Kollmorgen Corp, Northampton, Mass., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $23,501,954 undefinitized contract action under previously awarded firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed fee, cost-only contract (N00024-11-C-5447) for the fiscal 2011 MK 20 MOD 0 Electro-Optical Sensor System units, including associa
The aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov that India bought in 2004 is shaping up well to begin its sea trials in a couple of months, Indian Nav… (prokerala) [mappress] Source: prokerala, July 21, 2011;
The city of Townsville welcomed the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) Sailors and embarked Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the city during an official ceremony held at the Army Museum North Queensland July 8. Germantown is in Townsville, A
The fifth and final phase of Pacific Partnership 2011 (PP11) has come to an end with the departure of the PP11 team from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The flagship for the mission, USS Cleveland, arrived in the FSM on 3 July with representatives from the Australian, Canadian, Malaysian,
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division to provide advanced engineering and technical services in support of the U.S. Navy Ship Signatures Directorate and signature silencing p
Intevac Photonics, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., is being awarded a $9,596,806 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research and development that will improve and characterize the performance of the ISIE4000 electron bombarded active pixel sensor night vision camera in support of variou
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), along with embarked staff arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, July 19, to begin their involvement with Africa Partnership Station (APS) East’s 2011 Kenyan hub. The Kenyan hub brings more than 85 maritime professionals from seven partner nations together for training designed t
INS Godavari has successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Greek ship MV Elinakos in the Gulf of Aden. Eight Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Greek ship in the early morning of 16 Jul. INS Godavari was escorting four other ships at the time in the Gulf of Aden, when she received the distress [
An Estonian lieutenant, a Polish midshipman and four Finnish midshipmen embarked guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) during the ship’s deployment to the Baltic Sea, July 18. The multinational group will use this opportunity to learn how the U.S. Navy conducts underway operations. “Anytime we ca
Back and ready to take her place among the ships of the front-line Fleet is the oldest and – thanks to a £20m year-long revamp – most potent frigate. It took 13 months to turn an inanimate, largely lifeless, hull in the middle of a refit into a cutting-edge warship ready for anything that global [&h
George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWB CSG) resumed underway operations July 14, after completing a four-day port visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Sailors participated in recreational and cultural tours sponsored by the ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) program and volunteered in four
Survey ship HMS Echo stepped up to the mark when she was charged with leading the nation’s flagship in for a beach assault at the climax of the Royal Navy’s week-long exercises with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Devonport-based hydrographic vessel HMS Echo is six months into a two-year deployment
Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN 701) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam July 15, completing a six-month deployment in which they split their time between the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and the western Pacific. USS La Jolla’s commanding officer, Cmdr
Thirty-one trainees from various categories of employment within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been kitted-up with extreme weather protection gear for their upcoming Antarctic trip-of-a-lifetime. The group, which includes Marine Technicians, Medics, and Communications Information Systems sail
