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  • Navy Receives 5th Freedom-Variant LCS From Lockheed, Fincantieri Marinette Marine - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Receives 5th Freedom-Variant LCS From Lockheed, Fincantieri Marinette Marine

    Lockheed Martin and naval shipbuilding company Fincantieri Marinette Marine  have delivered a fifth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy following the completion of  acceptance trials. The Navy accepted delivery of its future USS Little Rock and the service branch is scheduled to commission the new warship later this year, Lockheed said Monday. LCS9 received the highest […] More

  • Raytheon Selects Curtiss-Wright to Produce Sonar Winch System for Navy LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Selects Curtiss-Wright to Produce Sonar Winch System for Navy LCS

    Raytheon has chosen Curtiss-Wright to supply winch system technology for integration into Variable Depth Sonar system of the U.S. Navy‘s Littoral Combat Ships. Curtiss-Wright said Thursday it aims to help Raytheon complete a pre-production test article of the VDS system by late 2018. The Navy awarded Raytheon a potential $300 million contract in May to build the anti-submarine technology for the service branch […] More

  • Austal USA-Led Team Delivers Omaha LCS to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Led Team Delivers Omaha LCS to Navy

    An Austal USA-led team has delivered the sixth of Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy for mine countermeasures, anti-submarine and surface warfare missions. The Navy said Monday its acceptance of USS Omaha represents the final milestone before the military branch commissions the new warship in early 2018. USS Omaha will be homeported in San Diego, California, […] More

  • Raytheon Taps Ducommun to Produce Fire Control Components for Long-Range Missile Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Taps Ducommun to Produce Fire Control Components for Long-Range Missile Tech

    Raytheon has teamed up with Ducommun to develop fire control platforms for the Naval Strike Missile designed for integration with U.S. Navy frigates and littoral combat ships. Production work on the fire control systems is slated to commence later this year at Ducommun’s facilities in Huntsville and Berryville in Arkansas, Raytheon said Monday. NSM is a long-range, […] More

  • Lockheed-Fincantieri Marinette Marine Team Supports Navy USS Little Rock LCS Acceptance Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Fincantieri Marinette Marine Team Supports Navy USS Little Rock LCS Acceptance Trials

    An alliance between Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine has helped the U.S. Navy Board of Inspection and Survey perform acceptance trials on the service branch’s future Freedom-variant littoral combat ship. Lockheed said Thursday that USS Little Rock, the Navy’s fifth Freedom-class LCS, completed the five-day trials in port and at sea to demonstrate its […] More

  • Navy to Conduct Christening Ceremony of Austal-Built USS Charleston - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Conduct Christening Ceremony of Austal-Built USS Charleston

    The U.S. Navy is set to hold the christening of the Austal USA-built littoral combat ship LCS-18 to be designated USS Charleston on Aug. 26 in Mobile, Alabama, the service branch said Thursday. Richard Spencer, secretary of the Navy, will deliver the principal address at the ceremony while Charlotte Riley, ship sponsor and wife of former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, will […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Concludes Navy LCS Builder's Trials - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Team Concludes Navy LCS Builder’s Trials

    An industry team led by Lockheed Martin wrapped up builder’s trials of the U.S. Navy‘s USS Little Rock littoral combat ship Thursday. The sea trials took place in Lake Michigan and sought to demonstrate the reliability and performance of the warship’s propulsion system, Lockheed said Monday. Lockheed’s team members include Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Gibbs & Cox and approximately 800 suppliers […] More

  • Austal USA-Built Giffords Littoral Combat Ship Completes Maiden Voyage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Austal USA-Built Giffords Littoral Combat Ship Completes Maiden Voyage

    An Independence-variant littoral combat ship built by Austal USA for the U.S. Navy has completed a maiden voyage from Mobile, Alabama, to a naval base in San Diego, California. USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) underwent combat ship qualification trials, crew certification training and scheduled equipment and system checks during the vessel’s expedition, the Navy said Thursday. Austal USA […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Launches 15th Navy LCS; Joe North Comments

    An industry team led by Lockheed Martin has launched the U.S. Navy‘s 15th Littoral Combat Ship into the Menominee River from the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin. Lockheed said Saturday that USS Billings will undergo additional outfitting and testing activities at the Wisconsin-based shipyard ahead of a scheduled delivery to the service branch in 2018. Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Navy Build Airborne Mine Neutralization Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Navy Build Airborne Mine Neutralization Tech

    Raytheon has received a potential two-year, $58.1 million contract to assemble, fabricate and test airborne systems designed to help the U.S. Navy neutralize bottom and moored mines. The Defense Department said Friday that Raytheon’s integrated defense systems unit will also provide engineering and support services for the AN/ASQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization Systems under the firm-fixed-price contract. The Navy will deploy the AMNS from MH-60S […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy's 19th LCS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Industry Team Conducts Keel-Laying Ceremony for Navy’s 19th LCS

    A Lockheed Martin-led industry team, which includes naval architect Gibbs & Cox and more than 800 suppliers, has laid the keel for a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship at a Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. The future USS St Louis, dubbed LCS 19, is one of seven ships in various construction stages at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, […] More

  • Lockheed Team-Built LCS 7 Completes Ship Qualification Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Team-Built LCS 7 Completes Ship Qualification Tests

    A Freedom-class U.S. Navy littoral combat ship built by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team has completed a series of combat system ship qualification trials that evaluated the vessel’s capacity to track and disable maneuvering surface targets. The service branch said Friday LCS Crew 103 tested the USS Detroit‘s combat systems suite that includes a 57mm gun designed to target fast […] More