to submarines and ships using built-in air-launched electromechanical acoustic sensor...
Six companies to compete for $2.5B in funds to install Navy C4ISR systems
Jul 18, 2019 (UPI)
The companies, all based in Virginia, will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period, the Navy announced Wednesday. Selected we...
U.S. joins 11 NATO allies for Breeze 2019 maritime exercise in Bulgaria
Jul 15, 2019 (UPI)
The exercise began Friday and is scheduled to conclude on July 21 near Varna in the Black Sea, according to a Naval news release Monday. The annual exercise, le...
HII completes flight deck of Ford-class carrier John F. Kennedy
Jul 12, 2019 (UPI)
A gantry crane lifted the 780-ton, steel-structured section of the upper bow, which is known as a superlift, into place at Newport News Shipbuilding division, t...
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