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NAVSEA Executive Director Champions the Importance of Small Business
April 7, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Executive Director, Jim Smerchansky, served as the keynote speaker at the Dept. of the Navy's Forum for SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovative Research / Small Business Technology Transfer) Transition, April 3... MORE

New Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast takes command
March 31, 2017 — OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. – The Navy command in charge of ship construction, repair and modernization efforts at private shipyards in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama changed hands here March 31... MORE

U.S. Navy successfully conducts first AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR Ballistic Missile test
March 30, 2017 — WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Navy successfully conducted a flight test March 15 with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) off the west coast of Hawaii... MORE

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Sea Air Space
March 29, 2017 — WASHINGTON – Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA’s exhibit booth during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea Air Space Maritime Exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, April 3-5... MORE

USS Montgomery Completes Final Contract Trials
March 22, 2017 — PACIFIC OCEAN - USS Montgomery (LCS 8) completed Final Contract Trials on March 17, marking the completion of the construction and initial operating testing of the Navy’s eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)... MORE

USS Montgomery (LCS 8) completed Final Contract Trials on March 17, marking the completion of the construction and initial operating testing of the Navy’s eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).

Ex-USS Independence departs Naval Base Kitsap
March 15, 2017 — BREMERTON, Wash. – The ex-USS Independence (CV-62), an aircraft carrier decommissioned Sept. 30, 1998, is planned to embark on its final journey March 10... MORE

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) at sea during the later 1980s or early 1990s.

Navy conducts successful missile test firing
March 7, 2017 — WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy conducted a successful structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) from Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Detroit (LCS 7) Feb. 28 off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia... MORE

ATLANTIC OCEAN—A Longbow Hellfire Missile is fired from Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) on Feb. 28 as part of a structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM). The test marked the first vertical missile launched from an LCS and the first launch of a missile from the SSMM from an LCS.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Makes Electrical Breaker Servicing Safer, More Efficient
March 2, 2017 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard's (NNSY) Rapid Prototype Lab (RPL) has developed a molded case breaker assembly test stand that creates a safer environment for electrical mechanics... MORE

Electrical mechanic Nolan Lloyd secures a molded case circuit breaker to a newly-designed test stand. The new test stand design improves worker safety and reduces the number of workers needed to conduct testing.

Norfolk Shipyard Employee Innovates to Reduce Hearing Risk
March 2, 2017 — A Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) employee's idea has cut the noise generated by a common piece of shipyard industrial equipment, reducing risk to his coworkers and potentially workers at other shipyards. ... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard employee Paul Foster works on a noise attenuator he designed for drying towers used to create freeze seals. The attenuator has reduced noise levels in the work area from 108 decibels to 84 decibels, reducing the risk of hearing loss by workers and eliminating the need for double hearing protection.

Update on ex-USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Recycling Approach
February 27, 2017 — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Navy has decided to cancel the August 2016 Request for Proposal for the commercial recycling of the non-nuclear portions of ex-USS Enterprise (CVN 65), taking no action at this time. The Navy has identified that it requires more information to determine the approach for the disposal of CVN 65, including the reactor plants, that is more technically executable, environmentally responsible and is an effective utilization of Navy resources. No decision on a preferred approach has been made to this point... MORE

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