The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, victimized this spring by a COVID-19 outbreak, is back home in San Diego and seemingly healthy. U.S. Marines, no longer using their T-shirts as face masks, are rotating back to Australia but with strict…
The Coast Guard’s Own COVID-19 Challenges
All of the U.S. armed forces have been heavily impacted by the novel coronavirus — perhaps none more acutely than the U.S. Coast Guard. A service focused on activities such as rescuing stranded boaters, apprehending criminals and boarding vessels for…
Geurts: Navy Focused on Preserving Shipbuilding Industrial Base
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s top acquisition official said the service is focused on sustaining its shipbuilding industrial base and the shipyard workers, critical to avoiding the pain of losing the services of any yard and its highly trained work force. …
DARPA Working on New Unmanned Ship Concepts
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing two concepts of operations for unmanned ships and other watercraft, the agency’s acting director said July 30. DARPA, which successfully developed what is called the Sea Hunter autonomous unmanned surface vessel, now operated…
Navy Awards Studies Contract to Halter Marine for New T-AGOS(X)
PASCOUGLA, Miss. — Halter Marine Inc., a company of ST Engineering North America, has been awarded the contract for industrial studies for the auxiliary general ocean surveillance ship (T-AGOS(X)) program, the company announced. The U.S. Navy awarded the $981,000 contract for the…
ONR Helps Develop Ventilators in Fight Against COVID-19
ARLINGTON, Va. — One of the most dangerous effects of the novel coronavirus is the inability to breathe on one’s own — requiring the help of a ventilator to push air through the lungs. Consequently, the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in ventilator shortages, causing some hospitals…
Okinawa COVID-19 Spread Slows as Marines Phase in More Aggressive Testing
ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Marine Corps leaders on Okinawa have relaxed restrictions for some essential off-base activities as the spread of COVID-19 on the island has slowed and U.S. military headquarters in Japan ordered a more rigorous novel coronavirus testing policy…
DTIC Awards Navy Postgraduate School Contract for Unmanned, Robotics Research
MONTEREY, Calif. — The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) has awarded a $42 million contract to Adams Communication and Engineering Technology (ACET) to support the Navy Postgraduate School (NPS) in its effort to expand partnerships in developing and fielding of autonomous systems and robotics, a July 28 NPS release said. ACET, with support from their exclusive subcontractor Arizona State…
Navy Awards $6.7 Million to Logos Technologies for Infrared Wide-Area Sensor
FAIRFAX, Va. — Logos Technologies recently received approval to disclose that it has been awarded a $6.7 million contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to develop, deliver, and perform proof-of-concept flight tests on a wide-area motion imagery (WAMI)…
Navy’s Expeditionary Warfare Capacity Abroad Expands With ESB’s Deployment
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s overseas expeditionary warfare capacity has expanded significantly with the deployment of the second expeditionary base ship USS Hershel “Woody” Williams. The ship is forward-deploying to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations. The…
