ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced Jan. 23 that the president has nominated Rear Adm. Daniel W. Dwyer for appointment to the rank of vice admiral and assignment as commander, 2nd Fleet/commander, Joint Forces Command Norfolk, Norfolk,…
UK, US F-35Bs Attack ISIS in First Combat Missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth
LONDON — The United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group has joined the fight against Daesh, also known as ISIS, with F-35B Lightning II jets carrying out their very first combat missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said in a…
Senators Hammer $1 Billion Loss, Industrial Instability with Navy’s Planned 2022 Shipbuilding
ARLINGTON, Va. — Senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee zeroed in on two aspects of the Navy’s 2022 shipbuilding plans that would cost the nation more than $1 billion in contract penalties and lost savings because of reduced shipbuilding. …
Q&A: Heather H. Quilenderino, Director, U.S. National Ice Center and Commander, U.S. Naval Ice Center
Cmdr. Heather H. Quilenderino is the director, U.S. National Ice Center, and commander, U.S. Naval Ice Center. She qualified as a surface warfare officer on a guided-missile cruiser before laterally transferring to the naval oceanography community. She graduated from the…
USCGC Tahoma Returns from 79-Day Counter-Narcotics Patrol
KITTERY, Maine — The crew of the USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to Kittery on Friday after a successful 79-day counter-narcotics and smuggling patrol in the Eastern Pacific, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in a June 21 release. The Tahoma’s crew…
Coast Guard Decommissions Bahrain-based Cutters Aquidneck, Adak
MANAMA, Bahrain — After more than 30 years of active service, U.S. Coast Guard Island-class patrol boats USCGC Aquidneck (WPB 1309) and USCGC Adak (WPB 1333) were decommissioned in a ceremony aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, June 15, the Coast…
General Dynamics Continues Support for Navy’s Independence-Variant LCS Combat System
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – General Dynamics Mission Systems was awarded two contracts by the U.S. Navy worth $30.5 million in support of various maintenance and upgrade initiatives for the Navy’s Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) fleet, the company said in a June 21 release. …
Fairbanks Morse Engines to Power Fourth OPC
BELOIT, Wis. — Fairbanks Morse Defense, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, announced June 22 that its Fairbanks Morse Engine (FME) division was awarded a contract by Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) to build and deliver the two main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) for the U.S. Coast…
Collins Completes Milestone C for TCTS Inc. II Air Combat Training System
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., has successfully completed Milestone C for the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Combat Training System II (TCTS Inc. II) program. In addition, Collins Aerospace was awarded the first production order for TCTS…
Saab Awarded Marine Corps Contract for Next-Generation Live Training Systems
STERLING, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps Program Manager for Training Systems has awarded Saab the Force-on-Force Training Systems – Next (FoFTS-Next) Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC), the company said in a June 17 release. The contract has a…
