Admiral gets prison sentence in GDMA bribery case
MAY 17, 2017 – U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for lying to investigators to conceal his illicit 20-year relationship with Leonard Glenn Francis,
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Former GDMA execs plead guilty in Fat Leonard bribery case
MAY 10, 2017 — In the latest development in the so-called Fat Leonard scandal, Neil Peterson and Linda Raja, former executives of foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), yesterday pleaded
VIDEO: Ingalls Shipbuilding launches LHA-7
MAY 4, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) from its floating dry dock on Monday. The launch was accomplished 13 weeks
Pirate gets life plus 10 years for attack on U.S. Navy ship
APRIL 26, 2017 — A pirate involved in what will probably rank as the dumbest act of piracy ever has been sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison for engaging in
CBO puts a price on 355 ship Navy – it’s hefty
APRIL 24, 2017 — A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that, over the next 30 years, meeting the 355-ship objective called for in the new Navy force structure assessment
Austal USA hands over Expeditionary Fast Transport
APRIL 22, 2017—At one of the largest aluminium vessel construction facilities in the world, Austal USA continues to roll out high-speed, multi-hull vessels for the U.S. Navy from its massive shipyard in
Detyens awarded $12 million T-AO 189 contract
MARCH 31, 2017 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $12,088,262 firm-fixed-price contract for 57-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Lenthall
Austal gets $36.6 million mod to LCS contract
MARCH 20, 2017 —Austal USA LLC, Mobile, AL, is being awarded a $36,608,865 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-11-C-2301 to exercise options for the accomplishment of Littoral Combat Ship core class
Cochran: FY2017 Navy shipbuilding appropriations bill agreed
MARCH 3, 2017 — U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) said yesterday that an agreement on a final FY2017 Defense Appropriations Bill has been reached that would increase funding for new ships for
USCG awards five polar icebreaker design study contracts
FEBRUARY 22, 2017 — The U.S. Coast Guard today awarded five firm fixed-price contracts for heavy polar icebreaker design studies and analysis. The contracts were awarded to Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, Lockport, LA;