Sensors & Combat Systems
PBL Supply Support Deal Awarded to Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $61 million performance based logistics (PBL) supply support contract from the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command’s NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support facility in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. This five-year contract will enable 24-hour, 7 days a week fleet
Midshipmen Train aboard USS Lassen
During the months of July and August, eight Midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy embarked Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) for their summer training program. The Midshipmen were immersed in naval operations including helicopter, small boat, damage control
USS Coronado Successfully Fires Kongsberg NSM
The U.S. Navy successfully performed a live-fire demonstration of a Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from USS Coronado (LCS 4) Sept. 23, scoring a direct hit on its intended target, a Mobile Ship Target (MST). Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), together with Program
Raytheon Awarded F/A-18 E/F Aircraft Support Deal
Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is being awarded a $40,9 million firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement for the procurement of 15 AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar Systems in support of the F/A-18 E/F aircraft. Work will be perf
EU NAVFOR Operation Commander Tours ITS Andrea Doria
During his visit to Djibouti this week, the Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Major General Martin Smith MBE, took the opportunity to visit the EU Naval Force flagship, ITS Andrea Doria, at sea in the Gulf of Aden. He was accompanied during the visit by the European Union Ambassador in Dj
Navy Orders DSIT Solutions’ DDS System
DSIT Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc., announced that a leading Mediterranean Navy has placed an order for its AquaShield™ Diver Detection Sonar (DDS) system. The system is expected to guard the underwater perimeter of a strategic coastal asset. Dan Ben-Dov, DSIT’s Vice President
ESPS Navarra Assists Yacht in the Gulf of Aden
In the early morning of Friday 19 September, EU Naval Force frigate, ESPS Navarra, came to the assistance of a stricken yacht in the Gulf of Aden. The yacht had been detected on the warship’s radar in the early morning. ESPS Navarra’s Bridge team initially tried to hail the yacht via their VHF rad
George Washington CSG Conducts Valiant Shield Torpedo Exercise
Ships assigned to the George Washington Carrier Strike Group conducted a complex, live-fire anti-submarine torpedo training evolution as part of exercise Valiant Shield, Sept. 17-18. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Mustin (DDG 89), USS Stethem (DDG 63), and USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62
USCG Cutter Fir Takes Part in Oil Spill Exercise
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Oregon, participated in a Spilled Oil Response System exercise near Blake Island, Washington, Wednesday. The exercise was part of an annual response exercise and included members of the Coast Guard 13th Distri
USS Chancellorsville Test AWS Baseline 9A
USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) concluded a series of live-fire exercises to assess the ship’s newly installed AEGIS Weapon System (AWS) Baseline 9A, Sept. 5. Chancellorsville is the first cruiser to receive the AWS Baseline 9A upgrade and its associated computing infrastructure and Anti-Air Warfare
OSI Finishes SAT for RNZN’s ANZAC Frigate Program
As part of the Royal New Zealand Navy ANZAC Frigate program, OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has successfully completed the SAT (Sea Acceptance Trials) of OSI’s Integrated Bridge System (IBS), or Integrated Navigation & Tactical System (INTS). Military integrated bridge systems are installed predominan
RFA Cardigan Bay, HMS Shoreham Test Capabilities
UK Navy’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, Cardigan Bay, and the minehunter, HMS Shoreham, have rendezvoused to test their capability to safely raft – or tie up alongside – in order for the smaller ship to replenish and therefore stay at sea for a prolonged period of time. Shoreham is deployed as part
BNS Awards Radar Systems LOA
BHIC Defence Technologies’ joint venture company, Contraves Advanced Devices Sdn. Bhd. (“CAD”), has received a Letter of Award from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn. Bhd. for the supply of Radar Electronic Support Measure Systems and related services. The Letter of Award is in relation to the contract
USS GW Hosts Chief Petty Officers Promotion
Fifty-three chief petty officer selectees from the U.S. Navy’s forward deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and embarked staff, commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, were awarded the gold fouled anchor and advanced to the rank of chief