1+ week, 5+ min ago   (271+ words) The contract covers all work needed for critical modernisation, maintenance, and repairs during the Chief of Naval Operations Availability. The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) will undergo repair and modernisation following its return from a…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (333+ words) Work under this contract is scheduled to take place in Newport News, Virginia, with completion anticipated by March 2039. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has secured a $336m contract for long lead time materials ahead of building the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) Ultra Maritime’s Sea Revealer sonobuoys support standard and wide-area searches for tracking submarines and uncrewed underwater assets. Ultra Maritime has confirmed that all five of its latest US-specification sonobuoys are now ready for full-scale production. The sonobuoys, namely Q-53H, Q…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (381+ words) NSRS is an air-mobile mini-submarine shared among France, Norway and the UK for the evacuation of stricken submariners. The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) simulated its logistical responsibility in delivering Nato Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) equipment according to a UK…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (430+ words) USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. will begin post-delivery trials to certify the vessel, crew, and aviation facilities for high-tempo operations. The US Navy has received the USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), the last vessel in its Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) programme…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) The contract covers all labour, supervision, equipment, production, testing, facilities and quality assurance for the project. BAE Systems has been awarded a $149.8m firm-fixed-price contract by the US Navy to undertake maintenance and modernisation work on the USS Boxer (LHD 4). The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (341+ words) The upgrade will improve situational awareness and crew efficiency, with delivery expected by the end of the decade. Northrop Grumman has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for its extensive modification of US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne command and control…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) The unusual decision was made to increase the urgent, subsurface combat requirement. The US Navy will take a “calculated risk” in avoiding the standard post-shakedown availability (PSA) process, designed to correct design deficiencies over several months, opting instead to deploy…...