Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, has been awarded a $200 million delivery order to provide prof… (alionscience) [mappress] Source: alionscience,March 17, 2011
ACI Technologies, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., is being awarded $29,270,383 increased funding to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee task order #0003 under existing contract (N00014-06-D-0090) to develop an open architecture radar that meets the Navy’s current Littoral Combat Ship requirement for a l
Philippine Navy and Coast Guard personnel rescued 19 crew members of a fishing vessel found adrift in the seas off Polilio Group of Islands… by Delfin Mallari (inquirer) [mappress] Source: inquirer,March 17, 2011;
“I have a mostly male crew. They’re not old, but they’re not young either,” says commander of the USS Decatur,Shanti Sethi, in her blog, Adv… (indiatimes) [mappress] Source: indiatimes,March 17, 2011;
The Constellation is heading back to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor following repairs for rot caused by rainwater. The historic warship is expect to leave dry dock Monday in nearby Sparrows Point and head back with the submarine Torsk, which also has been undergoing repair. The ships were towed earlier th
Henderson-based Strategic Marine has won a contract to provide three high-speed patrol vessels worth nearly $5 million for the Australian Fe… (wabusinessnews) [mappress] Source: wabusinessnews,March 17, 2011;
New Zealand has turned down a United Nations request to provide a warship for piracy patrols, probably off the coast of Africa… (stuff) [mappress] Source: stuff,March 17, 2011;
The Navy has intercepted an asylum seeker boat with 48 passengers on board north of Ashmore Islands, off the West Australian coast… (abc) [mappress] Source: abc,March 17, 2011;
Fourteen U.S. Navy ships and their aircraft and 17,000 sailors and Marines are now involved in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in Japan, a Defense Department spokesman said here today. Marine Corps Col. Dave Lapan said the military effort has included 113 helicopter sorties a
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a fixed price contract valued at $25 million from the U.S. Navy for the preparation and completion of a dry dock continuous maintenance availability of USS Albany (SSN 753). The submarine arrived at the Newport News shipyard yesterday morning. The compan
The sources said only several hundred U.S. Navy personnel were left at Fifth Fleet headquarters, Middle East Newsline reported. They said… (worldtribune) [mappress] Source: worldtribune,March 17, 2011;
Commander, Submarine Force (COMSUBFOR) announced the Virginia-class submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) and the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) have commenced Ice Exercise 2011 (ICEX-2011) in the Arctic Ocean, March 15. USS New Hampshire is home ported in Groton, Conn., and comman
As of 9 am (local time), radiation background was normal, no deviations were detected. Natural background in Sakhalin is 17 micro-roentgens per… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: rusnavy,March 16, 2011;
ROYAL Navy warship HMS Bulwark has sailed into Docklands for a five-day visit to the capital… (docklands24) [mappress] Source: docklands24,March 16, 2011
