CO of SWRMC relieved of command
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Captain Michael Wiegand, the commanding officer of the Navy’s Southwest Regional Maintenance Center in San Diego was relieved of command yesterday by Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center, due
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LPD 24 completes Navy acceptance trials
NOVEMBER 5, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24) returned from successful U.S. Navy acceptance sea trials on Friday. The company’s eighth ship in
Newport News Shipbuilding crane makes largest lift yet
OCTOBER 6, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division placed a 1,026-metric ton unit — roughly the weight of six Boeing 747 airliners — onto
BIW gets another $38.9 million for DDG 1000 work
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $38,936,397 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee Navy contract (N00024-11-C-2306) exercising options for DDG 1000 class
Huntington Ingalls awarded $1.5 billion Navy contract
JULY 28, 2012—The day before christening the ninth Landing Platform Dock ship in the San Antonio Class, Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, MS, was awarded a $1.514 billion fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded
Keel laying for Offshore Patrol Boat for Irish Navy
MAY 29, 2012—A keel-laying ceremony was recently held for the first of two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Irish Naval Service (INS). The keel was laid by Commodore Mellet, Flag Officer