STAFFORD, Va. — BAE Systems has handed over the first of a new variant of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle to the U.S. Marine Corps for testing, the company said in a Feb. 18 release. The Command variant (ACV-C) is designed…
Cutter Delivers Water to Alaska Residents Experiencing Waterline Failures
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Hickory crewmembers delivered pallets of water to the remote community of Angoon, Alaska, on Feb. 14, after the residents experienced waterline failures, the Coast Guard 17th District said in a Feb. 16 release. The cutter crew loaded…
Cutters Interdict 3 Suspected Smuggling Vessels, $156M of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Crews aboard two Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters interdicted three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 and seized more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $156 million,…
Winston S. Churchill Seizes Illicit Weapons from Two Dhows off Somalia
INDIAN OCEAN – The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) seized illicit shipments of weapons and weapons components from two stateless dhows during a maritime security operation in international waters off the coast of Somalia, Feb. 11-12, U.S….
Cutter Mohawk Returns to Key West after Interdicting $69 Million in Drugs
KEY WEST, Fla. — Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk’s (WMEC 913) crew returned home to Key West Feb. 12 after a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The crew interdicted four drug vessels, detained five suspected drug smugglers and seized approximately…
Fairbanks Morse Opens Mayport Facility to Support Navy, Coast Guard
BELOIT, Wis. and JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — Fairbanks Morse, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, announced the opening of its 8,000-square-foot Mayport Service Center at 950 10th Street, Building B in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, the company said in a Feb. 16 release….
Italian Navy Aircraft Carrier Arrives at Norfolk for F-35B Certification
NORFOLK, Va. — The Italian navy flagship, the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Feb. 13 for a series of operations alongside U.S. military assets to attain the Italian navy’s “ready for operations” certification…
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Collects High-Latitude Data of Remote Arctic Region
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived in Juneau, Alaska on Feb. 12, for a logistics stop as the crew nears the end of their months-long Arctic deployment conducting scientific research and protecting the nation’s maritime…
MARAD Announces Comment Period for Future Use of the Historic Vessel NS Savannah
WASHINGTON — The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a Federal Register notice inviting comments on MARAD’s future plans for the N.S. Savannah (NSS). The notice can be found at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/13/2021-00527/collecting-proposals-for-future-use-of-the-historic-vessel-ns-savannah The N.S. Savannah was the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant ship. It operated from 1962 to 1971,…
CAE and Pinnacle Solutions Prepare to Deliver LCS Simulators to U.S. Navy
TAMPA, Fla.—The joint venture CAE USA and Pinnacle Solutions, Xebec, will be delivering the first three Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Bridge Part-Task Trainers (BPTTs) to the U.S. Navy, CAE said in a Feb. 9 release. The new LCS BPTTs recently…
