Fincantieri Marine Systems North America has new CEO
This week marked the start of new leadership at Chesapeake, Va., based Fincantieri Marine Systems North America, as Ryan W. Smith assumed the position of CEO at the company. “Ryan brings years
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VIDEO: Navy to deploy hospital ship Mercy to Los Angeles
In a matter of days, the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy will sail from San Diego and dock in the Port of Los Angeles to help lift the burden from local medical
VIDEO: U.S. and Russian warships in near collision
The U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet has released video of an incident in the Phillipine Sea yesterday in which a Russian destroyer and an American guided-missile cruiser were in a near-collision. A Seventh
Ingalls Shipbuilding delivers DDG 117
The Navy accepted delivery of the future guided missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls shipbuilding division, Feb. 22. Accepting delivery of DDG 117 represents the
Amphibious transport dock ship marks milestone
AUGUST 4, 2013—The keel of the U.S. Navy’s amphibious transport dock ship Portland (LPD-27) was recently authenticated at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS, a unit of Huntington Ingalls Industries, marking a milestone in
Textron receives $212.7 million ship to shore connector contract
JULY 7, 2012—Textron, Inc., New Orleans, LA, was recently awarded a $212,722,820 fixed-priced incentive-fee contract by the U.S. Navy for the detail design and construction of a ship to shore connector (SSC)
BAE Systems Norfolk to perform extensive ship drydocking
The U.S. Navy’s Norfolk Ship Support Activity recently awarded a $51,958,270 modification to a previously awarded contract to BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA, to perform an Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted