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
HMCS Ottawa returned home to Esquimalt October 13 following a four-and-a-half month operational deployment and goodwill tour in the Asia Pacific region. Ottawa visited several countries including Australia, Singapore, Japan and South Korea to foster strategic relationships and enhance interoperabili
Austal’s US shipyard has celebrated the official start of fabrication for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV 3), one of seven Austal-designed 103 metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) under contract with the US Department of Defense. “The race is on,” said Austal USA President and Chief
Cubic Defense Applications, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a not to exceed $31,435,144 firm-fixed-price contract for approximately 105 airborne subsystems, parallel and serial umbilicals, and ballast, ground subsystems: transport ground subsystem with live monitor, control display units,
System upgrades provided by Northrop Grumman Corporation into the ANZAC Class frigate HMAS Perth helped optimize the performance of the ship’s Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) system during recent sea trials conducted by the Royal Australian Navy. Northrop Grumman supplied equipment containing a m
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $143,873,774 not-to-exceed modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5431) for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles, associated shipping containers, and spares. At time of award, only $15,598,848 is being obligated. This contract modification in
The Boeing Co., Jacksonville, Fla., is being awarded a $31,503,536 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fee requirements contract for supplies and services for in-warranty and out-of-warranty depot-level modification installations and in-service repairs incident to modification kit installs including associa
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $142,565,902 not-to-exceed cost-only contract for fiscal 2011 Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production of all-up-rounds, section level components and spares, shipping containers, and associated data. This contract will provide for the procureme
HMCS Winnipeg is preparing for a Mid-Life Refit (MLR). The ship will receive extensive work to improve capability against modern threats as it reaches its mid-life period. The 12 Canadian-built HALIFAX class multi-role patrol frigates are considered the backbone of the Canadian Navy. They can deplo
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick D. West, returned from a 10-day visit to Australia Sept. 16, where he attended the Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) for senior enlisted leaders in Sydney to discuss maritime security issues affecting the region’s navies. “This gathering of multinatio
The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics , a $1.8 billion contract for the construction of DDG 1001 and DDG 1002, the next two ships in the Zumwalt-class program. DDG 1001 is scheduled to be delivered in December 2015 and DDG 1002 is scheduled to
The Royal Australian Navy has hosted the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Command Course (SCC), at Fleet Base West and in the fleet exercise areas off Western Australia. Australia supports the SCC every year; regularly sending an Australian submarine to Hawaii (as well as the international biennial Rim of the
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
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 […]
