STAFFORD, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded BAE Systems an $88 million contract to build multiple ACV-30 Production-Representative Test Vehicles (PRTVs), BAE Systems said in an Aug. 15 release. Once delivered, the PRTVs will undergo a period of…
Marine Corps’ G/ATOR Demonstrates Advanced Fire-Control Radar Capability
BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) multifunction sensor successfully detected and tracked multiple cruise missile threats simultaneously during a recent live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the company said in an Aug….
Kaman Fuzing Receives Boeing Order for SLAM-ER Arming Fuzes
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Kaman Corp.’s Kaman Precision Products Fuzing division located in Middletown, Connecticut, has received an award from The Boeing Company for the Standoff Land-Attack Missile — Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) program, Kaman said in a release. Kaman is contracted…
GE’s LM2500 Engines to Power India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
EVENDALE, Ohio — The Indian Navy’s newest carrier, the Vikrant, was commissioned Aug. 16 with four GE LM2500 engines powering the ship with 88 MW giving it a maximum speed of 28 knots, the company said in a release. The…
Coast Guard to Mark Beginning of Construction of a National Coast Guard Museum
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard will be hosting a formal ceremony to commemorate the construction of a National Coast Guard Museum in New London, Connecticut, Friday, Aug. 19 at 2:00 p.m., on the City Pier in New London,…
U.S. Coast Guard Participating in Operations Island Chief, Blue Pacific 2022
MANUS, Papua New Guinea — The U.S. Coast Guard is participating with partners to support the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency-led Operation Island Chief and the larger Operation Blue Pacific through patrols in the Western Pacific in August and September…
General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $236.2 Million Contract Modification for Support of Operational Submarines
GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a modification of the previously awarded U.S. Navy contract for engineering, technical, design and planning yard support for operational strategic and attack submarines, the company…
ONR ‘SCOUTs’ for Creative Warfighting Solutions at Naval Academy Event
ARLINGTON, Va. — A web of connecting sensors and buoys for conducting ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) in the maritime environment. Specialized GPS that can monitor fishing routes and pinpoint suspicious activity that might reveal the presence of drug smugglers. These…
Marines Commemorate 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal
CAMP H. M. SMITH, Hawaii — Gen. Steven Rudder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), traveled to Honiara, Solomon Islands, as part of a U.S. interagency delegation led by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman from Aug. 7-9, said…
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Returns from Indo-Pacific Deployment
SAN DIEGO — The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group returned home Aug. 11, marking the end of a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet area of operations, the USS Abraham Lincoln’s public affairs office said in a release. …
