BAE San Diego to perform LCS-7 and LCS-8 PSAs

FEBRUARY 22 —BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $15,589,527 cost-plus-award-fee contract for the accomplishment of post shakedown availabilities (PSA) for the littoral combat ships USS

GD Electric Boat gets mods to two Navy awards

FEBRUARY 17, 2016—Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, was recently awarded modifications to two Navy contracts. In both cases the work will be performed in Groton and Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair,

Navy budget: The game begins

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 — The Department of the Navy’s $164 billion FY 2017 budget submission is lower than widely expected by defense analysts. It is 3.5 percent less than last years spending

Prison for Navy officer involved in Fat Leonard affair

JANUARY 29, 2015 — U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Todd Dale Malaki was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for accepting cash, hotel expenses and the services of a prostitute from foreign

Detyens awarded $11.4 million for T-AO 203 drydocking

JANUARY 28, 2016 – Detyens Shipyards, Charleston, SC, is being awarded an $11,455,931 firm-fixed-price contract for 71-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Laramie (T-AO 203).  

BAE San Diego gets $25.5 million Navy contract mod

JANUARY 27, 2016 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, has been awarded a $25,589,923 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-10-C-4407) for USS Anchorage (LPD-23) fiscal 2016 selected

Navy awards $8.6 million contract for Churchill SRA

JANUARY 15, 2016 —Marine Hydraulics International Inc., Norfolk, VA, is being awarded an $8,612,073 firm-fixed-price contract for USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) fiscal 2016 Selected Restricted Availability (SRA). Work will involve

Iran releases U.S. sailors after brief detention

JANUARY 13, 2016 — The Navy reports that ten U.S. Navy sailors safely returned to U.S. custody today, after departing Iran. There are no indications that the sailors were harmed during their

LCS downsize memo: Here’s what it says

DECEMBER 22, 2015 — As we reported last week, Washington defense industry commentators have been much engaged by a December 14 memo sent by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to Secretary of

Congressmen will resist SecDef effort to cut LCS buy

DECEMBER 17, 2015 — Congressional supporters of the Littoral Combat Ship are coming to its defense within hours of defense media reports of an intense internal battle between the Navy and Secretary

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