BAE Systems, Land & Armaments, LP, Minneapolis, Minn., is being awarded a $54,613,172 firm-fixed-price contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System mechanical modules and related equipment and services. The MK 41 VLS provides a missile launching system for CG 47 and DDG 51 class surface combatants s
After 13 days of working with local medical, dental and engineering professionals in Papua New Guinea, serving close to 11,000 people, Pacific Partnership 2011 concluded its mission May 31 and got underway aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7). When USS Cleveland arrived, the P
The Navy has reassigned the second in command of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower… (scabee) [mappress] Source: scabee, June 3, 2011;
Sailors aboard guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) conducted flight operations with a Chilean navy helicopter during the Southern Seas 2011 transit of the Strait of Magellan, May 28. The flight operation was completed successfully as the Chilean pilots flying the Dauphin AS-365N2 landed safely
The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, William P. Lawrence, Saturday, June 4, 2011, during an 11 a.m. CDT ceremony at Pier 2, Alabama State Docks, Mobile, Ala. Designated DDG 110, the new destroyer honors the late Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence. During the V
The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG) completed a successful Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) May 27 off the coast of Southern California. COMPTUEX, a three week exercise required for each carrier strike group, and designed to drill every warfare area from subsurface, surface
The Navy continues to investigate a fire that torched the stacks of a destroyer docked at Bath Iron Works late last week… (timesrecord) [mappress] Source: timesrecord, May 27, 2011;
Guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) held an event celebrating the culture of the embarked Singaporean staff of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, May 14. Once a week while they are on board , CTF 151 staff members cook and serve traditional foods, and both the staff and Mason’s crew get a chance
An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Red Rippers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 became the 400,000th aircraft to land on USS Enterprise’s (CVN 65) flight deck May 24. Lt. Matthew L. Enos and Weapon System Officer Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Welsh manned the Super Hornet for the historic landing. Enos said h
Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, announced today that it has begun construction on the U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The company was recently awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build the USS San Antonio-class ship at the Pascag
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s Newport News shipyard moved the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier out of its dry dock to a shipya… By Peter Frost (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, May 24, 2011;
Raytheon Company has produced the first group of S-band transmit/receive (T/R) modules for the U.S. Navy’s Air & Missile Defense Radar program. The modules have been thoroughly tested and have proved to meet or exceed all AMDR performance and reliability requirements. This success marks a major mile
After almost two years in dry dock, the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is scheduled to be moved today to a pierside locat… By Bill Bartel (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, May 22, 2011;
Designers of the U.S. Navy’s future aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are taking another step toward deploying the nation’s first… By John Keller (militaryaerospace) [mappress] Source: militaryaerospace, May 20, 2011;
