The USS Wichita was officially launched on 17th September, with a traditional ceremony on the banks of the Menominee River. The 13th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was launched sideways into the river following it’s christening where ship sponsor, Kate Lehrer, broke a champagne bottle across the ship’s bow just prior to ...
Cubic Global Defense has been awarded a five-year $80M task order to support aviation training for the US Navy and Marine Corps under the Navy’s Fielded Training Systems Support (FTSS) IV ID/IQ Multiple Award Contract.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport Shipbuilding division has received a $52m contract from the US Navy for nuclear propulsion and complex modernisation work on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as part of its planned incremental availability. The contract covers planning, material procurement, prefabrication, manpower, support services, design integration, ...
Leidos, a national security, health and infrastructure solutions company, has completed initial performance trials of the technology demonstration vessel it is developing for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) programme. The at-sea tests took place off the coast of San Diego, ...