The crew of the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) completed the first Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX) of the calendar year, February 1. The anti-submarine warfare (ASW) team practiced fathometer, a sonic depth finder, familiarization and submarine detection exe
Vard Marine, a Fincantieri company designing and building specialized vessels, announced Februaury 1 that it has been selected to design one Antarctic icebreaking vessel for the Chilean Navy. The company said the contract value was approximately four million Euros. Vard Marine has been awarded the c
BMT Designers & Planners, a subsidiary of BMT Group has been awarded a United States Navy Environmental Quality Programs Support contract at a value of $43M over five years. BMT will expand its environmental, engineering, and logistics services practice to support the program and other similar clien
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $102.8 million contract modification to provide research and development and lead-yard services for Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines. Under the contract, Electric Boat will undertake development studies and other work related
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Fisheries has issued regulations and letters of authorization for U.S. Navy training and testing activities, November 12. The regulations require the Navy to use measures to minimize impacts to marine mammals while conducting training and
US Navy recently expanded its fleet with the acceptance of the Auxiliary General Purpose Oceanographic Research Vessel (AGOR), R/V Neil Armstrong, AGOR 27. Handed over on September 23, R/V Neil Armstrong will carry on the legacy of the naval aviator and astronaut who stated, “Research is creating ne
The U.S. Navy is developing the Resilient Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical Security (RHIMES) system, a cyber protection system designed to make its shipboard mechanical and electrical control systems resilient to cyber attacks, officials announced Sept. 17. Dr. Ryan Craven, a program officer of the
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $321,7 million modification to previously awarded contract to exercise the option for design agent, planning yard, engineering and technical support for active nuclear submarines. The efforts provide for drawings and relat
The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) is the first of three ships to wear test the Navy’s Improved Flame-Resistant Variant (IFRV) coveralls, beginning this week. The intent of the deployment-length wear test, which includes Carney, the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $109,4 million modification to previously awarded submarine support contract. The deal includes engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, m
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) deployed four ships to Arctic waters this summer, continuing the RCN’s presence in the Canadian Arctic. Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Nanaimo and Saskatoon departed from Esquimalt, B.C., on August 4, 2015, to join Operation NANOOK. HMC Ships Nanaimo and Saskatoon
Sailors aboard USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully demonstrated a passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system’s utility during Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP) container testing conducted off the coast of Florida, in early July. The RFID project showed the technology’s abilit
A research team led by US philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul G. Allen has successfully recovered the bell of the battle-cruiser HMS Hood, sunk in 1941 during World War II. Once restored, the bell will respectfully serve as a tangible and fitting memorial for the 1,415 lives lost when the Bismarck
Sailors aboard the littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully demonstrated a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) system’s utility during mine countermeasures mission package (MCM MP) container testing conducted off the coast of Florida, in early July. The RFID project showe
