Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced the following assignments July 15: Rear Adm. (lower half) Mark J. Belton, who has been selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned as commander, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, William
The Navy, working with the University of Memphis Department of Health and Sport Sciences, began a beta test of nine physical fitness exercises July 11. Bill Moore, director, Navy Physical Readiness Program, said there are currently no plans to change the Navy’s physical readiness test, but the study
General Dynamics Canada has completed its largest and most successful Technology Demonstration Program (TDP) with Defence Research and Development Canada Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic), demonstrating a torpedo-defence enhancement that will increase the level of protection for Canadian Navy ships. The Mult
Piracy in the Indian Ocean is hampering the efforts of climate change researchers to the point where they have had to call in the Australian… (markacadey) [mappress] Source: markacadey, July 15, 2011;
The Navy established the Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS), during a ceremony at Washington Navy Yard, July 11. “The littoral combat ship is a critical shipbuilding program and demands the very best skill and effort from government and industry teams,” said Asst. Secretary of
USmax Corporation, announced today that it has been awarded U.S. Navy’s SeaPort-Enhanced (SeaPort-e) multiple-award contract, valued up to $50B thru 2018. SeaPort-e provides Navy with an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to acquire USmax services. The following organizations may util
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Ala., received approval from the U.S. Navy to move into Full Rate Production (FRP) Phase on the Littoral Battlespace Sensing-Glider (LBS-G) Program. This is the first o
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $12,500,000 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
NOAA and the U.S. Navy embarked today on a two-day research expedition to survey the condition of two sunken Civil War vessels that have rested on the seafloor of the James River in Hampton Roads, Va., for nearly 150 years. Using state-of-the-art sonar technology to acquire data, researchers will cr
EMS Defense & Space, a division of aero connectivity and mobile resource management leader, EMS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG), today announced a contract with Lockheed Martin to develop a radio frequency seeker antenna for the U.S. Navy’s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). The Defense Advance
Lockheed Martin engineers have completed installation of a XLS-band antenna at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam that will allow military commanders to receive real time weather information for operational use. This is one in a series of six installations around the globe under the U.S. Air Force MARK I
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced the following assignments June 17: Rear Adm. (lower half) Richard P. Breckenridge will be assigned as commander, Submarine Group Two, Groton, Conn. Breckenridge is currently serving as deputy director, Submari
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced that the Australian Government had approved the acquisition of 24 MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ naval combat helicopters at a cost of over $3 billion. The 2009 Defence White Paper committed the Government to equippin
Specialty Center Acquisitions, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (SCAN) awarded a maximum amount $75 million contract June 9, for performance-based Environmental Services and Technologies (ESAT) support for Navy, Marine Corps, and federal government programs at various locations worldwide. The Co
