Hundreds of mourners are expected to pay their last respects today at the funeral of a Royal Navy officer shot dead on a nuclear submarine… (news.sky) [mappress] Source: news.sky , April 28, 2011;
Autodesk, Inc. , has named Federal Equipment Company (FEC) as the Autodesk April Inventor of the Month for using Autodesk software to design… (finance.yahoo) [mappress] Source: finance.yahoo, April 28, 2011;
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved Irwin F. Edenzon as corporate vice president and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Matthew J. Mulherin as corporate vice president and president of Newport News Shipbuilding. HII, previously known as Nor
A former United Service Organizations (USO) and chart-topping singer visited multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) April 25, while the ship was in port for Fleet Week Port Everglades 2011. Singer Connie Francis was a chart topping pop musician in the 1950s and 1960s, and perform
Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., today christened Capt. Ambrose, a tugboat named in honor of Capt. Marvin L. Ambrose, a former tugboat master and docking pilot who retired from the shipyard in 1973 after 44 years of service. The ceremonial christening was
Kollmorgen Corp., Electro-Optical Division, Northampton, Mass., is being awarded a $16,200,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-6293) to exercise cost-type options for the modification of materials and travel associated with engineering services for the photonics mast program
Sparton Corporation announced today, the award of a $28.5 million subcontract to manufacture sonobuoys for the United States Navy as part of… (tradershuddle) [mappress] Source: tradershuddle , April 27, 2011;
Lauding India’s role in combating piracy on high seas, Mauritian Premier Navinchandra Ramgoolam has said the two countries should continue t… (deccanherald) [mappress] Source: deccanherald, April 27, 2011;
The Navy has suspended the authority of the Newport-based Naval Undersea Warfare Center to issue contracts – the first time it has taken awa… By Jennifer McDermott (theday) [mappress] Source: theday , April 27, 2011;
There will be more activity onboard USS LST 393 this summer than at any time since the famed fighting ship went to war 68 years ago… (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive , April 27, 2011;
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) hosted seven Brazilian and Mexican navy sailors during the Atlantic (LANT) phase of UNITAS 52, April 23. UNITAS 52 LANT is a three-week exercise running from April 15 to May 9 and includes navies from Brazil, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships arrived in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, after completing the first half of the Atlantic (LANT) phase of UNITAS 52 with ships from Brazil and Mexico, April 26. Guided-missile destroyer Nitze (DDG 94), guided-missile frigates USS Thach (FFG 43), and USS BOONE (FFG 28), and U
The head of the National Security Bureau (NSB) yesterday said China’s first aircraft carrier would likely start training exercises at sea to… By Rich Chang (taipeitimes) [mappress] Source: taipeitimes, April 26, 2011;
At a time when India continues to resist US overtures for an agreement that would allow American warships access to Indian ports and service… (indiatoday) [mappress] Source: indiatoday, April 26, 2011;
