Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) conducted a 9/11 memorial service while underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) Sept. 11. The ceremony marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings on 9/11
Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Jebel Ali, Sept. 4, successfully completing its fifth port visit of a seven-month deployment. The port visit marked the first time George H.W. Bush has moored in the United Arab Emirates. For the more than 4,400 Sailors from the ship, embarked
BAE Systems, Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $14,074,420 modification to contract (N00024-11-C-4403) for the USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) fiscal year 2012 Extended Selected Restricted Availability (ESRA). An ESRA includes the planning and execution of depot-level maintenance, alterat
Raytheon Company signed a $65.5 million contract to deliver five Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon Systems to the Republic of Korea Navy for the new Ulsan-1 class FFX ship program. The direct commercial sale calls for the systems to be installed on the 2,300-ton frigate-class ships starting in April
U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived home in Baltimore Sept. 8 after completing Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11), a five-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission in the southern hemisphere. CP11 was part of an annual mission that fosters goodwill, and demonstrates U.S. commitm
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $166,808,999 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to provide funding for long lead materials in support of the low rate initial production, Lot 3, of 11 P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft. Work wil
The Navy began construction of the thirteenth Virginia-class submarine, the as of yet unnamed SSN 787 Sept. 2. This new construction marks the first time in 22 years that two submarines of the same class have started construction in the same year. “To get to this important point, our Navy/industry s
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced Sept. 6 that amphibious transport dock ship USS New York will participate in numerous events throughout the city honoring the victims and responders from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Additionally, 170 members o
ZTEC Instruments today announced that Lockheed Martin and Textron Systems AAI Corp selected the ZT4628 oscilloscope and ZT8442 RF/IF digitizerrespectively for the US Navy’s electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) to test military aircraft on naval aircraft carriers and shore-based d
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $12,124,464 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4407) for the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fiscal 2011 non dry-docking phased maintenance availability (PMA). PMAs provide for an extensive renovation and moderniza
U.S. 7th Fleet held a change of command ceremony on board the command flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Sept. 7. Vice Adm. Scott R. Van Buskirk was relieved by Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift at the ceremony. “It has been the thrill of my career to briefly command in the best job of […]
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that BAE Systems Submarine Solutions (BAE Systems), a world leading design and manufacturer of submarines, sig
Aircraft from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Aviation Combat Element (ACE) embarked the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) Sept. 3 as part of the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California. The embarkation involved three CH-46E S
Twenty-five Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) reenlisted at the USS Arizona Memorial Sept. 2 during a port visit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USS Arizona Memorial sits directly over the remains of the battleship USS Arizona (BB 39), where 1,102 Sailors lie entombed in the
