BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair has received a 13.89 million contract for the planned maintenance work on USS Wasp (LHD 1). The dry-docking planned maintenance availability will update and improve USS Wasp’s military and technical capabilities. Under the contract, BAE Systems will plan and execute d
The Canadian Navy submarine HMCS Chicoutimi will return to the fleet almost a decade after a major fire onboard the ship, as reported by CBC news. The HMCS Chicoutimi was initially a Royal Navy submarine, known as HMS Upholder, which Canada bought in 1998 with three more submarines as part of a USD
The US and French navies engaged in a joint training in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) on Dec. 29 in order to strengthen interoperability. The two task groups, comprising Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HST CSG) and the French navy’s Task Force
The 2014 began very promising for the U.S. defence contractor Lockheed Martin, which has been awarded two contracts by the U.S. Department of Defence, worth a total of USD 24.1 million. Both contracts relate to Aegis Combat System, an integrated naval weapons system that uses powerful computer and r
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments L.P. was awarded a $19.2 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to exercise options for fiscal 2014 MK 41 vertical launching system canister production requirements. Production requirements will include 89 MK 21 MOD 3 (SM-6) canisters, coding plug assemblies, ex
Divers from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) have carried out the first full underwater waterjet seal and evaluation on a littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), the US Navy said yesterday. NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Di
Russia: Navy Commissions SSBN Yury Dolgoruky The Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Yury Dolgoruky was commissioned… The Philippines: AGHAM Calls for Naval, Ship-Building Self-Reliance In light of the recent Tubbataha incident, activist scientist group AGHAM or Advo
Submarine-launched Harpoon missiles will soon become operational on Taiwan’s Hai Lung-class submarines since the United States began delivery of the anti-ship cruise missiles to Taiwan this year, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Tuesday in a report. Namely, the MND submitted a report
Lockheed Martin has received a 37.13 million contract to incrementally fund the Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent (PSEA) activities and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build engineering. The Aegis PSEA manages in-service combat systems configurations and integration of new or upgraded
Raytheon Company will continue Platform Systems Engineering Agent support of the Ship Self Defense System MK2 as it landed a USD 41.58 million contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command from Washington, D.C. Within the contract, Raytheon will complete development of CVN/Amphibious Modernization Adv
The U.S. is taking another positive step toward meeting the growing demand for systems that can help protect against the increasing danger posed by ballistic missiles. Raytheon Company has started building the 12th AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar for the Missile Defense Agency after being a
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $57 million firm-fixed-price contract Dec. 17 to Watts Contrack, a Joint Venture of Honolulu, Hawaii for the construction of a Marine Vertical (MV) 22 hangar, supporting utility infrastructure, and an aircraft staging area for Marine Co
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Newport announced a major milestone for its Virginia Payload Tube Life Cycle Support Facility, Nov. 20 – the installation of the first Virginia Payload Tube. The new facility allows Navy engineers to conduct tests with an actual Virginia-class submarine payload t
The U.S. Coast Guard has released its Top 10 video compilation for 2013, highlighting the year’s most compelling cases from the work done every day by America’s Coast Guard. The Coast Guard also announced its 2013 Video of the Year contest in which the public is invited to vote for their favorite vi
