Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to provide In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) functions support services. The single-award indefinite-delivery/indefini
The U.S. Navy’s full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier and its crew of more than 5,000 Sailors arrived in Malaysia for a routine, five-day port visit, Oct. 7. This marks the first visit to Malaysia for USS George Washington (CVN 73) since relieving the now decommissioned USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Precommissioning Unit Arlington (LPD 24) was selected from 57 commands for Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic’s (MIDLANT) 2012 Community Service of the Year Award, which was announced Oct. 3. During the award period, from July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2102, more than 300 Arlington Sailors at the training
Project of a multi-hulled icebreaker capable to make wide ice lanes was presented to participants of the port development conference under the TRANSTEC-2012 international… [mappress] Russian Navy, October 8, 2012; Image:Press service of the Krylov Scientific Center
Largest Russian arms manufacturers happened to be at the bottom of the Transparency International rating which categorizes.. [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 8, 2012
The commanding officer (CO) and several crew members from the Los Angeles class-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) are visiting their namesake city, Oct. 4 – 9. During their visit to the capital of Illinois the Sailors will meet with Springfield Mayor Mike Houston, visit with submarine veter
Naval personnel attached to SLNS Parakumba of the Eastern Naval Command arrested two persons with 54 gelignite capsules (gel type) in the general area West of Koonaithive on 06th October 2012. The arrest was carried out with the assistance of Inshore Patrol Craft P 114 while the persons were attempt
HMS Dauntless lit up the Caribbean night as she took part in an impressive gunnery shoot in the dark with numerous other warships as an international exercise reached its fiery climax. The 11-day-long UNITAS exercise saw 13 ships from seven nations train together and let rip with their firepower aga
A group of 150 Sailors and Marines from the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit serving aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) attended a luncheon Oct. 4 sponsored by American Legion Cathay Post 384 as part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SSFW) 2012 activities. Asian cuisine was se
The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducted a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), Oct. 5. George Washington received more than 200 pallets of supplies during the RAS, al
USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, was commissioned during a formal ceremony at pier 88 in Manhattan, Oct. 6. The newest destroyer honors Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy, a New York native who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions duri
Russia will resume non-nuclear explosion tests at the Matochkin Shar Range on the Novaya Zemlya islands… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 08, 2012; Image: Flot
Vice Adm. David H. Buss relieved Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers as Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) during a change of command ceremony today aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Myers assumed command of CNAF in July 2010. As the Navy’s “Air Boss,” he ensured that the U.S. Navy’s aviation fo
Eleventh session of the Russia-India Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation was held on Oct 4 under the… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 08, 2012; Image: Flot
