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;
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that he future USNS Yuma (EPF 8) successfully completed Acceptance Trials on Jan. 26 after two days of underway evaluation in the Gulf
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 — Shipbuilders are more than happy with the much publicized news that both the Navy and the Trump administration want to increase the size of the battle force fleet
FEBRUARY 8, 2017 — “It has become clear to me that the Navy’s overall readiness has reached its lowest level in many years,” Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William F. Moran
FEBRUARY 7, 2017—The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), was decommissioned at a ceremony held in the ship’s hangar bay, Feb. 3, in Newport News, VA. During the “Big
FEBRUARY 6, 2017 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, has been awarded a $26,665,643 cost-plus-award-fee, incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-4403) to definitize USS Harpers Ferry
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that it has been awarded a $25.5 million modification to an existing advance planning contract in support of advance fabrication of the aircraft
JANUARY 27, 2017 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) on Wednesday. The start of
JANUARY 26, 2017 — President Donald J. Trump is to nominate former private equity investment manager Philip Bilden as the 76th Secretary of the Navy—greatly to the surprise of those who thought
JANUARY 21, 2017 — Sean J. Stackley assumed the responsibilities of acting secretary of the Navy at noon yesterday. Stackley is a more than familiar figure to shipbuilders, having served as the