CAMARILLO, Calif. — Saalex Solutions Inc. has been awarded the SeaPort Ordnance Logistics Support Services (OLSS) contract by the U.S. Navy, valued at $5.7 million over five years, the company said in an Oct. 4 release. The work will support…
L3 OceanServer Successfully Participates in Advanced Naval Technology Exercise
FALL RIVER, Mass. — L3 OceanServer successfully participated in the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX), an annual event held at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island, where the future of naval technologies is demonstrated, the company announced…
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton Returns Home Following 104-day Patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returned home Oct. 4 to Coast Guard Island following a 104-day, 23,500-nautical-mile patrol that included enforcement of fisheries regulations in Alaska and interdicting more than 16,000 pounds of cocaine from known drug…
ESG, MAGTF Departs for Exercise Trident Juncture 18
MAYPORT, Fla. — Ships of an expeditionary strike group have departed ports in the U.S. East Coast and will embark a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in North Carolina bound for participation in Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in Northern Europe,…
Defense Industrial Base Report Delivered to President
ARLINGTON, Va. — Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan, on behalf of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, presented a report, “Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States,” to President Donald…
Naval Aviation Leaders: Readiness Improving, but ‘Still Not Where We Need to Be’
WASHINGTON — The combat readiness of naval aviation is improving, but it is not where it needs to be, the Navy and Marine Corps top aviation leaders said Oct. 5. Vice Adm. DeWolfe Miller, commander of Naval Air Forces, said…
Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will christen the newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) Oct. 6 at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the Defense Department said in an Oct. 4 release. The…
Coast Guard Offloads More Than 11 Tons of Cocaine in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton offloaded more than 11 tons of cocaine seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean from late August to mid-September on Oct. 3, the 11th Coast Guard District…
Huntington Ingalls Industries Closes Sale of Avondale
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has closed the sale of HII’s Avondale facility to Avondale Marine, a joint venture between T.P. Host and Hilco Redevelopment Partners, HII said in an Oct. 4 release. The Avondale facility, part…
First Saudi Helicopter Arrives at Naval Station Mayport
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. —The first of several MH-60R Seahawk helicopters purchased by the Royal Saudi Arabian Navy arrived at Naval Station Mayport Oct. 2. The helicopters are part of a training program for Saudi pilots and crew that is…
