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)…
Coast Guard’s Only Heavy Icebreaker Arrives in Antarctica
MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — The 159 crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived Jan. 22 at McMurdo Station, following a 58-day transit from the United States, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a Jan….
Marines to Receive New, Lightweight Ammo for Machine Gun
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) on Jan. 16 awarded a contract to MAC LLC — a Mississippi-based small business — for about $10 million for polymer ammunition to be used in the M2 machine gun. The ammo is significantly…
Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey Successfully Completes First Flight
AMARILLO, Texas — The first CMV-22B Osprey, built by Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., completed first flight operations at Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center, Boeing said in a Jan. 21 release. The CMV-22B is the latest variant of the tilt-rotor fleet, joining…
Coast Guard, Too, Has Role to Fulfill in ‘Great Power Competition,’ Vice Commandant Says
ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard has a unique role in the growing global rivalry with Russia and China, the service’s second-ranking leader says. In addition to Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement and maritime rescue missions, Coast Guard…
Navy Names Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller During King Day Ceremony
WASHINGTON — Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly on Jan. 20 named a future aircraft carrier the USS Doris Miller (CVN 81) during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, honoring black Americans of the Greatest Generation. The day’s ceremony also paid homage to the beginning and…
Unmanned Watercraft for Expeditionary Warfare Progressing Rapidly
ARLINGTON, Va. — The development of unmanned watercraft for expeditionary warfare has been progressing rapidly, said the program manager of U.S. Navy Unmanned Maritime Systems. “We made a tremendous amount of progress in the expeditionary warfare area in 2019,” Capt….
Coast Guard Expedites ScanEagle ISR Services for National Security Cutters
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard is so bullish on the Insitu-built ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it is moving up the schedule of installing it on its Legend-class national security cutters (NSCs). The Coast Guard awarded Insitu…
Raytheon Delivers 10th AQS-20C Mine-Hunting Sonar to Navy
WASHINGTON — Raytheon Co. has delivered its 10th AN/AQS-20C mine-hunting sonar system to the U.S. Navy, the company said in a Jan. 15 release. The sonar-towed body was officially transferred to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division. The system…
Boeing, Navy Complete First Super Hornet IRST Block II Flight
ST. LOUIS — For the first time, Boeing and the U.S. Navy flew an F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with an Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Block II pod in late 2019, the company said in a release. IRST Block II…