The demand for small business innovation, technology, and solutions has never been higher If rural western Massachusetts looks like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting, it’s because that’s where Rockwell kept his studio. But in addition to the picturesque…
Navy Orders Third Lot of Next-Generation Jammer Pods
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has placed an order with Raytheon for the third lot of ALQ-249 Next-Generation Jammer-Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pods. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded a $650 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to…
Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert commissions in Boston
Release from Coast Guard 1st District ***** March 31, 2023 Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert commissions in Boston BOSTON — The Coast Guard’s newest cutter, the Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151), was commissioned at Coast Guard Base Boston, March…
Navy to Commission Future Littoral Combat USS Ship Santa Barbara
Release from the Department of the Navy ***** MARCH 31, 2023 The Navy will commission the future USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) as the newest Independence- variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. PST ceremony on Saturday, April…
MDA Test Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target
Release from the Missile Defense Agency ***** From by Mark Wright, Missile Defense Agency Public Affairs PACIFIC OCEAN – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, successfully conducted Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a…
USCGC Northland returns home following 62-day Florida Straits and Windward Passage patrol
Release from Coast Guard Atlantic Area ***** PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the USCGC Northland (WMEC 904) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Thursday, following a 62-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage. …
Coast Guard crew offloads $166 million worth of counternarcotics in San Diego
Release from Coast Guard 11th District ***** SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) crew offloaded more than 6,325 pounds of cocaine and more than 13,220 pounds of marijuana worth more than $166 million, Wednesday, in San…
USMC Use GA-ASI MQ-9A for Training Exercise
Release from General Atomics ***** MQ-9A Used for Live-Fire and Simulated Exercises SAN DIEGO – 30 March 2023 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) on a series of Service-Level Training Exercises…
Raytheon Technologies awarded $619 million US Navy contract for SPY-6 family of radars
Release from Raytheon Technologies ***** Contract includes the first Flight IIA destroyers to be modernized with an upgraded radar TUCSON, Ariz., (March 29, 2023) —Raytheon Technologies was awarded a $619 million contract to continue to produce AN/SPY-6(V) radars for the…
Congressman Questions Navy’s Delay in Super Hornet Contract
***** WASHINGTON — The delay in the Navy’s award of a contract for the service’s final procurement of 20 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters is exacerbating the service’s strike fighter shortage, a congressman said, and is reducing the Navy’s future…
