NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has entered into an agreement to acquire Hydroid Inc., a provider of advanced marine robotics to the defense and maritime markets and a U.S.-based indirect subsidiary, wholly owned by Kongsberg Maritime, HII announced. …
Austal’s Australian Operations Approved to Bid for U.S. Naval Ship Support
HENDERSON, Western Australia — Austal Limited’s shipyards and service centers in Australia have been approved to bid for and provide support services, including ship repairs, maintenance and sustainment activity for U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command ships, according to the company. With the agreement of boat repair (ABR)…
USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald is underway to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing, marking a significant step in its return to warfighting readiness, Naval Sea Systems Command said Feb. 3. The ship departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Pascagoula shipyard to conduct a series of…
BAE Wins Two Awards in Enhanced Radio Communications, C5ISR
MCLEAN, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has awarded BAE Systems Inc. a prime position on a $212 million contract to integrate and sustain its critical communication systems, the company said in a release. The…
Rite-Solutions Gains $71.5 Million Contract to Develop Undersea EW Systems
Middletown, R.I. — Rite-Solutions has been awarded a new contract by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport with a potential value of $71.5 million over the next five years, the company said in a release. The company will provide…
Cutter Seneca returns from Migrant Interdiction, Counter-Narcotics Patrol
BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned home to Boston on Jan. 28 after a 57-day deployment to the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard 1st District said. During the patrol, Seneca rescued 187 Haitian Migrants, conducted countless hours of training exercises with Coast Guard…
Booz Allen to Modernize GPS for Navy, Air Force
McLean, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC Pacific), in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a $178 million contract to provide technical engineering services toward the modernization of advanced GPS systems,…
Coast Guard, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Open Technology Center
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Coast Guard and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego launched the Blue Technology Center of Expertise on the Scripps Oceanography campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and expo on Jan. 24, the Coast Guard 11th District said…
Crew, Commanders Bid Farewell to USS Pittsburgh at Sub’s Inactivation Ceremony
As the last commanding officer of the USS Pittsburgh said Jan. 17, “the old must be replaced by the new.” And with that salutation, the crew of the Los Angeles fast-attack submarine, past commanding officers, Navy League members and supporters…
BAE Systems Selected to Provide Technical Support and Life Cycle Sustainment to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
McLEAN, Virginia — The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a prime position on a five-year, $34.9 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide life cycle sustainment and technical support for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD)…
