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Lloyd Relieves Selby as NAVSEA’s Chief Engineer
May 13, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Rear Adm. (Sel.) Jason Lloyd replaced Rear Adm. Lorin Selby as Naval Sea Systems... MORE

USS Boise moves to Newport News, prepares for overhaul
May 8, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- USS Boise (SSN 764) moved from Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, to Huntington Ingalls... MORE

US Navy Awards Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) Contract
April 30, 2020 — WASHINGTON — Navy awarded a contract to design and produce the next generation small surface... MORE

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: NAVSEA continues fleet support mission despite COVID-19 restrictions
April 28, 2020 — If there is a single message Vice Adm. Tom Moore shares every day with his workforce, it's that... MORE

Ver Hage Assumes Command of SEA 21 and Navy Regional Maintenance Center
April 24, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as commander, Navy Regional... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Delbert D. Black
April 24, 2020 — Pascagoula, Miss. - The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of USS Zumwalt
April 24, 2020 — SAN DIEGO - The Navy accepted delivery of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the Navy's... MORE

Seidle to be Executive Director of NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 24, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Dr. Brett Seidle has been selected as the executive director of Naval Sea Systems... MORE

Fifth Advanced Weapons Elevator certified aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
April 22, 2020 — WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Program Executive Office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers announced the certification of... MORE

Change of Command at NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 20, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Kevin P. Byrne assumed command of both the Naval Surface Warfare Center... MORE

Helm Change at Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Newport News
April 17, 2020 — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. –- Capt. Andrew (Andy) P. Johnson relieved Capt. Jason M. Lloyd as Commanding... MORE

Navy Awards Ship to Shore Connector Contract As Program Continues to Progress
April 16, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Today, the Navy awarded a contract for the Fiscal Year 2017-2020 procurement of Ship to... MORE

SUPSHIP turns to Fusion for Facemasks
April 15, 2020 — When Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair’s (SUPSHIPNN) supply of protective facemasks... MORE

Carderock looks to use R&D abilities in COVID-19 fight
April 14, 2020 — The first case of COVID-19, or the Coronavirus, in the United States was discovered in late January... MORE

PSNS & IMF increases COVID-19 screening for shipyard entry
April 13, 2020 — Today Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility began asking employees as they... MORE

NAVSEA, PEO USC Host Hammerhead Program Virtual Industry Day
April 13, 2020 — WASHINGTON — The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small... MORE

NAVSEA bids farewell to longest serving civil servant in DoD
April 7, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Sarkis Tatigian, who began his Navy career at the age of 19 during the Second World... MORE

PSNS & IMF undocks USS Carl Vinson as end of availability nears
April 6, 2020 — USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departed Dry Dock 6 today, after spending 14 months there as part of its... MORE

Repair Maintenance Centers in Bahrain and Japan Continue to Expand the Advantage
April 6, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Bahrain and Naval Ship... MORE

PSNS & IMF explores ways to capitalize on in-house skills to support workforce in face of COVID-19
April 2, 2020 — Workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility are thinking creatively... MORE

Future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Launched
March 30, 2020 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was successfully launched at the... MORE

Panama City scientists and engineers develop ventilator prototype in response to COVID-19
March 26, 2020 — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and engineers at Naval Surface Warfare Center... MORE

NSWC IHEODTD Contracts Immediate Next Generation Detection Systems to Send to the Fleet
March 26, 2020 — In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head... MORE

PSNS & IMF begins manufacturing hand sanitizer
March 20, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s accredited laboratory has started... MORE

Future USS Delbert D. Black Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials
March 16, 2020 — Pascagoula, Miss. - The future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) successfully completed acceptance... MORE

Construction Begins on BIW’s First Flight III Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
March 4, 2020 — BATH, Maine – Construction of the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126) officially began at... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Tripoli
February 28, 2020 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), the Navy’s newest... MORE

US Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System Achieves Milestone C
February 26, 2020 — WASHINGTON — The Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has granted... MORE

Future USS Delbert D. Black Completes Builder's Trials
February 24, 2020 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) successfully completed Builder's... MORE

USNS Newport (EPF 12) Launched
February 21, 2020 — MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy’s 12th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the future USNS... MORE

Navy leverages workforce; delivers C-ISR capability rapidly to surface fleet
February 20, 2020 — The U.S. Navy recently installed the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon... MORE

Secretary Geurts visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard with an eye on the future
February 14, 2020 — Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HAWAII -- James F. Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for... MORE

Keel Laid for Future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7)
February 13, 2020 — HOUMA, La. - A keel laying ceremony was held Feb. 12 for the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7),... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Kansas City (LCS 22)
February 12, 2020 — MOBILE, Ala. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Kansas City (LCS 22) on February 12... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS St. Louis (LCS 19)
February 7, 2020 — MARINETTE, Wis. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) during a ceremony... MORE

US Navy Selects Vendors for USV Family of Systems Contracts
February 7, 2020 — WASHINGTON — Naval Sea Systems Command selected 40 vendors for Indefinite Delivery Indefinite... MORE

USS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea
February 3, 2020 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) is underway to conduct... MORE

Keel Laid for Future USS John Basilone
January 10, 2020 — BATH, Maine -- The keel of the future USS John Basilone (DDG 122) was ceremoniously laid at General... MORE

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Surface Navy Association symposium
January 8, 2020 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices... MORE

Future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) Completes Acceptance Trial
December 18, 2019 — MARINETTE, Wis. — The future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) successfully concluded its acceptance trial on... MORE

Construction Starts on Future USNS Harvey Milk
December 16, 2019 — SAN DIEGO - Construction on the Navy’s future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) was marked by a ceremony... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Puerto Rico
December 11, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. - The Navy accepted delivery of its 11th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the... MORE

Navy awards Block V Virginia-class submarine contract
December 2, 2019 — The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a nine-ship -- eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) --... MORE

NAVSEA Inclusion and Engagement Council moving along after a year
November 26, 2019 — Just over a year has passed since Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) established the Inclusion and... MORE

LCS Mission Module Program Office Completes At-Sea Demonstration of GARC/TALONS System
November 25, 2019 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Navy completed a demonstration of the Greenough Advanced Rescue Craft (GARC)... MORE

Navy Cuts Steel on First Multi-Mission Surface Combatant Ship for Saudi Arabia
November 18, 2019 — MARINETTE, Wis. — A “Cut Steel” event marked the start of production for the first Multi-Mission... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel Keith
November 18, 2019 — SAN DIEGO – The Navy accepted delivery of its third Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, USNS Miguel... MORE

Keel Authenticated for First Flight III Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
November 7, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – In an historic milestone for the DDG 51 program, the keel of the first Flight... MORE

Future USS Kansas City (LCS 22) Completes Successful Acceptance Trials
October 31, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. — The future USS Kansas City (LCS 22) successfully concluded acceptance trials in the... MORE

Keel Laid for First-in-Class T-ATS
October 31, 2019 — HOUMA, La. – Gulf Island Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony on Oct. 30 for the future USNS Navajo... MORE

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Completes Post-Shakedown Availability
October 30, 2019 — WASHINGTON -- Program Executive Office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers announced the successful completion... MORE

Future USS Delaware delivered to the Navy
October 28, 2019 — WASHINGTON -- The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Delaware (SSN 791), the 18th submarine of... MORE

Tripoli Completes Acceptance Trials
October 28, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- The future USS Tripoli (LHA 7) completed acceptance trials when she returned to... MORE

USS Gerald R. Ford Returns to Sea
October 25, 2019 — Newport News, Va. (NNS) -- USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) got underway today for sea trials from... MORE

Navy Collaborates with Industry to Double Dock Destroyers
October 11, 2019 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) supported the double docking of USS... MORE

Huan Nguyen becomes first Vietnamese U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
October 10, 2019 — WASHINGTON – Huan Nguyen became the first Vietnamese-American promoted to the rank of rear admiral... MORE

NAVSEA Approves Diving System for Sustained Operations
October 7, 2019 — PANAMA CITY, Florida – Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) approved the Navy’s only Saturation Fly... MORE

USS Hué City Inducted into CG Modernization Program
October 4, 2019 — NORFOLK, Va. – After a quarter-century of worldwide operations, the guided missile cruiser USS Hué... MORE

New Phase of Ghost Fleet Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessel Testing Begins
October 1, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The second phase of the Ghost Fleet Overlord program commenced with the award of... MORE

Mid-Atlantic Maintenance Center Pins New Chief Petty Officers
October 1, 2019 — NORFOLK, VA. (NNS) -- Seventeen Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Sailors were... MORE

Navy lays keel of future USS Savannah (LCS 28)
September 20, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS... MORE

Admiral in Charge of Ship Modernization Visits Overseas Ship Maintenance Sites
September 20, 2019 — NORFOLK, VA (NSN) (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center... MORE

Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures on USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams
September 19, 2019 — NORFOLK, Va. – USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams (T-ESB 4) recently completed a three-day underway in... MORE

US Navy Releases RFP for Large Unmanned Surface Vessel Conceptual Designs
September 6, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy released a request for proposals to industry for the award of multiple... MORE

US Navy’s Knifefish UUV Program Achieves Milestone C
August 26, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The Program Executive Officer for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) granted... MORE

USNS Puerto Rico Successfully Completes Integrated Sea Trials
August 23, 2019 — USNS Puerto Rico (EPF 11), successfully completed the first integrated sea trials for an... MORE

MARMC Gets Whidbey Island Back Online
August 21, 2019 — Technology is an integral part of today’s Navy, and what makes its’ war fighting ability possible... MORE

NAVSEA hosts small business industry day
August 19, 2019 — The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) hosted a Small Business Industry Day, Aug. 13, in the... MORE

Rear Adm. Tom Anderson Conducts Industry Roundtable Discussions
August 14, 2019 — Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and Deputy Commander,... MORE

Process improvements to streamline Pittsburgh inactivation
August 12, 2019 — Inactivation process improvements gleaned from a series of projects in recent months at Puget Sound... MORE

SWRMC Sailor Awarded Letter of Commendation
August 9, 2019 — SAN DIEGO – Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) Sailor, Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam T... MORE

Young Relieves Lehnhardt as SUPSALV Director
August 2, 2019 — WASHINGTON –Capt. Jay A. Young relieved Capt. Keith Lehnhardt as Naval Sea System Command’s (NAVSEA)... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17)
July 26, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) during a ceremony at... MORE

USS Michigan begins 17-month refit period
July 26, 2019 — USS Michigan (SSGN 727) docked on July 10 to begin a 17-month Extended Refit Period which will end... MORE

Successful Structural Test Firing of the LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module
July 25, 2019 — SAN DIEGO — The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program will begin developmental... MORE

Medal of Honor Recipient, Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Visits NAVSEA
July 23, 2019 — WASHINGTON – The last surviving Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, retired... MORE

Future USS Oakland Launched
July 22, 2019 — The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) launched July 21 at Austal USA's ship manufacturing facility in... MORE

Future USS Tripoli Completes Builder's Trials
July 22, 2019 — The Navy's newest America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7),... MORE

Final Superlift Marks Structural Completion of CVN 79
July 19, 2019 — The Navy’s next aircraft carrier met another major milestone , as shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls’... MORE

US Navy Releases Request for Proposals for Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle
July 16, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The Navy released a request for proposals (RFP) to industry for the development of the... MORE

Maryland lieutenant governor visits the submarine races at Carderock
June 28, 2019 — Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford spent a good amount of time talking to students from the Maryland... MORE

NAVSEA Releases Naval Power and Energy Systems Technology Development Roadmap
June 26, 2019 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) released the Naval Power and Energy Systems Technology... MORE

Virtual Laboratory on Ship (VLOS) Demonstrates the Capabilities of Virtualized Systems at Sea
June 26, 2019 — Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) 5.0, Undersea Systems, successfully tested the Virtual Laboratory on Ship (VLOS), a virtualized Undersea Warfare Combat System (AN/SQQ-89 A(V)15), during a recent weeklong underway period. VLOS represents another important step forward in the U.S. Navy’s efforts to speed combat system element development and software upgrades. ... MORE

NEDU Observes 16th Change of Command, Welcomes Rahming
June 25, 2019 — Navy Experimental Diving Unit observed its 16th change of command ceremony in Panama City, Florida... MORE

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)
June 21, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) during a June 21 ceremony at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama... MORE

Downey Takes Command of Program Executive Office Aircraft Carriers
June 21, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. James P. Downey relieved Rear Adm. Brian K. Antonio as the new program executive officer (PEO) for Aircraft Carriers during a change of office and retirement ceremony June 21 at the Washington Navy Yard... MORE

US Navy releases RFP for guided-missile frigate contract
June 20, 2019 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy on June 20 released a request for proposals (RFP) for the FFG(X) detail design and construction (DD&C) contract for first 10 guided-missile frigates (one base ship and nine option ships)... MORE

Anderson Assumes Command of SEA 21 and Regional Maintenance Centers
June 3, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Rear Adm. Tom Anderson relieved Rear Adm. Jim Downey as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and deputy commander, Surface Warfare, Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 21) during a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard May 31... MORE

John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Reaches Key Milestone
May 29, 2019 — WASHINGTON (NNS) – John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) reached a key milestone on May 29, 2019, when the island house was lowered onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division... MORE

Shipyard rolls out first of four mobile cranes
May 16, 2019 — Approximately 25 teammates from PSNS & IMF’s Code 700, Lifting and Handling Department, were on hand at the mobile crane test site on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, along with Capt. Howard Markle, PSNS & IMF commander, to cut the ribbon celebrating the first of four newly purchased mobile crane’s entry into service May 2... MORE

Team innovates battery removal during sub inactivation
May 16, 2019 — As part of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s ongoing focus on completing projects on time or early, a team from PSNS & IMF's Code 740, Rigging and Operations Division; and Shop 51, Battery Shop Team, tried something new during the inactivation process of USS Bremerton (SSN 698)... MORE

Future USNS John Lewis Keel Authenticated
May 13, 2019 — The keel for the future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy's first John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was ceremonially laid at General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company May 13... MORE

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Sea-Air-Space 2019
May 2, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices... MORE

Polar Security Cutter Contract Awarded to Recapitalize Nation’s Arctic Capabilities
April 23, 2019 — WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, through an Integrated Program Office (IPO), awarded VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, a fixed price incentive (firm) contract for the Detail Design and Construction (DD&C) of the Coast Guard’s lead Polar Security Cutter (PSC)... MORE

AEGIS Virtual Twin Successfully Intercepts First Cruise Missile Target
April 23, 2019 — ATLANTIC OCEAN - Sailors aboard USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), in partnership with Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), successfully executed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System... MORE

USS Fitzgerald Leaves Dry Dock, Continues Repairs Pierside in Pascagoula
April 17, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready,combat-capable ship. The ship achieved a milestone in its complex repair and restoration as it successfully launched and moored pier-side at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) - Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, April 16. ... MORE

Future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. Keel Authenticated
April 12, 2019 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The keel for the future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was ceremoniously laid during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, April 12. ... MORE

Ver Hage Assumes Command of NAVSEA Warfare Centers
April 8, 2019 — WASHINGTON – Rear Adm. Eric H. Ver Hage assumed command of both the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) and Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) on Friday, April 5 in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard... MORE

NAVSEA SIOP office leading $21-billion naval shipyard modernization
April 3, 2019 — WASHINGTON, District of Columbia -- A new Navy program office will centrally coordinate a plan to recapitalize its four public shipyards... MORE

Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Marinette (LCS 25)
March 29, 2019 — MARINETTE, Wis. — The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) in Marinette, Wisconsin March 27... MORE