BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned home to Boston on Jan. 28 after a 57-day deployment to the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard 1st District said. During the patrol, Seneca rescued 187 Haitian Migrants, conducted countless hours of training exercises with Coast Guard…
Booz Allen to Modernize GPS for Navy, Air Force
McLean, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC Pacific), in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a $178 million contract to provide technical engineering services toward the modernization of advanced GPS systems,…
Coast Guard, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Open Technology Center
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Coast Guard and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego launched the Blue Technology Center of Expertise on the Scripps Oceanography campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and expo on Jan. 24, the Coast Guard 11th District said…
Crew, Commanders Bid Farewell to USS Pittsburgh at Sub’s Inactivation Ceremony
As the last commanding officer of the USS Pittsburgh said Jan. 17, “the old must be replaced by the new.” And with that salutation, the crew of the Los Angeles fast-attack submarine, past commanding officers, Navy League members and supporters…
BAE Systems Selected to Provide Technical Support and Life Cycle Sustainment to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
McLEAN, Virginia — The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a prime position on a five-year, $34.9 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide life cycle sustainment and technical support for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD)…
Coast Guard’s Only Heavy Icebreaker Arrives in Antarctica
MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — The 159 crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived Jan. 22 at McMurdo Station, following a 58-day transit from the United States, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a Jan….
Marines to Receive New, Lightweight Ammo for Machine Gun
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) on Jan. 16 awarded a contract to MAC LLC — a Mississippi-based small business — for about $10 million for polymer ammunition to be used in the M2 machine gun. The ammo is significantly…
Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey Successfully Completes First Flight
AMARILLO, Texas — The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., completed first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center, Boeing said in a Jan. 21 release. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tilt-rotor fleet, joining…
Navy Names Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller During King Day Ceremony
WASHINGTON — Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly on Jan. 20 named a future aircraft carrier the USS Doris Miller (CVN 81) during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, honoring black Americans of the Greatest Generation. The day’s ceremony also paid homage to the beginning and…
Raytheon Delivers 10th AQS-20C Mine-Hunting Sonar to Navy
WASHINGTON — Raytheon Co. has delivered its 10th AN/AQS-20C mine-hunting sonar system to the U.S. Navy, the company said in a Jan. 15 release. The sonar-towed body was officially transferred to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division. The system…
