ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s submarine production enterprise is besieged by growing demands as it moves Virginia-class construction to two a year, is building payload models for future Virginias and is designing new models, and is working on refueling some…
Strategy Drives Undersea Warfare Programs
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is working on greater integration of all aspects of undersea warfare, including strategic deterrence, attack submarines, unmanned undersea vehicles, seabed infrastructure and the surface and air anti-submarine assets, to ensure its investments and tactics all…
Navy to Christen Expeditionary Fast Transport Puerto Rico
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will christen its newest Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), during a ceremony Nov. 10 at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, the Defense Department said in a release. The…
Navy Submarine Warfare Director: Navy to Keep Columbia SSBN Line ‘Hot’ After 12th Boat
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy plans to keep the production line of the Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) ready for new submarine production, the Navy’s director for submarine warfare said. “What we are going to do is we’re going to…
Next Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile ‘Won’t Be Completely New’
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s next-generation submarine-launched missile (SLBM) will not be a completely new design but will incorporate some of the current Trident D5 Life-Extension (D5LE) version systems. The follow-on missile is currently known as the Trident D5LE2, according…
Sparton, Leidos Team on Mk5 Acoustic Device Countermeasure
DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. — Sparton Corp. has teamed with Leidos Maritime Systems to support the Acoustic Device Countermeasure (ADC) Mk5 program, Sparton said in a Nov. 6 release. The Mk5 is a next-generation countermeasure intended to replace the ADC Mk3….
Navy EP-3 Intercepted Over the Black Sea
NAPLES, Italy — A U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-27 on Nov. 5, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs said in a release. “This interaction was…
Sikorsky Awarded Contract to Sustain Navy, Marine Super Stallion, Sea Dragon Helicopters
STRATFORD, Conn. — Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was awarded a performance-based logistics contract with a value of $717 million to provide supply and logistics support to the entire fleet of in-service CH-53E Super Stallions and MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters,…
Fairbanks Morse Awarded Engine Contract for Navy’s First Flight II LPD
WASHINGTON — Fairbanks Morse, an EnPro Industries company, has been awarded a contract to build and deliver the four main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) that will power LPD 30, which will be the U.S. Navy’s first LPD Flight II class…
KMS Solutions Awarded Navy Cyber Security Services Contract
ARLINGTON, Va. — KMS Solutions. LLC was awarded a cyber security services contract by the U.S. Navy to support the Naval Undersea Warfare Command Code 25 projects including: assessment and authorization; research, development, test and evaluation; environment maintenance; systems security…
