WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has announced the second round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program through a Notice of Funding Opportunity in the Federal Register. The INFRA program is expected to make…
HII Awarded Contracts to Build Two More National Security Cutters
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII’s) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received two fixed-price incentive contracts from the U.S. Coast Guard to build two additional National Security Cutters (NSCs), the company said in a Dec. 21 release. The contract values…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk Returns to Key West After 42-Day Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, homeported in Key West, returned Sunday following a 42-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a Dec. 24 release. The cutter crew…
Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract for Fifth DDG 51 Destroyer
BATH, Maine — The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) a contract to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multiyear award announced in September, the company said in a Dec. 21 release….
Austal USA Receives $21 Million Order for Post-Delivery LCS Work
MOBILE, Ala. — The Department of Defense has awarded Austal USA, as the prime contractor, a $21 million order against a previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement to accomplish the post-shakedown availability (PSA) execution for the littoral combat ship USS Manchester…
Cutter Resolute Returns Home After 59-Day Patrol
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returned home Dec. 31 to St. Petersburg following a 59-day patrol, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. Resolute crew members patrolled more than 9,000 miles…
Leonardo’s Contender for U.S. Navy Training Helicopter Performs First Flight
ROME — Leonardo has successfully completed the initial flight test of the TH-119 instrument flight rules (IFR) training helicopter Dec. 20, the company said in a release. The TH-119, Leonardo’s bid to replace the U.S. Navy’s aging fleet of TH-57…
JFD Completes Second Submarine Rescue System for Indian Navy
OLDMELDRUM, Scotland — JFD, the underwater capability provider serving the commercial and defense diving markets and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has successfully delivered the second of two third-generation submarine rescue systems to the Indian Navy. The delivery…
Munro Returns Home from 105-Day Western Pacific Patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Munro returned Dec. 24 to their homeport in Alameda after a 105-day, 17,000-nautical mile, multimission deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, according to the Coast Guard Pacific Area. The crew conducted…
Coast Guard Repatriates 41 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard repatriated 15 migrants Dec. 21 and 26 others Dec. 20 to the Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of four migrant vessels in Mona Passage waters off the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico,…
