SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 — In a ceremony at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, today, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that the next Freedom and Independence variant Littoral
AUGUST 16, 2016 —The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Detroit (LCS 7) in a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, Aug. 12. Detroit is the eighth littoral combat ship
JULY 28, 2016 — USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence variant LCS built by shipbuilder Austal USA, successfully executed the first live fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile
JULY 13, 2016 — JRC reports that the world’s first, smallest and IMO compliant solid state S-band radar with 8-ft antenna and high speed rotation has been installed on the high speed
JUNE 8, 2016 — The future USNS Carson City (EPF 7) successfully completed Acceptance Trials during an underway period in the Gulf of Mexico, May 25-26. The Navy’s Board of Inspection
JUNE 1, 2016 — Bay Ferries Limited reports that The CAT high-speed ferry was refloated May 25 following an extensive period of refit, upgrade, and repair at Detyens Shipyards, Charleston, SC, that
MAY 16, 2016 — Austal USA reports that Littoral Combat Ship Montgomery (LCS 8), the fourth Independence-variant LCS built at its Mobile, AL, shipyard, successfully completed its acceptance trials May 6, 2016,
APRIL 20, 2016 – The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) has announced the recipients of its annual safety awards. The safety awards enhance shipyard operations and promote safety through recognition and promotion
APRIL 1, 2016 — The Navy has issued modifications to its block buy contracts with Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, MD, and Austal USA, Mobile, AL, to fund construction of one FY 2016
MARCH 30, 2016 — After a hitch with the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, the former Hawaii Superferry Alakai is to return to civilian life, for a time at least, operating a
