The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to its homeport of Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka May 16, after completing sea trials. Sea trials is the testing phase of a U.S. Navy warship designed to measure a vessel’s performance and general seaworthiness. During this five-day evolution, George Washington completed drop tests on both [...]
As announced by the U.S. Department of Defence, Bulova Technologies Ordnance Systems, L.L.C., Mayo, Fla., is being awarded a $9,835,448 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for MK 80 distress signals and MK 79 distress signal kits. The MK 80 is an illuminated signal used by downed aircrews or personnel in life rafts as a distress signal. The [...]
Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc., Monroeville, Pa., is being awarded a $20,013,153 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract for Naval Nuclear Propulsion components, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on May 15. Work will be performed in Monroeville, Pa. (96.33 percent), and Schenectady, N.Y. (3.67 percent). No funds will expire at the end of the current [...]
The commitment of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia through boosting capacity building in the region has been underlined with the signing of five strategic partnerships with a number of UN agencies and the EU, following a Conference on Capacity Building to Counter Piracy off the Coast of [...]
The amphibious assault vessel USS Essex crashed with USNS Yukon oil tanker yesterday, while returning to San Diego, after completing 12 years as the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in Sasebo, Japan, the Sacramento Bee reported. As confirmed by a spokesman for the 3rd Fleet, Charlie Brown, the collision took place Wednesday morning, [...]
Cost of Project 11711 landing ship Ivan Gren built for Russian Navy by JSC Yantar Shipyard was RUR 5 bln, reports RBK referring to press service of Kaliningrad regional administration. The ship will be launched on May 18. Along with Mistral-class amphibious ships being built in France, large landing ship Ivan Gren will form the [...]
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $313.8 million contract for low-rate initial production of Standard Missile-6 all-up rounds. SM-6 leverages the legacy Standard Missile airframe and propulsion elements, while incorporating the advanced signal processing and guidance control capabilities of Raytheon’s Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz.; Camden, Ark.; Andover, [...]
The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Ms. Marie Lemay, Chief Executive Officer of the National Capital Commission, unveiled on May 15 the 2012 Plaza Bridge Photo Exhibit which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Coast Guard. The Minister was joined by Canadian Coast Guard Officials to commemorate the accomplishments of [...]
EADS North America has delivered the fourth and final Airbus Military CN235-300 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to be supplied to the Mexican Navy under a U.S. Coast Guard managed foreign military sales agreement. The Coast Guard employs the CN235-300 in the HC-144A Ocean Sentry configuration for a range of missions, including search and rescue, disaster [...]
LRAD Corporation , the world’s leading provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), announced on May 15 that it has received a $1.7 million LRAD-RX systems order for Asian maritime security. Deliveries on the order are scheduled to begin this quarter and continue into the Company’s 2013 fiscal year. “This order further confirms that [...]
