NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard Academy announced in a Jan. 10 release that Rear Adm. William G. Kelly to be its 42nd superintendent. Kelly will relieve current Superintendent Rear Adm. James E. Rendon this summer. Kelly currently serves…
Coast Guard, Partners Stop Multiple Smuggling Events off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard interdicted a vessel Jan. 7 with 35 Dominican migrants and 4 kilograms of heroin approximately 34 miles west of Desecheo, Puerto Rico, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. The…
MCPON: Sailors Must Be ‘Qualified, Astute Technicians’
WASHINGTON — The Navy needs to capture the best talents resident in its Sailors to meet the needs of a future fight, the service’s senior enlisted adviser said. The Navy needs to “find ways to best capture that talent and…
Navy Awards General Dynamics Voice Systems Engineering Contract
FAIRFAX, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Atlantic has awarded its Navy Secure Voice Systems contract to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), the company announced in a Jan. 9 release. The single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity…
MBDA Demonstrates Anti-Surface Capabilities of the Mistral Missile
PARIS — MBDA successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as fast inshore attack craft during tests conducted at the end of the year, the company said in a Jan. 9 release. A number of…
Additional TROPHY Active Protection Systems Provided to Army and Marine Corps
ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS Inc. has been awarded an undefinitized contract action initially worth $79.6 million to provide the U.S. Army and Marine Corps with additional TROPHY Active Protection Systems, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. said in a Jan….
Coast Guard, HSI, CBP Interdict Suspected Smuggler, Migrants, Drugs
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) interdicted a sport fisher boat with a suspected smuggler, two migrants, a U.S.-Bahamas dual citizen and 7 kilograms of cocaine Jan. 7 north of Miami,…
Army Corps Awards Contract to Widen, Deepen Corpus Christi Ship Channel
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been awarded a contract to deepen the Port of Corpus Christi ship channel. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. received a $93 million construction contract on Jan. 4, to…
U.S. Coast Guard Assists Haitian Coast Guard in Stopping Illegal Migrant Voyage
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the Haitian Coast Guard in stopping approximately 70 Haitian migrants Jan. 6 approximately 26 miles north of Cap Haïtien, Haiti, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. At approximately 1:30 a.m.,…
SECNAV Names New Destroyer in Honor of U.S. Senator from Alaska
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer has named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in honor of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who represented Alaska from 1968 to 2009, the secretary’s public affairs officer said in a Jan. 5 release….
