FALL RIVER, Mass. — L3 OceanServer has been granted a five-year General Services Administration (GSA) schedule for its Iver3 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), the company said in a Jan. 31 release. This GSA schedule gives registered government agencies a simple…
Coast Guard, DEA, Caribbean Border Interagency Group Partners Apprehend 4 Smugglers, Seize $3 Million in Cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105) offloaded 200 pounds of cocaine Jan. 30 evening and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special agents in Mayaguez, Puerto…
HII Division Delivers First 3-D Metal Part for Installation on Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII’s) Newport News Shipbuilding division has achieved a milestone in the integration of additive manufacturing into the design and fabrication of components for nuclear-powered warships. The company has delivered the first 3-D-printed metal…
Navy Awards Vigor Drydocking Contract for LCS USS Coronado
PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Navy has awarded the contract to execute the Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) for USS Coronado (LCS 4) to Vigor, the company said in a Jan. 29 release. Work will be performed at Vigor’s Portland…
Navy to Commission Submarine South Dakota
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will commission its newest fast-attack submarine, the future USS South Dakota (SSN 790), during a ceremony Feb. 2 at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, the Defense Department said in a release. The…
USS Chung-Hoon Conducts Second Drug Bust in a Month
GULF OF ADEN — While conducting maritime security operations in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden, the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon interdicted a shipment of illicit narcotics aboard a stateless vessel on Jan. 24, the U.S. 5th Fleet…
CP Technologies Wins Mission Computer Modernization Contract for Greek P-3B Aircraft
SAN DIEGO — CP Technologies has won a contract to modernize and update the mission control computers in the P-3B Orion aircraft used by the Hellenic Navy and Air Force, the company said in a Jan. 29 release. According to…
Marines 3D Print First Reinforced Concrete Bridge in Western Hemisphere
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marines from the 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG) at Camp Pendleton, California, transformed their motto — “Victory through Logistics” — to action when they successfully 3D printed a concrete bridge in December, with the…
CNO Defends Survivability, Utility of Aircraft Carriers
WASHINGTON — The Navy’s top officer defended the notion of survivability for U.S. aircraft carriers and their battle groups in an era when great power competitors are developing advanced weaponry such as hypersonic missiles. “There is a great virtue to…
Keel Authenticated for 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport
MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for its 12th expeditionary fast transport (EPF) vessel, Newport (EPF 12), at Austal USA’s shipyard., Jan. 29, the company said in a release. The keel was said to…
