Vessels
Joint Chiefs Chairman Tours USS North Carolina
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Martin Dempsey, paid a visit June 30 to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, during a mission to the island in conjunction with the world’s largest international maritime exerc
Lockheed Secures Missile Production Deal
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, California, is being awarded a $19,9 million unpriced-letter contract for long-lead material and the labor, planning and scheduling necessary to support the fiscal 2015 Trident II D-5 missile production schedule. Work will be performed at Sunnyvale, Ca
CVW 1 Boards USS Theodore Roosevelt
Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) welcomed aboard Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1) for a luncheon and tour of the air wing’s ready rooms, July 1. CVW 1 and TR will work closely together over the coming year as they conduct increasingly complex integrated training to prepare for future d
L-3 Vertex Wins T-45 Aircraft Maintenance Contract
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, is being awarded a $151,3 million indefinite-delivery requirements contract to provide organizational, intermediate, and depot level maintenance and logistics services in support of approximately 200 T-45 aircraft based at Naval Air Stat
USS Oscar Austin Drops By in Latvia
The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) arrived in Riga, Latvia, for a scheduled port visit, June 28. The port visit in Riga is part of an ongoing effort by U.S. military forces to strengthen ties with NATO allies and regional partners while working toward mutual goals of promoting
USS Ashland Participates in CARAT
The forward-deployed Amphibious Dock Landing Ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), and it’s embarked Sailors and Marines, is participating in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014 with the Philippine Marines Corps and Navy. This exercise, which began June 27 and concludes July 1st,
Lockheed Martin Gets F-35 Components Delivery Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $18,3 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive (firm target) contract for the procurement and delivery of electronic components needed to support F-35 production, sustainment, and
Image of the Day: Ships En Route to RIMPAC
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), front, pulls away as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) approaches the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), center. The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) is c
Sikorsky to Produce New Combat Rescue Helicopters
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to develop new combat search and rescue helicopters. Sikorsky will develop a derivative of the UH-60M BLACK HAWK model for the Air Force’s rescue mission. The award of an estimated $1.28 billio
U.S.C.G. Repatriates 53 Cuban Migrants
After being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, and transferred aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Knight Island, 53 Cuban migrants were repatriated to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Friday. These repatriations are a result of five separate attempts to illegally migrate to the United States aboard rustic vessels
HII Shipbuilding Bags Midgett Deal from U.S. Coast Guard
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division received an $76.5 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to purchase long-lead materials for the eighth National Security Cutter, Midgett (WMSL 757). Construction and delivery of Midgett would take place at the company’s
Image of the Day: USS Roosevelt Gunner Fires Machine Gun
Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Andrew Carpenter, from Upland, Calif., fires a 25 mm machine gun during a live-fire event aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80). USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy, is depl
DESRON 2 Changes Command aboard USS Winston S. Churchill
Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 held a change of command ceremony aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) June 27. Capt. Fred I. Pyle relieved Capt. Stephen J. Coughlin as commodore of DESRON 2 in a time-honored ceremony on the flight deck of Churchill. “It is an incred
USNS Spearhead Pays Visit to Dominican Republic
Joint High Speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) arrived in the Dominican Republic June 17 after transporting members of U.S. Marine Corps 4th Law Enforcement Battalion (LEB) and associated equipment in support of Exercise Tradewinds 2014. This event is a key part of Southern Partnership Station Jo