ARLINGTON, Va. — One lesson learned from the challenge of the novel coronavirus pandemic is that U.S. Navy ships and their crews need to be self-reliant and work with the equipment and skills on hand, the commander of Naval Surface Force…
Navy Taps FlightSafety Services Corp. for New Training Helicopters Instruction
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has selected a Denver-based aviation training company to provide ground instruction for the Navy’s new TH-73A training helicopter. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, Florida, awarded FlightSafety Services Corp. a $221 million firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…
General Atomics Awarded Developmental Contract for Naval Propulsor Hardware
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a developmental contract by Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to provide manufacturing design drawings, engineering, fabrication, inspection, and assembly of prototype propulsor, shafting and bearing components as well as the…
RMC Admiral: Not Enough Ship Repair Capacity for Peacetime, Let Alone Wartime
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of the U.S. Navy’s regional maintenance centers said the Navy, as currently resourced, is not able to keep up with the ship repair demands of the current fleet and would have greater challenges in keeping up in wartime. …
PEO-Ships: ‘No Shortage of Challenges’ in Shipbuilding, Sustainment
ARLINGTON, Va. — The admiral in charge of U.S. Navy shipbuilding said there is no shortage of challenges in building the fleet and keeping it in fighting condition. Speaking at an Aug. 25 webinar conducted by the Navy League of the United States and sponsored by L3Harris…
Coast Guard Auxiliary to Stand Up Unit to Support Research, Experimentation and Public Affairs
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard Auxiliary is scheduled to stand up its first unit dedicated to supporting the Coast Guard Research and Development Center on Aug. 26 at the RDC, the center said in an Aug. 24 release. Rear Adm….
Healy Suffers Fire, Propulsion Failure En Route to Arctic
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy suffered a fire in one of the ship’s main propulsion motors on Aug. 18 while underway for operations in the Arctic, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in an Aug. 25 release. No injuries were…
USS Carl Vinson Conducts Change of Homeport
BREMERTON, Wash. — The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson departed Bremerton, Washington, on Aug. 23 to start sea trials as the final phase in completing a 17-month docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Lt. Cmdr. Miranda Williams of USS Carl Vinson public affairs said in…
Coast Guard Repatriates 20 Migrants to Cuba
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 20 Cuban migrants after law enforcement teams stopped two illegal voyages off the Florida Keys, the Coast Guard 7th District said in an Aug. 22 release. Coast Guard Station Islamorada and U.S. Customs and Border…
Pacific-Based Sub Operates in European Waters
NORWEGIAN SEA — The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations and conducted a brief stop for personnel in the vicinity of Tromso, Norway, on Aug. 21, the fleet’s public affairs office said in a release. The Pacific-based submarine is operating…
