The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program is evaluating the second of two industry railgun prototype launchers at a facility in Dahlgren, Va., officials announced Oct 9. The EM Railgun launcher is a long-range naval weapon that fires projectiles using electricity inst
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) to provide In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) functions support services. The single-award indefinite-delivery/indefini
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , was competitively awarded a task order by the General Services Administration Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to be the single-service provider for consolidated information technology (IT) enterprise ser
The ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Group, a worldwide-acting company for maritime defence electronics, has founded a subsidiary in Canada. ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Canada Ltd has been set up to establish a strong and reliable partnership with the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian authorities. As potential main contractor
Refueling U.S. Navy vessels, at sea and underway, is a costly endeavor in terms of logistics, time, fiscal constraints and threats to national security and sailors at sea. In Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command, the primary supplier of fuel and oil to the U.S. Navy fleet, deliv
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced today that the first Armstrong-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) ship will be named Neil Armstrong. Mabus named the future R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27) to honor the memory of Neil Armstrong, best known for being the first man to walk on t
The commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764), was selected as the U.S. Fleet Forces Command winner of the 2012 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership award, Sept. 17. Cmdr. Brian Sittlow‘s recognition was announced via a Chief of Naval Operations Naval A
Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) across the country began receiving the Office of Naval Research (ONR) SeaPerch underwater robotic kit, Sept. 17. Striving for more Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses, numerous schools around the U.S. are adding to SeaP
Sailors from more than 20 Virginia commands participated in the largest suicide prevention walk in the nation during the Seventh Annual Out of Darkness walk in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 8. So far, in calendar year 2012, the Navy had lost 44 Sailors to suicide. Fleet Master Chief and Prospective Mas
General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies is partnering with Stratosat Datacom (Pty) Ltd. to supply 64 radio-telescope antennas, ancillary electronic components and support for South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope program. The Stratosat/General Dynamics SATCOM consortium will perform a minimum of 75 pe
The Navy formalized key ship specifications for both the United States’ Ohio Replacement and United Kingdom’s Successor Programs in a document signed Aug. 31 at the Washington Navy Yard. Rear Adm. Thomas J. Eccles, chief engineer and deputy commander Naval Systems Engineering Directorate, Naval Sea
A council of high-ranking officers have been asked to oversee testing on the new littoral combat ship program after major issues were found with the first batch of ships. The littoral combat ships are quick, broad-hulled vessels designed to operate in shallow coastal waters. According to a Navy webs
The following post is by Rear Adm. Thomas Rowden, the director for the Navy’s Surface Warfare Division: “Recently, I mentioned my trips to Maine and Rhode Island to visit Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the Raytheon Facility. Both of these tours provided firsthand insight into the production of ZUMWALT-cl
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Tactical Satellite-4 successfully completes three weeks of intense testing, June 28, as part of the Navy’s annual Trident Warrior Experiment 2012 (TW12). TacSat-4 is a Navy-led Joint mission that provides Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM).
