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Lockheed awarded contract for submarine periscope sensors
Jul 25, 2017 (UPI)
Contract services include design, development, testing, technology integration and field engineering work for the ISIS program, the Department of Defense announ...
Could sharks help save shipping industry billions
Jul 24, 2017 (SPX)
Environmental microbiologist Dr Maria Salta is examining how on land and at sea, nature's ability to self-clean might give scientists a window into solutions wh...
USS Harry Truman starts sea trials after maintenance, upgrade work
Jul 24, 2017 (UPI)
The Navy said on Friday that CVN 75 departed the shipyard a day earlier than expected. Work during the Planned Incremental Availability included upgrades to the...
Mattis blasts Pentagon over pricey Afghan uniforms
Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)
According to a memo released Monday, Mattis told Pentagon procurement officials that the decision to buy the overpriced woodland green camouflage uniforms "serv...
Away from DC turmoil, Trump welcomes new high-tech warship to Navy
Jul 22, 2017 (AFP)
Trump appeared to revel in the pomp and pageantry of the ceremony aboard the ship at the sprawling Norfolk naval base in Virginia, which included a 21-gun salut...
Hydroid receives Mk 18 Kingfish countermine UUV Navy contract
Jul 21, 2017 (UPI)
The modification provides for the development, testing, and eventual installation of the upgrade to the Mk 18. The work will be conducted in Pocasset, Mass., wi...
BAE starts construction of first Type 26 frigate
Jul 20, 2017 (UPI)
The anti-submarine warship, to be named the Glasgow, will be 492 long, 68 feet in the beam and have a speed of more than 26 knots. Its operational range will be...
Huntington Ingalls awarded $148.7 million for Ford-class Enterprise construction
Jul 19, 2017 (UPI)
The work will be conducted in Newport News, Va., and is expected to be completed by January 2024. Navy 2017 shipbuilding funis of $148.7 million will be obligat...
BAE Systems developing new sonar for U.S. Navy submarines
Jul 18, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Agency commissioned the work under a Phase 1 award worth $4.6 million to enable submarines to detect other submerged vessels ...
Germany delays Israel submarine deal over graft probe: source
Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)
Germany and Israel were set to sign a memorandum of understanding over the sale in Berlin next week, Israeli media reported. A source in Israel's National Secur...
NRL-developed Topcoat Applied on Entire Freeboard of Navy Ship
Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)
However, based on positive Sailor feedback, and the 1K coating's outperformance of existing coatings with regard to color and gloss retention in sunlight, Sailo...
Navy test fires Tomahawk from new Virginia-class launch system
Jul 18, 2017 (UPI)
The Block III Payload Tubes are designed to be simpler and more reliable than the original Virginia-classes 12 vertical launch missile tubes. "Today's Tomahawk ...
34 Cameroonian soldiers missing after boat capsize
Jul 17, 2017 (AFP)
The ship was carrying 37 people, including crew, and was on its way to the city of Bakassi for refuelling when it sank on Sunday morning, Defence Minister Josep...
Electric Boat to conduct Columbia-class submarine noise reduction research
Jul 17, 2017 (UPI)
Under the contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, Electric Boat will design, manufacture and test protytype systems to mitigate propellor-induc...
Navy to commission Arleigh Burke destroyer USS John Finn
Jul 14, 2017 (UPI)
Commander of U.S. Pacific Command Adm. Harry Harris will give the principal speech with Mrs. Laura Stavridis, wife of retired Admiral James Stavridis, serving a...
USNS Lewis B. Puller expeditionary sea base deploys for first time
Jul 13, 2017 (UPI)
The Puller is part of the U.S. Navy's Sealift Command and has a joint U.S. Navy and civilian crew. "The Puller is a brand new ship, so we had a lot to learn. Th...
Sweden orders aluminum fast attack combat boats
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
The new "M" variants of the Stridsbat 90 HS series feature upgraded drivelines, upgraded protection and preparation for new management systems and weapons stati...
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning arrives in Hong Kong
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
Xi's trip marked 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain, and analysts said his visit left little doubt that Beijing viewed the city as a d...
USS Gabrielle Giffords completes maiden voyage
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
The Giffords completed its contstruction and sea trials out of Mobile earlier this year, and was commissioned in Galveston, Texas, in a cermony on Jun. 10. It t...
Northrop Grumman to make torpedo Transducer arrays for Navy
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
The MK 48 is the main offensive weapon used on all U.S. Navy submarines. The Transducer Array is the main sensor used to acoustically detect, locate, and guide ...
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