NASHUA, N.H. — BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of the Collins Aerospace Military Global Positioning System (GPS) business from Raytheon Technologies Corp., BAE said in a July 31 release. As announced in January, this asset purchase is a unique opportunity…
Bollinger Delivers 40th FRC to Coast Guard
LOCKPORT, La. — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry in Key West, Florida, the company said in a July 30 release. This is the 163rd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 40th fast-response cutter…
Sea Machines Partners With Maine Maritime Academy, MARAD to Include Intelligent Vessel Systems in Curriculum
BOSTON — Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has partnered with Castine-based Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) and representatives of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD)’s Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance (META) Program to bring education about autonomous marine systems into the MMA curriculum, the…
Tiered COVID-19 Testing System Exceeding Weekly Goal, Pentagon Says
ARLINGTON, Va. — The tiered system for testing of U.S. military personnel for COVID-19, considered a key element in defeating the novel coronavirus, has exceeded the goal of 56,000 tests per week, Defense Department officials told Pentagon reporters on July 30….
The Coast Guard’s Own COVID-19 Challenges
All of the U.S. armed forces have been heavily impacted by the novel coronavirus — perhaps none more acutely than the U.S. Coast Guard. A service focused on activities such as rescuing stranded boaters, apprehending criminals and boarding vessels for…
Reinventing ‘Normal’: Long-Term Rules Settle Into Place for Prolonged Siege Against Virus
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, victimized this spring by a COVID-19 outbreak, is back home in San Diego and seemingly healthy. U.S. Marines, no longer using their T-shirts as face masks, are rotating back to Australia but with strict…
Geurts: Navy Focused on Preserving Shipbuilding Industrial Base
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s top acquisition official said the service is focused on sustaining its shipbuilding industrial base and the shipyard workers, critical to avoiding the pain of losing the services of any yard and its highly trained work force. …
DARPA Working on New Unmanned Ship Concepts
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing two concepts of operations for unmanned ships and other watercraft, the agency’s acting director said July 30. DARPA, which successfully developed what is called the Sea Hunter autonomous unmanned surface vessel, now operated…
Navy Awards Studies Contract to Halter Marine for New T-AGOS(X)
PASCOUGLA, Miss. — Halter Marine Inc., a company of ST Engineering North America, has been awarded the contract for industrial studies for the auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship (T-AGOS(X)) program, the company announced. The U.S. Navy awarded the $981,000 contract for the…
ONR Helps Develop Ventilators in Fight Against COVID-19
ARLINGTON, Va. — One of the most dangerous effects of the novel coronavirus is the inability to breathe on one’s own — requiring the help of a ventilator to push air through the lungs. Consequently, the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in ventilator shortages, causing some hospitals…
