EPF 12 completes integrated trials
Austal USA and the Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program successfully completed integrated trials on the future USNS Newport (EPF 12), in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is now ready to
Austal USA and the Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program successfully completed integrated trials on the future USNS Newport (EPF 12), in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is now ready to
As part of the national response to COVID-19, the Department of Defense (DoD) has entered into a $50 million Defense Production Act Title III agreement with shipbuilder Austal USA, Mobile. Ala. The
Ben Bordelon, president and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, La., has become the new Chairman of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), succeeding Terry O’Brien of Austal USA, Mobile, Ala. The new
Chief Operating Officer Patrick Gregg is to be promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer at shipbuilder Austal (ASX:ASB) effective January 1, 2021, following a six month transition from current Managing
The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) successfully concluded acceptance trials May 22, following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations in the Gulf of Mexico. During trials, the final milestone prior to
The Navy’s decision to award the FFG (X) guided missile frigate contract to Fincantieri Marinette Marine leaves three other shipyards feeling disappointed, including Austal USA, in Mobile, Ala. In a filing with
W&O Supply has been recognized as the recipient of shipbuilder Austal USA’s 2020 Supplier Innovation Award. The award was announced at Austal’s Supplier Day which took place last month in Mobile, Ala.
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of its eleventh Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), from shipbuilder Austal USA in a Dec. 10 ceremony held aboard the
With no ships on its current order book Philly Shipyard has declared its intentions to “go gray” and seek U.S. government contracts. It has already succeeded in becoming one of four shipyards
The Shipbuilders Council of America has honored Peter DeFazio (R-Ore.), Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, as a 2019 recipient of its Maritime Leadership Award, recognizing him as “an exemplary