Eastern to perform LCU 1700 design study and analysis
MAY 25, 2016 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, reports that it has been selected to complete a Design Study and Analysis for the Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1700 by
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Ingalls Shipbuilding christens LPD 27
MAY 23, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the amphibious transport dock Portland (LPD 27) Saturday in a ceremony at its Pascagoula, MS, shipyard. “Marines love these ships,”
BAE Mayport wins $29 million LSD 43 award
MAY 18, 2016 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport LLC, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded a $29,258,886 firm-fixed-price contract for phased maintenance availability repair work onboard USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).
BAE Norfolk wins $29.4 million CG64 award
MAY 6, 2016 — BAE Systems has received a $29.4 million competitively awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain the USS Gettysburg (CG 64), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. The contract
Fat Leonard’s “Little Bro” gets seven years plus
MAY 1, 2016 — Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, 49, a U.S. Navy Captain Select, was sentenced Friday to 78 months in prison — the heaviest sentence thus far handed down in relation
Seapower panel seeks $2 billion more for Navy shipbuilding
APRIL 19, 2016 — The House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces proposals for the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorize procurement of three additional ships
VIDEO: DARPA christens sub-hunting super drone
APRIL 7, 2016 — DARPA’s sub-hunting super drone vessel was officially named Sea Hunter today in a ceremony in Portland, OR. Developed by the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) Anti-Submarine Warfare
Navy funds FY 2016 LCS construction
APRIL 1, 2016 — The Navy has issued modifications to its block buy contracts with Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, MD, and Austal USA, Mobile, AL, to fund construction of one FY 2016
Ingalls awarded funding for DDG 123 construction
MARCH 31, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) reports that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $618 million contract modification to fund construction of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile
Textron receives $174 million mod to LCAC contract
MARCH 30, 2016 — Textron Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, being awarded a $174,012,150 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2401) for the option exercise for construction of Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCACs)