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HII launches fabrication for amphibious assault ship USS Bougainville
Oct 17, 2018 (UPI)
The Bougainville is the third America-class amphibious assault ship and first Flight I ship constructed for the Navy. "Bougainville represents the next generati...
GenDyn tapped for Expeditionary Sea Base 6 pre-production support
Oct 17, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, tasks General Dynamics with procurement of long lead time material, pre-production and engineering sup...
Navy contracts Dyncorp for TH-57 maintenance support
Oct 16, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, covers logistic support services and material for depot-level maintenance on the Navy's 118 aircraf...
US admiral warns of Russia's submarine capabilities
Oct 05, 2018 (AFP)
Admiral James Foggo, who heads NATO's Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, said Russia is investing heavily in its submarine fleet and wants to build an "asymm...
Boeing to provide Trident II navigational support to U.S., U.K.
Oct 02, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Huntington Beach, Calif., and Heath, Ohio, with an expected completion...
China working on laser satellite to spot submarines 500 meters deep
Oct 02, 2018 (Sputnik)
The deepest a laser device has been able to penetrate through ocean water and still provide reliable results so far is 200 meters, a depth record set by a devic...
Navy to commission fast attack sub USS Indiana on Saturday
Oct 01, 2018 (UPI)
Diane Donald, wife of retired Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, will serve as the ship's sponsor at the commissioning, set for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Navy Port at Cape ...
Navy awards $9B to HII, Bath Iron Works for 10 DDG 51-class destroyers
Oct 01, 2018 (UPI)
The Navy awarded contracts to the two companies on Thursday worth about $9 billion -- HII was awarded $5.1 billion for its six DDG 51-class vessels, with BIW's ...
American Ordnance to supply mine clearing line charge systems
Sep 26, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Tuesday, will be performed in Middletown, Iowa, with an estimated completion date of December 20...
Navy to christen USS Kansas City on Saturday
Sep 21, 2018 (UPI)
The Kansas City, the 11th Independence-class LCS, will be christened by Mrs. Tracy Davidson, wife of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Philip Davidson, who will br...
Lockheed Martin receives contract modification for sub imaging system
Sep 20, 2018 (UPI)
Work will be performed in Manassas,Va., Syracuse, N.Y.; Virginia Beach, Va.; Northampton, Mass., and other locations in the continental U.S. Work is expected to...
Navy orders three more littoral combat ships
Sep 19, 2018 (UPI)
The contracts, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, are for future LCS 29, LCS 32 and LCS 34. LCS 29 will be built by the Lockheed-owned Fincantieri ...
U.S. Pacific Fleet conducts Valiant Shield exercise
Sep 19, 2018 (UPI)
Units involved include the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, 15 surface ships, over 160 aircraft and around 15,000 personnel from the U.S. Navy, ...
HII receives $104M contract for nuclear submarine engineering
Sep 18, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2019. ...
Huntington Ingalls lays keel for new Legend-class National Security Cutter
Sep 18, 2018 (UPI)
The Stone is the ninth Legend-class cutter being built for the U.S. Coast Guard. NSC is the primary large vessel for the Coast Guard and functions as a law enfo...
Japan conducts first submarine drill in disputed South China Sea
Sep 17, 2018 (AFP)
Submarine Kuroshio on Thursday joined three Japanese warships in waters just southwest of the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, the Asahi Shimbun said. China ...
Russia holds naval drills in Sea of Japan
Sep 15, 2018 (AFP)
The exercises were part of the Vostok-18, or East-18, war games that kicked off in eastern Russia on September 11 and will run until Monday. Defence Minister Se...
Gen Dyn contracted for advance work on Columbia-class submarines
Sep 14, 2018 (UPI)
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Quonset, R.I., Newport News, Va., and Groton, Conn., and will be int...
L-3 Communications receives contract for towed sonar arrays
Sep 12, 2018 (UPI)
L-3 will salvage, repair and refurbish TB-23/BQ Towed Array Systems, and provide services including engineering and technician operations, depot level support a...
U.S., U.K navies perform counter mine exercise
Sep 11, 2018 (UPI)
The exercise falls under maritime stability and security operations by the U.S. Central Command, which is meant to train and deter against aggression in key poi...
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