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Lockheed to support construction of MMSC ships for Saudi Arabia
Mar 06, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $481.1 million under an undefinitized contract action for long-lead-time materia...
BAE Australia grows with 42 new graduates for defense, security business
Mar 05, 2018 (UPI)
BAE Systems announced a ream of initiatives in 2017 to grow it's business in Australia, positioning itself to take a lead in development of the Royal Australian...
Navy taps Raytheon for Phalanx close-in-weapon system support
Feb 27, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $48 million under a previous modified contract. The modified contract will furni...
Navy christens expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington
Feb 26, 2018 (UPI)
The USNS Burlington was christened in Mobile, Ala., on Saturday, with U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, and his wife, Mrs. Marcelle Pomerleau Leahy, as primar...
Raytheon to overhaul Canada's anti-ship Phalanx system
Feb 21, 2018 (UPI)
The company says the deal, announced Tuesday, is worth $330 million and taps Raytheon Canada Limited to provide "maintenance, fleet technical support, repair an...
HII awarded $1.4B for new amphibious transport dock for U.S. Navy
Feb 20, 2018 (UPI)
LPD 29 is a San Antonio-class warship designed to transport and land combat vehicles. The ship will be the 13th LPD constructed by Huntington Ingalls -- the com...
Navy awards design contracts for the Guided-Missile Frigate
Feb 19, 2018 (UPI)
The deals, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, were awarded to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Austal USA, Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marine and ...
Argentina offers $5 million reward for missing sub
Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)
The defense ministry said the reward will be granted "to those persons who provide information and useful data that will allow us to find the whereabouts and pr...
China building huge test site for unmanned ships
Feb 13, 2018 (AFP)
The test area is being constructed off the southern port city of Zhuhai bordering Macau, the state Xinhua news agency said. China asserts sovereignty over almos...
Navy turns to Northrop Grumman for warfare systems
Feb 09, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $88.8 million and is a modification to a previous award under the terms of a f...
Thales to develop sonar system for new French sub
Feb 08, 2018 (UPI)
Two years ago, Thales was awarded a contract by France to develop the linear antenna towed based on optical technology. Thales said in a release the technology ...
BAE Systems awarded $34.1M for work on USS Pearl Harbor
Feb 08, 2018 (UPI)
With options, the fixed-price contract would be worth $36.3 million, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday, for selected restricted availability. The sh...
Navy set to commission littoral combat ship USS Omaha
Feb 03, 2018 (UPI)
The USS Omaha, the 11th littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the sixth of the Independence-variant design, will be commissioned into the fleet Saturday a...
Navy issues more punishments over fatal collisions
Feb 02, 2018 (UPI)
Six non-judicial punishments were issued by the head of Naval Reactors, Adm. James F. Caldwell in Yokosuka, Japan on Jan 25., Navy officials told USNI News. Fou...
Navy awards $7.25M to convert nuclear submarine into training vessel
Feb 01, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $7.25 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The agreemen...
BAE awarded $68.9M for work on three U.S. Navy vessels
Jan 31, 2018 (UPI)
The three contracts, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense and BAE Systems, are valued at a combined $68.9 million. The contract for the USS Port Royal...
German, Norwegian vessels join Truman strike group in Norfolk
Jan 30, 2018 (UPI)
The Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen joined the the USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group on Friday and the Sachsen-class German frigate Hes...
Huntington Ingalls tapped for more repairs on Fitzgerald
Jan 29, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $30.1 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed fee modified contract that co...
General Dynamics to support U.S., British submarines
Jan 26, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $8.3 million under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee...
China invited to take part in major US-led naval exercise
Jan 25, 2018 (AFP)
The Chinese military took part in the RIMPAC drill, billed as the world's largest international naval exercise, for the first time in 2014 and again in 2016. "W...
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