WASHINGTON — The Navy has awarded contract for the second and third utility landing craft (LCU) of a new class. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $26.7 million contract modification to Swiftships LLC of Morgan City, Louisiana, for LCU…
Navy Secretary Names Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship After South Dakota’s Capital
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announced that the next Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Pierre (LCS 38), his public affairs officer said in a Feb. 5 release. The future USS Pierre is named in honor…
Blue Blasters Hornet Sundown Ceremony Marks the End of an Era
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 hosted a sundown ceremony and fly-over for the legacy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Feb. 1. Active-duty service members, aviation leadership, local media and…
USS South Dakota Commissioned
NEW LONDON, Conn. — USS South Dakota (SSN 790) became the newest and 17th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine in the U.S. Navy during her commissioning ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Feb. 2, Submarine Force Public affairs said in a…
General Atomics Awarded Contract for Prototype LiFT Battery System for LDUUV
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Advanced Technology International (ATI) to develop and demonstrate a prototype Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system for the U.S. Navy’s prototype “Snakehead”…
Navy Secretary Names Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Kingsville
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announced that the next Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Kingsville (LCS 36), the secretary’s public affairs officer said in a Feb. 4 release. The future USS Kingsville (LCS 36) is…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Billings
MARINETTE, Wis. — The Navy accepted delivery of the future littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), shipyard, Marinette, Wisconsin, Feb. 1, the Naval Sea Systems Command said in a Feb….
HII Awarded $15.2 Billion Block Contract For Two Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — For the first time in more than three decades, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII’s) Newport News Shipbuilding division was awarded a multi-ship contract from the U.S. Navy to build two aircraft carriers. The company announced on Jan….
Vigor Selects Vancouver, Washington, Site for a State-of-the-art, All-Aluminum Fabrication Facility
PORTLAND, Ore. — Vigor has entered an agreement to take over the former home of Christensen Yachts in Vancouver, Washington, following a search for the best location to build the U.S. Army’s new landing craft, Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) or…
Keel Laid for Future Destroyer USS Carl M. Levin
BATH, Maine — The keel of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) was ceremoniously laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard, Feb.1, the company said in a release of the same date. Speakers at the ceremony…
