The Mexican Navy selected VSTEP to supply a Class A NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge (FMB) Simulator and 24 NAUTIS desktop trainer stations for the Naval Academy in Veracruz. The simulators will be installed at the new simulator training wing of the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar set to open in Q4 2014.
Physical Optics Corp., Torrance, California, is being awarded $10,4 million for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 0006 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research effort for the design, testing, and delivery of data transfer units and grou
USNS John Glenn (MLP 2) successfully completed Final Contract Trials (FCT) off the coast of Manchester, Washington, July 31. During the trials, the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey along with the ship’s crew tested the vessel’s various hull, mechanical, and electrical systems to demonstrate t
Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Baltimore’s held a change of command ceremony aboard USS Constellation on Aug. 2. Cmdr. John B. Downes relieved Cmdr. Andrew M. Cawfield as commanding officer. Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Barnes, NOSC executive officer, described the time-honored ceremony as one of
More than 800 Australian Navy, Army and Air Force personnel are on their way home after taking part in RIMPAC, the world’s largest naval exercise, which concluded in Hawaii this week. Australia sent the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship HMAS Success and Submarine HMAS Sheean, a rifle company from 5
Boatwain’s Mates direct a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) into the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is underway conducting sea trials. USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $49,6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for fiscal 2014 advance planning to prepare and make ready for the defueling work on USS George Washington (CVN 73). This effort will provide for advanced planning, ship checks, design, d
Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey relieved Rear Adm. Kevin Sweeney as commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, during a change of command ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), August 1. Sweeney assumed command of CSG 10 Aug. 17, 2012 and led Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group as
The US Navy’s fourth Joint High Speed Vessel, USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) completed Acceptance Trials testing and evaluations in the Gulf of Mexico on July 25. The ship’s trials included dockside testing to clear the ship for sea and rigorous at-sea trials during which the Navy’s Board of Inspection
The world’s largest international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014, concluded with the participation of 22 nations, 49 surface ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, August 1. Hosted by U.S.
DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Continues to Progress The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer program continues to progress, meeting key program milestones on the path to Initial Operational Capability (IOC). As the prime mission systems integrator for the DDG 1000 ship class, Raytheon provide
A time-honored change of command ceremony was held yesterday, July 31, 2014, for the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Houston (SSN 713) at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Cmdr. Paul Davis was relieved by Cmdr. Scott McGinnis as commanding officer of USS Houston. D
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Souda Bay, Greece, following a scheduled port visit, July 29. Ross was in Souda Bay for three days, while the ship refueled and met incoming personnel. The port visit allowed the crew an opportunity to experience some of the c
The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) completed oil spill response training at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, July 14-17. The training was executed under the NAVFAC Oil Spill Response Program and provided Navy and Marine Corps Faci
