The U.S. Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer sailed away from a Huntington Ingalls Industries construction yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Friday for the ship's home base in Mayport, Florida.
Read More »Lockheed Eyes Laser Weapon Integration Into Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet
Lockheed Martin officials said the company considers equipping a sixth-generation fighter aircraft with a laser weapon built to counter aerial drones and sensors and disrupt enemies' electronic equipment, USNI News reported Wednesday.
Read More »Huntington Ingalls to Continue Navy Destroyer Follow Yard Services
Huntington Ingalls Industries received a one-year, $28.4M contract modification for follow yard services in support of the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer program.
Read More »HII Hands Over USS Paul Ignatius Missile Destroyer to Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries has handed over the USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to the U.S. Navy. HII said Friday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially transferred responsibility over the ship to the military service with the signing of the DD 250 delivery document.
Read More »BAE Ship Repair Business to Work on Navy’s USS Thomas Hudner Destroyer
A BAE Systems business unit has secured a potential $55.4 contract to accomplish post-shakedown availability for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class USS Thomas Hudner destroyer.
Read More »Paul Lemmo: Lockheed Eyes HELIOS Laser Weapon Initial Design Review in FY 2019
Paul Lemmo, vice president of integrated warfare systems and sensors at Lockheed Martin, has said the preliminary design review for High-Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-Dazzler with Surveillance system is set to occur in fiscal year 2019, National Defense reported Tuesday. Lockheed plans to deliver two HELIOS platforms to the U.S. Navy by FY 2020 for integration with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and installation at a ground-based testing site as part of a potential $942.8M contract awarded in January 2018.
Read More »MDA, Navy Demo Lockheed's Updated Aegis Combat System in On-Land Missile Defense Test
The Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy have conducted an on-land test to demonstrate the capability of Lockheed Martin's latest Aegis Combat System to detect and counter an intermediate-range ballistic missile threat. Aegis Baseline 9.B2.0 or BMD 5.1 intercepted an IRBM target using ground-based remote sensor data derived from the Command and Control, Battle …
Read More »BAE Awarded $79M Contract for USS Shoup FY19 Depot Modernization
BAE Systems has received a two-year, $78.8M contract from the U.S. Navy to support the maintenance, modernization and repair of the service's USS Shoup, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The San Diego, Calif.-based company will provide facilities and human resources required for the ship's fiscal year 2019 Depot Modernization Period Availability, …
Read More »Huntington Ingalls Wins USS O’Kane Destroyer Ship Modernization Contract
Huntington Ingalls Industries' San Diego shipyard has won a potential $51.5M contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship. The project will also include maintenance and repair work on the USS O'Kane as part of fiscal 2019 DDG 77 extended selected restricted availability efforts, the Defense Department said Friday. Naval Sea …
Read More »Vigor Industrial Subsidiary to Help Repair USS Kidd Destroyer Ship
A Vigor Industrial subsidiary has received a $19.6 million contract to support repair and alteration work on a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer. Vigor Marine will support scheduled, selected restricted availability activities for the USS Kidd (DDG 100) as part of the service branch’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer ship repair program, the Defense Department said Tuesday. Contract …
Read More »Navy Orders Additional Aegis Ship Comms Systems From Leonardo DRS Subsidiary
A subsidiary of Leonardo DRS has secured a contract from the U.S. Navy to supply four Integrated Voice Communications Systems for the military branch’s Aegis cruisers and destroyers. DRS Technologies Canada received the award through a larger IVCS contract with the Navy and will perform delivery in September 2018, Leonardo DRS said Wednesday. The …
Read More »Navy to Hold USS Delbert D. Black Destroyer Christening at HII Shipyard
The U.S. Navy will conduct a christening ceremony for the future USS Delbert D. Black guided-missile destroyer at a Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ceremony to be held Nov. 4 at the Ingalls Shipbuilding facility will feature World War II Navy veteran and ship namesake MCPON Delbert Black’s widow …
Read More »Huntington Ingalls Redelivers Modernized USS Ramage Destroyer to Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed overhaul and modernization work on the U.S. Navy‘s USS Ramage guided missile destroyer, four days ahead of schedule. HII said Tuesday the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer re-entered the Navy fleet on Monday following an upgrade effort that began in November 2016 and included ship alterations, procurement of materials and repairs. …
Read More »Navy Solicits Bids for USS Fitzgerald Retrieval Contract
The U.S. Navy has begun to solicit proposals for a contract to transport the damaged USS Fitzgerald guided-missile destroyer back to U.S., United Press International reported Wednesday. The service branch is currently investigating the collision of USS Fitzgerald with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Honshu, Japan, in June. The Navy …
Read More »Navy Commissions General Dynamics-Built Guided Missile Destroyer; Sean Stackley Comments
The U.S. Navy commissioned an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, built by General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary, at a ceremony held Saturday at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) was constructed to support the Navy’s crisis management, peacetime, power projection and sea control …
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