Release from NOAA ***** David Hall, [email protected], (301) 427-7761 September 21, 2023 NOAA has awarded $59.8 million to Manson Construction Company to renovate the agency’s pier facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. The pier is integral to safe and efficient…
Coast Guard offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics
Release from U.S. Coast Guard 7th District ***** Coast Guard 7th District MIAMI — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Confidence offloaded more than 12,100 pounds of cocaine worth more than $160 million in Miami, Tuesday. Coast Guard and partner…
Koa Moana Marines Host Puma Training for Palau Maritime Law Enforcement
KOROR, PALAU 09.14.2023 Story by Staff Sgt. Courtney White 1st Marine Logistics Group U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 23 concluded the Task Force Koa Moana RQ-20B Puma Training Course with a graduation ceremony at the Palau Joint Operations Center,…
Crowley, BWXT Debut Nuclear Power Generation Vessel Concept
Release from Crowley ***** (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Sept. 20, 2023) – Global shipping and energy supply chain leader Crowley has teamed with nuclear power leader BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) through a memorandum of understanding for a ship concept that has…
General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded $517 million for Virginia-class submarine parts
Release from General Dynamics Electric Boat GROTON, Conn. (Sept. 20, 2023) – General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today it was awarded a $517.2 million delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering…
Australia Awards L3Harris AUD$328 Million Maritime Underwater Tracking Range Contract
Release from L3Harris ***** PERTH, Australia, Sept. 20, 2023 — The Australian Department of Defence awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a contract, valued at up to AUD$328 million, to deliver new Maritime Underwater Tracking Ranges (MUTR) for the Royal Australian Navy…
French-Led Combined Task Force 150 seized more illegal narcotics in the Arabian Sea
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ***** By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs | September 20, 2023 MANAMA, Bahrain — On September 7, UK warship HMS Lancaster (F229), operating in support of the French-led Combined Task…
US Coast Guard Cutter Thetis nabs $70 million in illegal narcotics during 55-day patrol
Release From USCG News ***** KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned home to Key West, Friday, following a 55-day patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. Patrolling in…
JB Charleston, MCAS Beaufort search-and-recovery team locates F-35B debris field
Release from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing ****** JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, in close coordination with local authorities, have located a debris field in Williamsburg County. The debris was…
New ocean mapping center expands NOAA, University of New Hampshire partnership
By NOAA Communications, September 19, 2023 NOAA and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) are expanding a 24-year ocean and Great Lakes mapping partnership through the creation of a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping. …
