SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser (WPC-1116) repatriated 45 of 48 migrants to the Dominican Republic Oct. 11, following the interdiction of three illegal voyages in the Mona Passage near Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard…
Navy Announces Plan to Build New Museum
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, D.C. — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced Oct. 13 at the Washington Navy Yard that the U.S. Navy intends to build a new National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NMUSN). At the announcement,…
SECNAV Names Future Destroyer, Attack Submarine
WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced Oct. 13 that a future guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804), respectively. The future USS…
Sarcos Defense Awarded Navy Contract to Develop Guardian DX Robotic System
SALT LAKE CITY — Sarcos Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics, has been awarded a contract by the Office of Naval Research to develop a remote-controlled variant of the upper body of the innovative Sarcos Guardian XO wearable exoskeleton robot, the…
USS Tornado Completes Patrol to U.S. 4th Fleet
MAYPORT, Fla. — The Cyclone-class patrol ship USS Tornado (PC 14) and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 408 (LEDET) returned to Mayport, Florida, October 13, following a 75-day counter-narcotics patrol in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations,…
GD Electric Boat Awarded $327.8M Navy Contract for Virginia-Class Sub Work
GROTON, Conn. — General Dynamics Electric Boat, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $327.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for fiscal year 2020 for lead yard support, development studies and design efforts for Virginia-class submarines, the company said in…
Textron Systems, Shield AI to Collaborate on Multi-Domain Autonomy
HUNT VALLEY, Md., and SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Textron Systems Corp., a Textron Inc. company, and Shield AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) software company focused on operationalizing AI for maneuver by enabling systems to operate on the edge in denied environments,…
General Atomics, Boeing Partner on High-Energy Laser Weapon System
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing are partnering to jointly pursue opportunities for a 100 kW-class scalable to 250 kW-class High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system to support a variety of air and missile defense applications,…
Wärtsilä Voyage Simulators Selected by Maritime for Remote Learning
HELSINKI — Wärtsilä Voyage will supply two of its advanced cloud-based simulation solutions to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) in the United States under a one-year agreement, the company said in an Oct. 12 release. This will allow cadets at the Academy to continue…
SAIC Wins $49.5M U.S. Navy Contract for Saudi C4ISR Upgrades, Refurbishment
MCLEAN, Va. — The U.S. Navy awarded Science Applications International Corp. a $49.5 million single-award task order to continue to provide the Royal Saudi Naval Forces support services for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) upgrade…
