SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 86 of 87 migrants to the Dominican Republic navy between June 30 and July 1 following the interdiction of three illegal migrant voyages in the Mona Passage off the west coast of Puerto Rico, the…
Task Force One Navy Established to Combat Discrimination, Racism
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy stood up a special task force on June 30 to address the issues of racism, sexism and other destructive biases and their impact on naval readiness, the chief of naval personnel public affairs office said in a release. “Task Force (TF) One Navy” will be led by Rear…
KBR to Develop Navy Technical Training Products
HOUSTON — KBR has been awarded a $42.5 million task order to support technical training product development for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the company said in a June 30 release. KBR was awarded this recompete task order under…
Coast Guard, Columbian Navy Interdict Suspected Drugs
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies interdicted about 1,500 packages testing positive for cocaine on a 72-foot motor vessel approximately 46 miles northeast of Panama on June 8, the Coast Guard 7th District said. While on routine patrol, a Coast Guard HC-130…
Mercury Systems Receives $25 Million Order for Naval Electronic Support
ANDOVER, Mass. — Mercury Systems Inc. has received a $25 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for integrated radio frequency (RF) and digital subsystems for an advanced naval electronic support application, the company said in a June…
Navy Orders Four F-35C Strike Fighters
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered four F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighters from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., the Defense Department said in a release. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a $360.8 million not-to-exceed undefinitized contract modification to previously…
HII Awarded $936 Million Contract to Build Navy Destroyer
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $936 million contract for the construction of an additional Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight III guided-missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy, the company said in a June 30 release. …
Consortium Members Receive $230 Million for Prototype Technology for Navy
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — In June 2018 the national Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC), headquartered in Middletown, Rhode Island, was awarded the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for Undersea Technology Innovation by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, the consortium…
New Acting Undersecretary of the Navy Selected
WASHINGTON — Gregory J. Slavonic was selected by the president as acting undersecretary of the Navy on June 22, the Navy secretary’s public affairs office said in a release. Slavonic has been serving as the 18th assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs since June 2018. “I’ve had the opportunity to work with Greg…
USS Carney Concludes Time as FDNF-E Asset with 6th Fleet
ROTA, Spain — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney departed Naval Station Rota for the last time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) asset on June 27. USS Roosevelt, named after the 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor, replaced Carney in…
