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Huntington Ingalls cuts steel for U.S. Navy's Enterprise aircraft carrier
Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)
The company's Newport News Shipbuilding division kicked off the effort on Thursday with the ceremonial cutting of a 35-ton steel plate of the Enterprise, CVN 80...
GenDyn wins $52M Navy contract for IT support
Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)
The work comes under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year value of about $52 million, the company announced on Thursday. "Genera...
Navy memo outlines upcoming review following deadly destroyer collisions
Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)
The memo states that Fleet Forces Command has 60 days to deliver the review of the incidents, which have caused the deaths of 17 sailors and racked up millions ...
Patriot Shipping receives contract to lift USS Fitzgerald back to the U.S.
Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)
The Fitzgerald will be moved from the naval base at Yokosuka, Japan, to the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., where it will be repaired and refu...
Norwegian, German cooperation on submarines begins
Aug 23, 2017 (UPI)
The agreement was originally signed in early February, but a meeting on Tuesday in Germany between representatives of the two countries marks the formal start o...
Ticonderoga-class cruisers Hue City and Philippine Sea return to Mayport
Aug 23, 2017 (UPI)
Both cruisers were deployed 7 months with the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation, which includes the North Atlant...
US Navy dismisses commander after deadly warship collision
Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)
Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin was relieved "due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command", a navy statement said. The navy is undertaking a fleet-wide glo...
Navy launches expeditionary sea base Hershel 'Woody' Williams
Aug 22, 2017 (UPI)
The ship will undergo its last stages of construction and outfitting before embarking on sea trials in the coming weeks before delivery of the vessel to the Nav...
US launches probe after second deadly Navy collision
Aug 22, 2017 (AFP)
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson ordered commanders to set aside time, perhaps "one or two days" within a week, for crews to sit down together ...
Future USS Portland completes trials ahead of spring 2018 commissioning
Aug 22, 2017 (UPI)
The future USS Portland, built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Miss., will be the Navy's 11th San Antonio-class vessel when it is commissioned i...
Pacific Fleet to order individual reviews following McCain collision
Aug 22, 2017 (UPI)
The pause and individual reviews follow the deadly collision of the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker in the straits of Malacca, the second such incident in ...
Electric Boat receives $40.7M for Virginia-class submarine propulsion
Aug 21, 2017 (UPI)
The action provides for long-lead time materials slated for the replacement of the original control systems for main propulsion and ship turbine generators. The...
Builder's trials completed on Freedom-class LCS Little Rock
Aug 21, 2017 (UPI)
The LCS 9 Little Rock went through a series of tests and evaluations of its primary systems and propulsion, including reaching flank speeds of over 40 knots. "T...
Sri Lanka names first Tamil navy chief since 1970
Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)
Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah is the first Tamil to head a wing of the military since 1970, even though Tamils make up around 15 percent of Sri Lanka's population...
Royal Canadian Navy awards Thales support contract for up to 35 years
Aug 18, 2017 (UPI)
The nearly $633 million contract, called AJISS, also covers Joint Support Ships and is initially for eight years of work. If Canada exercises contract options e...
Commander dismissed after US Navy ship crashed off Japan
Aug 17, 2017 (AFP)
Among those being disciplined from the crew of the USS Fitzgerald are its commanding officer, executive officer and senior enlisted sailor, who will all be reli...
Navy to commission expeditionary sea base Lewis B. Puller
Aug 17, 2017 (UPI)
Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan, commander of the U.S Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet, will give the primary address with Lewis Puller's daughter Ma...
General Dynamics receives $115.3M contract for Virginia-class subs
Aug 17, 2017 (UPI)
The modification will provide for yard services and engineering analysis for the Virginia-class with a focus on maintenance and deployment of new technologies o...
TALONS tested on commissioned US Navy vessel for first time
Aug 17, 2017 (SPX)
TALONS demonstrated safe and routine operation from the ship's deck under a variety of sea states and wind conditions without adversely affecting the ship's ope...
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower prepares for 6-month overhaul in Norfolk
Aug 16, 2017 (UPI)
The carrier will start its Planned Incremental Availability refit 10 days early on Sept. 17, with the shipyard and carrier already setting up the large amount o...
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