A World War II veteran who served aboard the submarine USS Batfish (SS 310) will pass the “long glass,” a tradition to signify the start of the first watch, during the commissioning ceremony aboard the Virginia-class submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit California (SSN 781) Oct. 29. Dr. Joseph Cox, form
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $16,884,918 modification, which exercises priced research, development, test and evaluation options under previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2116) for continuation of construction preparation effort
Twenty-eight members of the Australian navy, army, and air force visited Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Oct. 24. Australian Forces met with Sailors from the expeditionary community to see how they operate and to learn about NECC capabilities. “We wanted to visit NECC as part of our Austral
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78, the second HSM squadron to stand up in San Diego, prepared for its establishment at Naval Air Station North Island by hanging the squadron’s sign Oct. 25. The squadron’s establishment ceremony is scheduled for March 2012, but until then the pre-commissio
BAE Systems, U.S. Combat Systems, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $73,000,000 fixed-price incentive-fee firm target undefinitized contract action for the Advanced Gun System (AGS) for DDG 1002. The AGS is a 155mm, vertically loaded, stabilized gun mount that is capable of storing, programming
Pilots of Western Military District held scheduled night training flights on Su-27 fighters at Chkalovsk airfield, Kaliningrad region, reported Baltic Fleet Information Support Group to Central Navy Portal. During the drills, pilots practiced takeoffs and landing approaches in severe weather conditi
The men and women of the Royal Australian Navy Patrol Boat, HMAS Broome, successfully prevented an environmental and maritime catastrophe off Papua New Guinea overnight by providing assistance to a commercial container ship, which had lost power and was drifting towards Ragelapra Reef. At approxima
The U.S. Navy arrived in San Antonio Oct. 24, to kick off San Antonio Navy Week 2011 with a proclamation ceremony held by Mayor Julián Castro and the assistant secretary of the Navy. Sailors from USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Navy Band New Orleans and the Navy Blue Angels will hold about 40 different [&
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been selected by the South Korean Coast Guard to supply Azimuth thrusters for a new fleet of 15 tugs. The contract, worth around £12 million, will involve the supply of Rolls-Royce Azimuth thrusters (two per vessel) as the prime propulsion and steer
Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) returned to its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 21 after spending three weeks at sea hosting the initial sea trials of the F-35B Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The first F-35B landed on WASP’s flight deck Oct. 3, beginning an 18-day test per
General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $17,503,911 firm-fixed-price contract for the service life extension program kits and time compliance technical order upgrade kits in support of the upgrade of eight Egyptian Air Force F110 engines. The location of the performance is General
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) spoke at the 29th Annual Submarine League’s Symposium Oct. 20, reflecting on the high quality of today’s Sailors, future challenges and the programs in place for Navy’s continued success. “The future of our submarine force, the future of our Navy for th
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $16,868,744 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to contract (N00024-11-C-5106) to exercise options for Aegis Weapon System and Aegis Combat System combat systems engineering, in-country support services, and staging support
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $89,954,864 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00024-11-C-2109) to exercise an option for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine techno
