NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Grabb-It is turning car-windows into visual displays, grabbing not only the attention of occasional passersby, but their data as well. Four cars lined up in front of the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, which hosted…
Coast Guard MSRT Sees Expanding, Evolving Role
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Coast Guard’s maritime security response teams (MSRT) continue to evolve, as the service looks to make them more effective and expand their capabilities. The mission of the teams — one is based in San…
Marine Corps to Procure Naval Strike Missile
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Using the congressionally approved Other Transaction Authority with the Marine Corps Systems Command, Raytheon will integrate the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) into the Marine Corps’ existing force structure. In recent years the Corps has determined a…
Geurts: Navy Balancing Columbia, Virginia Sub Production
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The meeting of Navy leaders with submarine shipbuilding industry officials, planned for this month, will focus on integrating the production of the Columbia-class ballistic missile sub and the future Virginia-class attack boats, the Navy’s top acquisition…
Boeing’s Service-Life Modernization of Navy Super Hornets Underway
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The first seven of Block II F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters have been inducted into the service-life modernization (SLM) at Boeing’s St. Louis, Missouri, facility, while next month the company’s San Antonino facility will induct its…
Services Tackling New Type of Enlistee
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The new generation of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who are entering the force and in the early stages of their careers is, well, different. Such is the consensus among the three senior enlisted leaders who…
Navy Tackling Shipyard Inefficiencies That Leave Fleet Lagging
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is investing $21 billion in a multiphase program to improve the efficiency of its government shipyards, which have struggled to get ships and submarines back into service on time. The program is called the…
Coast Guard Working Toward Recapitalizing WCC Fleet
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Coast Guard plans to release its fifth request for information (RFI) to industry in the coming months, as they continue to gather information on how best to recapitalize their dated waterways commerce cutter (WCC) fleet….
Cybersecurity Sits at the Crux of Government, Industry, Commerce for Sea Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Citing recent high-profile comments by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller on cybersecurity’s importance, panelists at a May 7 event at Sea-Air-Space agreed that it is…
Navy Closing in on Training Copter Award
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is on track to award a contract for its new training helicopter by the end of this calendar year, and Leonardo Helicopters believes it is in a great position to win that competition, Andrew…
