Former Supply Officer of the Year heads for slammer
JANUARY 13, 2017 — In the latest development in the “Fat Leonard Affair” scandal, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Gentry Debord, who was named U.S. Navy Supply Officer of the Year while accepting
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NASSCO Bremerton gets $19 million Stennis contract mod
JANUARY 12, 2017 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co, Bremerton, WA, is being awarded a $19,188,359 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4321) for repair and alteration requirements for USS John
Fincantieri Marine Systems gets $15.7 million Navy contract
JANUARY 11, 2017 — Fincantieri Marine Systems North America Inc., Chesapeake, Virginia, is being awarded a $15,746,539 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract to provide maintenance support for the Mine Countermeasure-1 class main propulsion
CBO takes a hard look at Navy shipbuilding plan
JANUARY 4, 2017 — Shipbuilders and the Navy are hopeful that the incoming Trump administration will make good on a campaign commitment to a 350 ship Navy. However, the non-partisan Congressional Budget
China returns U.S. drone
DECEMBER 20, 2016 —A statement posted on China’s Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday that China has “handed over the U.S. underwater drone it captured in its waters to the United States,”
Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded $1.46 billion LPD 28 contract
DECEMBER 20, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $1.46 billion, fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious
Shipbuilders Council endorses Navy’s 355 ship FSA
DECEMBER 19, 2016 — The Shipbuilders Council of America has given the just released 355 ship Navy Force Structure Assessment (see earlier story) its strong endorsement. “The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)
VIDEO: ONR demos unmanned autonomous swarm boats
DECEMBER 16, 2016 — Autonomous unmanned swarming boats were put through their paces in a recent demonstration in the lower Chesapeake Bay-with results that the Navy says show dramatic new possibilities for
BAE Norfolk gets $55.7 million for Wasp work
DECEMBER 6, 2016 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Inc., Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $55,766,162 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for USS Wasp (LHD-1) fiscal 2017 planned maintenance
Six-year prison term handed down in Navy bribery case
DECEMBER 3, 2016 — Another hefty prison sentence has been handed down in the bribery case known in Navy circles as the “Fat Leonard affair.” Former supervisory contracting officer Paul Simpkins, 62,