AUGUST 16, 2013 — Britain’s Cammell Laird has marked a milestone with the christening of two ferries that are the first complete ships constructed at its Birkenhead shipyard since since the submarine
AUGUST 16, 2013 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) has completed pre-inactivation restricted availability (PIRA) of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) on-time and under budget, NAVSEA announced Aug. 15.
AUGUST 16, 2013 — Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $11,992,933 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2104) for continued procurement and manufacturing of onboard repair parts to be
AUGUST 7, 2013 — A few more details have emerged about the Navy’s decision to inactivate, rather than repair, the arson-damaged nuclear submarine USS Miami (see earlier story). One of these is
AUGUST 7, 2013 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently donated $3 million worth of training software to the U.S. Naval Academy, continuing the company’s commitment to the educational development of future Navy
AUGUST 7, 2013 — The Navy has decided to scrap the USS Miami instead of repairing the arson-damaged nuclear-powered submarine. Repairs to the vessel at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were initially estimated to
AUGUST 6, 2013 — Remember the “Hughes Mining Barge,” HMB-1? It is now serving at Bay Ship & Yacht’s Alameda, CA, shipyard as a covered floating dry dock. That’s a pretty peaceable
JULY 25, 2013 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded contracts totaling $14.4 million by prime contractors General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries to supply the steering
JULY 22, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) gave U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) a tour of its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, last week. Senator Durbin is
JULY 18, 2013 — Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding has hired recently retired Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) commander Vice-Admiral Kevin M. McCoy. James D. Irving, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Irving Shipbuilding Inc, said that
