FAIRFAX, Va. — General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has been awarded the Navy Cyber Mission Engineering Support contract by the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic, the company announced in a Jan. 7 release. The multiple-award,…
General Dynamics Awarded Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Task Order
FAIRFAX, Va. — General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) will support the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s (NAWCWD) Joint Electronic Warfare Effects Laboratory through a new $40 million task order, the company announced in a Jan. 4 release. The U.S….
SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in Honor of Navy Veteran, Vietnam War POW
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in honor of U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran, Navy Cross recipient and former U.S. Senator from Alabama Adm. Jeremiah Denton, the public affairs office for the secretary…
Virginia-Class SSN South Dakota to be Commissioned Feb. 2
NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine, USS South Dakota (SSN 790), will be commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, Feb. 2 as the 17th Virginia-class submarine to join the fleet, commander, Submarine Forces Public…
National Fire Control Symposium to Focus on ‘Extending the Reach of the Multi-Domain Kill Chain’
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The 26th National Fire Control Symposium (NFCS) is scheduled to meet at the Shades of Green Resort in Lake Buena Vista Feb. 4-7. The NFCS is a tri-service event with technical program advisory rotating among…
DoT Announces Second Round of Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grants
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has announced the second round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program through a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Federal Register. The INFRA program is expected to make…
HII Awarded Contracts to Build Two More National Security Cutters
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII’s) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received two fixed-price incentive contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build two additional National Security Cutters (NSCs), the company said in a Dec. 21 release. The contract values…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk Returns to Key West After 42-Day Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, homeported in Key West, returned Sunday following a 42-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a Dec. 24 release. The cutter crew…
Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract for Fifth DDG 51 Destroyer
BATH, Maine — The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) a contract to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multiyear award announced in September, the company said in a Dec. 21 release….
Austal USA Receives $21 Million Order for Post-Delivery LCS Work
MOBILE, Ala. — The Department of Defense has awarded Austal USA, as the prime contractor, a $21 million order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement to accomplish the post-shakedown availability (PSA) execution for the littoral combat ship USS Manchester…
