March 11, 2025 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD News Army and Navy barracks may one day be 3D printed or built using mass timber construction that involves large wooden structural beams manufactured from smaller lumber. Today on Capitol Hill, Dave Morrow,…
Curtiss-Wright Awarded $50 Million IDIQ Contract by Naval Air Systems Command for High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems
ASHBURN, Va. – March 11, 2025 – Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division today announced it has been awarded an approximately $50 million firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by Naval Air Systems Command to provide its high-speed data acquisition systems hardware and associated…
Fairbanks Morse Defense to Supply Engines for Future USNS Dolores Huerta
BELOIT, Wis. — Fairbanks Morse Defense has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics NASSCO to build and deliver the main propulsion diesel engines for the Military Sealift Command’s future USNS Dolores Huerta (T-AO 214). “Fairbanks Morse Defense understands that…
HII to Strengthen Nuclear-Powered Submarine Supply Chain
Largest U.S. Shipbuilder Teams with Australian Submarine Agency to Qualify Suppliers From HII CANBERRA, Australia, March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII), the largest military shipbuilder in the United States and a global leader in nuclear-powered submarine construction,…
Update on the Stena Immaculate Incident in the North Sea
From Crowley, March 10, 2025 HULL, UNITED KINGDOM – March 10, 2025 — At approximately 10 a.m. UTC/5 a.m. EDT on March 10, 2025, while stationary and anchored off the North Sea coast near Hull, United Kingdom, the Crowley-managed…
Marine Corps MQ-9 Reapers Enhanced With Advanced Payload Upgrade
From Naval Air Systems Command, March 10, 2025 NAS PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s MQ-9 Reaper test squadron at Pax River received the first SkyTower II (STII) pod in preparation for the system’s initial operational capability (IOC) next year. …
Chief of Naval Air Training Awarded Meritorious Unit Commendation for Training Excellence
By CNATRA Public Affairs CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) has been awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) by the Chief of Naval Operations in recognition of its exceptional performance in training student naval aviators. This…
USS Oregon Completes Homeport Shift to Norfolk
From Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Yarborough, March 10, 2025 NORFOLK — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, following a change of homeport from Naval Submarine Base New London, March 7, 2024. Oregon’s…
Saildrone Launches in St. Pete for First Ocean Mapping Mission of Florida’s Coastal Waters
Two Saildrone Voyager USVs have been deployed from St. Petersburg for the first time to map Florida’s coastal waters within the continental shelf. From Saildrone, March 10, 2025 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida: Saildrone is launching two 10-meter Saildrone Voyager uncrewed surface…
USCGC Polar Star Crew Concludes Operation Deep Freeze 2025, Departs Antarctica
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, March 6, 2025 SOUTHERN OCEAN — Accomplishing its missions, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed the Antarctic region Tuesday, after 65 days south of the Antarctic Circle in support…
