Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $17,902,644 firm-fixed-price contract for a 76-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). The contract
America’s largest military shipbuilder is gearing up for the U.S. Navy’s plans for a future fleet mix that will include many more unmanned vessels, both on the water and beneath it. Huntington
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
