The Chilean Navy has taken delivery of the first Airbus Military C295 in its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) configuration. The handover took p… (defencetalk) [mappress] Source: defencetalk, April 5, 2011;
Visualization pioneer Barco has received a contract award to supply its latest generation of rugged displays to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), expanding upon its long history of U.S. Navy submarine support to provide these units within the Virginia class submarine’s SCS. General Dynamics Ele
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Company a $312 million manufacturing contract for the Standard Missile-3 Block IB program. The contract provides the funding necessary to complete the development phase of the SM-3 Block IB program and deliver the rounds to the MDA. “We expect to deliver t
Lockheed Martin will design and deliver a second-generation anti-submarine training target under a $5.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The targets, known as MK39 Expendable Mobile Anti-submarine Warfare Training Targets, or EMATTs, are used by air and surface crews for unrestricted, open-ocean
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $1,496,200,000 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2222) for the procurement of the detail design and construction o
Three sailors injured when a fighter plane exploded into flames on the deck of the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis were still being treated… (latimes) [mappress] Source: latimes, April 1, 2011;
Sailors knew it as “the top gator.” Marines called it “the big nasty.” After 32 years, the amphibious assault ship Nassau was decommissione… By Kate Wiltrout (hamptonroads) [mappress] Source: hamptonroads, April 1, 2011;
Austal USA held a combined groundbreaking ceremony today, to celebrate the start of work on three new facilities including Phase 2 of the Modular Manufacturing Facility (MMF); a new office complex; and an additional waterfront Assembly Bay. The ceremony was held at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, A
Sensors experts at the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (EMS) Division in San Diego needed sensor processing for the next- generation… (militaryaerospace) [mappress] Source: militaryaerospace, March 31, 2011;
A jet fighter’s engine exploded and caught fire Wednesday as it prepared to take off from an aircraft carrier off California, injuring 10… (mysanantonio) [mappress] Source: mysanantonio,March 31, 2011;
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), was awarded a contract to develop a robotic ship hull mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) identification and neutralization capability for use in Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal. A m
Private ship repair firms in northeast Florida will likely be able to support the maintenance requirements of a nuclear aircraft carrier if one is homeported at Naval Station Mayport in 2019 as the Navy plans. Of the 20 surface ships currently homeported at Mayport, the Navy plans to decommission 12
Northrop Grumman Corporation subsidiary AMSEC LLC, was one of two contractors awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for marine design and engineering services in support of Puget Sound and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyards (PSNS) and Intermediate Maintenance Facilities (IMF). This indefinite delivery, inde
AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that the AECOM-Envirocon joint venture was one of six entities awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ)
