WASHINGTON — TOTE Services has selected Philly Shipyard Inc. of Philadelphia to build the newest class of training ship, the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV), the Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced April 8. The shipyard will construct up to five new ships to provide maritime training for…
RAF Declares IOC for Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft
LONDON — The U.K. Royal Air Force has formally declared an Initial Operating Capability (IOC) of its brand-new Poseidon MRA Mk1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, the RAF said in a release. The MRA Mk1 is the U.K. designation for the P-8A Poseidon flown…
NAVSEA Bids Farewell to Longest-Serving Civil Servant in Defense Department
WASHINGTON — Sarkis Tatigian, who began his U.S. Navy career at the age of 19 during World War II, passed away earlier this week, leaving behind a nearly 78-year legacy of service to the Department of Defense, Naval Sea Systems Command said in an April 7…
Modly Resigns After Backlash Over Insults Directed at Carrier’s Ousted Captain
ARLINGTON, Va. — Thomas B. Modly resigned as acting Navy secretary on April 7, a day after calling the ousted captain of the coronavirus-infected USS Theodore Roosevelt “stupid” in a profanity-laced speech to the aircraft carrier’s crew. Defense Secretary Mark…
Surface Warfare Center Technology Division, Maryland Distillery Partner to Produce Hand Sanitizer
INDIAN HEAD, Md. — The Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (IHEODTD) is helping one business give back to emergency responders in dire need of virus-killing hand sanitizers, the division said in an April 6 release. Following Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s…
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Returns Home After Drug-Busting Patrol
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returned home on April 6 to Charleston after completing an 80-day patrol throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the Coast Guard 7th District. The crew offloaded $324 million worth of cocaine and marijuana April…
Navy Deploys Medical Personnel to Support COVID-19 Response in New Orleans, Dallas
WASHINGTON — U.S. Navy medical personnel assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility-M (EMF-M) have deployed as part of a U.S. Northern Command-led COVID-19 response to support civil health authorities in existing facilities in New Orleans and Dallas, the Navy said in a release. See: New…
President Grants New York Governor’s Request for Hospital Ship Comfort to Take COVID-19 Patients
ARLINGTON, Va. — The governor of New York, the state hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, wants the hospital ship USNS Comfort to switch missions and accept patients with the novel coronavirus ahead of an anticipated spike in infections and…
Navy Awards $200 Million Contract to Upgrade USS Boxer
SAN DIEGO — BAE Systems has received a $200 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform nearly 18 months of maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, according to a company release. The drydocking of the USS Boxer will…
Wicker Praises HII Contract for Amphibious Transport Dock Ship
ARLINGTON, Va. — The earlier-than-expected April 3 award to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division of a $1.5 billion contract modification for the procurement of the detail design and construction of amphibious transport dock ship LPD 31 was praised by a U.S. senator as a…
