LM 2500 Module Modernization Program now underway
AUGUST 3, 2016 — GE’s Marine Solutions, Evandale, OH, reports that the LM2500 gas turbine Module Modernization Program (MMP) is now underway in cooperation with shipbuilder GD Bath Iron Works and the
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NASSCO lays keel for Navy’s second ESB
AUGUST 3, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO yesterday hosted a keel laying ceremony for the future USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the U.S. Navy’s second Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) currently under construction at
NASSCO-Norfolk gets $23.4 million CVN-75 award
AUGUST 1, 2016 — General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $23,442,136 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4303) for USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) fiscal 2016 Planned Incremental
CVN 78 delivery delayed again
JULY 13, 2016 — Although the Navy says that Huntington Ingalls is performing well as the shipbuilder, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) won’t now be delivered until at least November, more
Mark I. Fox named NNS VP Customer Affairs
JULY 6, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Vice Adm. Mark I. Fox (U.S. Navy, Ret.) has been named corporate vice president of customer affairs for the company’s Newport News
Ingalls and NASSCO each land major Navy contracts
JUNE 30, 2016 — The Navy announced two significant shipbuilding contracts today, each potentially worth more than $3 billion. Huntington Ingalls Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, MS, is being awarded a $272,467,161
Former DoD official cops plea in Fat Leonard case
JUNE 23, 2016 — In the latest development in the massive bribery and fraud scandal known in Navy circles as the “Fat Leonard affair,” a former Department of Defense (DoD) supervisory contracting
Bath Iron Works christens Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001)
JUNE 20, 2016 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works christened the U.S. Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001,) last Saturday. The ship is named for Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael
NASSCO gets $106 million for EMB 5 materials, engineering
JUNE 1, 2015 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $106,167,876 undefinitized contract action on a not-to-exceed basis for the procurement of long lead
Senate bills fund ten Navy, six USCG ships
MAY 27, 2016 — The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved the FY2017 Defense Appropriations Bill and the FY2017 Homeland Security Bill. The defense bill recommends $20.5 billion for Navy shipbuilding, an increase