Newport News Shipbuilding Awarded $15.3m Contract
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $15.3m modification to previously awarded contract for the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) FY07 Planned…
Navy to Commission Amphibious Transport Dock Ship New Orleans
The Navy will commission the USS New Orleans, the newest amphibious transport dock ship, at a ceremony in New Orleans on March 10. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana…
Yokosuka Sailors Receive Aircraft Firefighting Training
Forty Sailors from USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) participated in aircraft firefighting training at the Naval Engineering Learning Site here March 1. Students learn about the chemistry of fire…
Report: Lockheed Could Lose LCS Contract
Adm. Michael Mullen, the Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, said Thursday that Lockheed Martin Corp. could lose part of its Littoral Combat Ship contract, depending on the results of a pending review…
Coast Guard to Participate in Small Vessel Security Summit
The U.S. Coast Guard announced today it will participate in the first-ever Department of Homeland Security-sponsored small vessel security summit to be held in June…
Report: Some Northrop Grumman Employees on Strike
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IBEW Local Union #733, has confirmed union members are striking. IBEW and several other unions rejected a recent…
Montrose Heads for Inspection
The cargo ship Montrose began its trip to safe anchorage in the Chesapeake Bay. Divers will conduct an underwater inspection after its arrival 12 miles south of where it ran aground.
Green-Designed Passenger Boat Departs Florida for Educational Mission
Explorer, RiverQuest’s newly constructed boat leaving Freeport, Fla. for its homeport in Pittsburgh, is a state-of-the-art environmental classroom, a world benchmark…
Container Ship Capsizes in Belgian Port
According to the Herald Tribune, a large container ship capsized during loading Thursday in Belgian port city Antwerp, officials said. No injuries were reported.
General Dynamics Bets $71.9m Navy Deal
The Navy on Wednesday said it awarded a $71.9m contract boost to a unit of General Dynamics Corp. for repairs and testing on a submarine. Groton, Conn.-based Electric Boat Corp.
Tampa Bay Shipbuilding Gets Orders for Barges
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., the company that bought Maritrans Inc., said it will build three articulated tug barges, each with a construction value of about $90m.
MRG Promotes Sandaas to CFO
Marine Resources Group announced that Kirstin Sandaas has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Kevin Orstad has joined the company in the position of Group Controller.
General Dynamics Completes Milestone in Design of Navy's MUOS
System (MUOS), the U.S. satellite communications system. for the MUOS program. control). porting to radios being developed under the JTRS program. MUOS-compatible…
