Vertex to Provide Maintenance for Navy Training Aircraft
he Vertex Company was awarded a contract valued up to $280 million to maintain the U.S. Navy’s aircraft used to train Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers by the Chief…
HMAS Glenelg Logs Final Rescue
HMAS Glenelg added one last rescue to the ship’s log during their final port visit to Cairns before decommissioning. On the evening of September 24, Petty Officer Boatswain Daniel Leschke…
Austal Converts Ex-HMAS Maitland for PBAT Program
Austal Australia has taken possession of a de-commissioned Armidale-class Patrol Boat (ACPB), the former HMAS Maitland, from the Commonwealth of Australia, to commence planning, modification, and test and evaluation of…
Fire Service Plus Fined for Supplying Defective Fire Suppression to US Navy
Fire Service Plus Inc. Agrees to Pay $985,131 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Defective Fire Suppression Foam for the Military Fire Service Plus Inc. (FSP), a Georgia-based company,…
USS Forrest Sherman Arrives in Taranto
USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) arrived in Taranto, Italy for a scheduled port visit, September 30, 2022. Forrest Sherman recently participated in Exercise Dynamic Mariner-Mavi Balina 2022 (DYMR/MB22), part of…
Babcock to Upgrade Type 23 Communications
Babcock International Group, the defense company, has been awarded the contract to deliver, install and provide in-service support for Ardent Wolf, the maritime Communications Electronic Support Measures (CESM) capability for…
Gerald R Ford CSG Departs on First Deployment
The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), departed from Naval Station Norfolk on its first deployment to…
Dynamic Mariner 22 Video
More than 1,500 marines and personnel from 16 NATO nations take part Dynamic Mariner 22, a maritime exercise off the Turkish coast September 11 – 22. The crisis-response exercise is…
Approved the Initial Design Review (IPDR) of the BAM-IS
Last Wednesday, September 28, the Initial Design Review (IPDR) of the Underwater Intervention Vessel (BAM-IS) that Navantia will build for the Navy was approved. The decision was made at the…
Capstone Design Concept for Information Superiority
On Sep. 6, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) issued a Capstone Design Concept for Information Superiority. The capstone provides guidance for the Navy and Marine…