• DOW Certifies Production Capacity for Second DDG at Maine’s Bath Iron Works

    Following a comprehensive, multi-phase due diligence review, the Department of War has determined that significant operational and managerial improvements at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) have established the capacity and stability necessary to support the potential construction of a second guided-missile destroyer (DDG). The Department’s thorough review evaluated production…
  • Andrenam Fills Gap in Persistent Passive Acoustic Undersea Coverage

    A young company in California has developed networks of passive acoustic sonobuoys and a software platform to monitor them to fill a gap in undersea detection capability. Andrenam, based in Los Angeles, builds and deploys its PEARL floating sonobuoy to provide persistent acoustic monitoring. Unlike the short-duration A-size sonobuoys deployed…
  • Secretary of the Navy Commissions USS Ted Stevens

    WHITTIER, Alaska  — The U.S. Navy placed its newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), into active commission today during a formal ceremony in Whittier, Alaska. The commissioning of USS Ted Stevens marks an immediate, decisive leap in naval warfighting readiness and surface fleet lethality….