General Dynamics – Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $29,888,155 contract modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) for long-lead-time material and engineering and support services for the Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer DDG 1001. Work will be
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $33,500,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2109) for engineering and technical design services to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future submarine pla
USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) responded to a mayday message from M/V Artemis Glory which reported it was being attacked by pirates while transiting the Gulf of Oman at 10:35 a.m. (local), May 16. The German-owned, Panama-flagged, very large crude carrier (VLCC), was en route from Juaymah Terminal in Saudi A
MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), the global provider of communications, connectivity and content services to remote locations around the world, today announced it was selected as the Best Management Team in Network Products Guide’s 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. The management team
USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) Sailors returned to homeport at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va., May 16, after a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility (AOR). Carter Hall, as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with embarked Marines from
U.S. Navy guided-missile frigates USS Boone (FFG 28) and USS Thach (FFG 43), and U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Escanaba (WMEC 907) arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 13. The ships’ time in port will be spent training with Uruguayan sailors and fostering international bonds in support of the Souther
Sailors and Marines of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed an eight and a half-month deployment May 16 when the ships arrived at Norfolk Naval Station and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va. The Sailors and Marines reunited with family and f
Nearly 1,200 guests attended the christening of Anchorage (LPD 23), the seventh ship in the USS San Antonio class of ships being built by In… (sunherald) [mappress] Source: sunherald, May 17, 2011;
The 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived at Osaka, Japan, May 13 for a port visit that will strengthen already strong ties between the United States and Japan. Blue Ridge Commanding Officer, Capt. Daniel Grieco believes that the visit to Osaka will be a rewarding experience. “We ar
An amendment by U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo in the House Armed Services Committee restored $150 million to an amphibious assault ship project t… By Geoff Pender (sunherald) [mappress] Source: sunherald, May 13, 2011;
HMNZS TE MANA has successfully test-fired her Close in Weapons System (CIWS) during exercises in the South China Sea. The CIWS (also known as a Phalanx) is a 6 barreled radar controlled 20mm machine gun that can fire up to 75 rounds of hardened steel bullets a second (4500 per minute). The purpose o
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, and MarineForce International LLP (MFI) have signed a frame agreement with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation on supplies and services for their German built ULA-class submarines. The frame agreement ensures
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) departed from its homeport of Norfolk, Va. for its deployment as part of George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWB CSG), May 11. The strike group and its nearly 6,000 Sailors, led by the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), i
Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine HMS Tireless was welcomed home yesterday by a crowd of well-wishers after one of the longest deployments in recent years. Jubilant family members and friends cheered the submariners home to HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, from a ten-and-a-half-month deployment
