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$1.7-billion drydock project awarded to improve Portsmouth Naval Shipyard capacity
August 13, 2021 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $1.7-billion construction project Aug. 13. This effort will expand and reconfigure a dry dock complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine, to increase the shipyard's capacity to maintain, modernize, and repair the Navy's attack submarines and return them to the fleet... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME: Jun 22, 2021: USS Virginia (SSN 774) successfully exits dry dock at the shipyard. Virginia is at the shipyard for a scheduled maintenance period.

Gerald R. Ford conducts final explosive event, completing Full Ship Shock Trials
August 8, 2021 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully conducted a third explosive event off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, on 8 Aug., marking the completion of the ship’s Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). Shock Trials validate a ship’s shock hardness and ability to sustain operations in a simulated combat environment using live ordnance. ... MORE

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completes the third and final scheduled explosive event for Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 8, 2021.

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Sea-Air-Space 2021
July 30, 2021 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA's exhibit booth #1844 during Sea-Air-Space, the Navy League's global maritime exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Aug. 2-4.RSVPs are not required. The below speaking... MORE

APL 67 Sails Away From Pascagoula
July 21, 2021 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The Navy’s newest berthing barge, Auxiliary Personnel Lighter (APL) 67 sailed away from VT Halter Marine’s shipyard this week en route to Naval Base San Diego. APL 67 will eventually be delivered to Yokosuka, Japan. APLs are 82 meter long barges that can berth up to 611 people – 74 officers and 537 enlisted personnel. Mess... MORE

The Navy’s newest berthing barge, Auxiliary Personnel Lighter (APL) 67 sailed away from VT Halter Marine’s shipyard this week en route to Naval Base San Diego. APL 67 will eventually be delivered to Yokosuka, Japan.

MARMC Assist Team Provides Support to Ships in Rota
July 13, 2021 — The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Maintenance Assist Team (MAT) recently returned to Norfolk following a three-week visit to Rota, Spain, to provide maintenance support to forward deployed ships.The 18 Sailors and civilian technicians performed more than 56 maintenance checks, installations and repairs aboard USS Arleigh Burke... MORE

Navy names top diver at Brashear Warrior Toughness event
July 12, 2021 — WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, D.C. – Naval Sea Systems Command Supervisor of Diving presented Navy Diver First Class Bryan Myers with the Navy’s 2019 Diver of the Year Award during a July 10 ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard recognizing Warrior Toughness.NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Diving, Capt. Robert Marsh, joined Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Phillip... MORE

Navy Diver 1st Class Bryan L. Myers assigned to Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s Dive Locker was recognized with the Navy’s 2019 Diver of the Year Award in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard Saturday, July 10.

NAVSEA Warfare Centers, universities tackle the Navy’s challenges through Naval Engineering Education Consortium
July 2, 2021 — A new report from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Centers highlights 56 naval research projects, involving all 10 Warfare Center Divisions and more than 400 students from 50 universities from across the country, under the auspices of the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC).NEEC, established by NAVSEA and executed by the... MORE

USS Ronald Reagan Successfully Completes Sixth Forward-deployed SRA
June 8, 2021 — YOKOSUKA, Japan – Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) completed the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan’s (CVN 76) four-month-long selected restricted availability (SRA) under budget on May 13, 2021.The carrier project team managed the planning and execution of over 97,000 man-days of maintenance,... MORE

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) undergoes her four-month-long selected restricted availability pierside of Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

U.S. Navy Launches First Flight III Guided Missile Destroyer, the future Jack H. Lucas
June 7, 2021 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 4.The DDG 51 Flight III upgrade is centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense... MORE

Future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (Flight III configuration) successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division, June 4.

MARMC Brings STEM to Norfolk School
June 4, 2021 — Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) wrapped up its semester-long Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program at Norfolk Christian Schools in Norfolk, Virginia, May 27.The program kicked off in March when MARMC’s STEM team began visiting the school twice a week to meet with middle and high school students. They provided... MORE

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