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UK government awards submarine contract to BAE Systems
May 14, 2018 (AFP)
The Ministry of Defence said in a statement that BAE had been awarded a contract worth 1.5 billion pounds ($2.0 billion, 1.7 billion euros) for delivery of the ...
First China-made aircraft carrier starts sea trials: state media
May 13, 2018 (AFP)
The carrier, known only as "Type 001A", set out for the trials from a port in northeastern China at around 6.45 am (2245 GMT Saturday), according to state broad...
'Projecting power': US carrier Truman assumes anti-IS Syria role
May 11, 2018 (AFP)
With lightning bolts flashing in the distance, the 95,000-tonne nuclear-powered vessel named after the 33rd US president is waging a war thousands of miles away...
Vigor Marine lands $42M contract for work on USS Sampson
May 11, 2018 (UPI)
The repairs and alterations to the guided-missile destroyer are routine for ships in a dry-docking selected restricted availability, the Defense Department said...
Littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati christened by Navy
May 07, 2018 (UPI)
The USS Cincinnati, an Independence-class littoral combat ship, becomes the 11th ship built by Austal USA as part of the LCS program. Cincinnati councilman and ...
US Navy reactivates its Atlantic 2nd Fleet
May 05, 2018 (AFP)
The chief of US Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson, made the announcement during a change of command ceremony Friday in the Atlantic naval port of Norfol...
GenDyn contracted for upgrades to Navy electronic warfare system
May 04, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $9.7 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, which is a modification to a previo...
Navy contracts Raytheon for Next Generation Jammer development
May 04, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $25.1 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, which is ...
L-3 to provide sensor systems for Navy, Coast Guard vessels
May 02, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contra...
Navy contracts with HII for material, labor for work on Ford
May 01, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $61.3 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed fee contract, which modifies ...
Pacific Ship Repair contracted for PSA on USS Ralph Johnson
Apr 26, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $17.2 million under the terms of a cost-plus-award-fee contract. The contract...
Chinese carrier leads live fire drill in East China Sea
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
The state-run Xinhua news agency said the vessels, led by China's sole aircraft carrier the Liaoning, "took part in anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare tra...
HII tapped for maintenance, upgrade services on USS Theodore Roosevelt
Apr 23, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $12.4 million, which is a modified contract to a previous award that falls under...
Greece to lease French warships amid Aegean tensions with Turkey
Apr 20, 2018 (AFP)
Confirming a report by the daily Kathimerini, Greece's deputy defence minister, Fotis Kouvelis, told Skai radio that France "has made two frigates available to ...
Boeing tapped for Navy sensor upgrades
Apr 20, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $18.7 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order, which i...
HII contracted for repairs, upgrades on USS Gerald R. Ford
Apr 19, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $10.7 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, which is a m...
Raytheon wins contract for Barracuda counter-mine system
Apr 18, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $83.3 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award ...
HII tapped for services on Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers
Apr 17, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $27 million under the terms of a cost-plus-award-fee contract. The contract awar...
HII awarded contract for materials for production on USS Enterprise
Apr 16, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $64.9 million, which is a modification to a previous award. The agreement enable...
Lockheed tapped for ship repair support on Fitzgerald
Apr 13, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $68.5 million under the terms of a firm-fixed price contract, which is a modif...
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