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Navy Issues Request for Proposals for Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
May 22, 2020 — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy released a request for proposals for the design, development, test, and production of the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) May 21. The solicitation will support the next generation of the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office, Razorback Unmanned Underwater... MORE

DCoMS connects at-sea Sailors to shore-based experts for shipboard maintenance
May 21, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- As the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) plowed through morning seas off the coast of Japan on May 7, a dozen senior Navy engineers and network specialists assembled in San Diego to watch the first live connectivity demonstration of a much-anticipated system for delivering on-demand, remote maintenance expertise to a deployed ship's point of... MORE

Capt. John Markowicz, assistant chief of staff for ship maintenance and material readiness, Commander, Naval Air Forces, observes the Distance Communications Maintenance System (DCoMS) ship-to-shore test between the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while the aircraft carrier was underway in the Indo-Pacific region. DCoMS allows shore-based technical experts to remotely walk shipboard technicians through a higher level of maintenance or troubleshooting than the technician would normally have the capability to perform.

Navy Launches Newest Yard Tug
May 19, 2020 — ANACORTES, Wash. – The Navy’s first Yard Tug (YT) 808 class vessel was successfully launched at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard, May 16. The YT 808 vessels are designed after the Navy’s existing YT 802 Valiant-class tugs and built to commercial ABS standards. The 90’ x 38’ tugs will have a top speed of approximately 11.7 knots and a bollard... MORE

The Navy's first Yard Tug 808-class vessel docks in Anacortes, Washington after being successfully launched by Dakota Creek Industries.

PNSY Partners with USAMMDA on 3-D Printed Test Swabs
May 18, 2020 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) finalized a memorandum of agreement Thursday, May 14 to support the production and delivery of 3-D printed nasopharyngeal swabs needed to support diagnostic testing for COVID-19.This partnership will ensure the test swabs being produced are safe and effective... MORE

Oscar Savastio removes a completed swab batch from a 3-D printer

Yard Patrol 686 Craft Completes Service Life Extension Program
May 15, 2020 — WASHINGTON – The Navy recently completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on Yard Patrol (YP) 686 and returned the modernized craft to the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), May 14. The SLEP for the vessel began in August 2019 and was executed in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard at their Curtis Bay shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. YP 686 is... MORE

The Navy recently completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on Yard Patrol 686 and returned the modernized craft to the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), May 14. The SLEP for the vessel began in August 2019 and was executed in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard at their Curtis Bay shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland.

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 Command’s (NAVSEA) Chief Engineer (CHENG) during a change of office ceremony May 8. NAVSEA is open for business, but the ceremony took place with limited attendance because of COVID-19 safety considerations.Selby will next lead the Office of Naval... MORE

Rear Adm. Lorin Selby (left) reads off his orders relieving him of duties as Naval Sea Systems Command’s Chief Engineer while Rear Adm. (Sel.) Jason Lloyd awaits to read his own orders to assume his duties as the incoming CHENG May 8 during Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Engineering Directorate’s change of office ceremony.

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 Industries' (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, Virginia, May 8 to begin pre-maintenance "smart start" activities in preparation for the submarine's engineered overhaul (EOH).An EOH is a major multi-year overhaul near the... MORE

Official U.S. Navy file photo of USS Boise (SSN 764).

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 combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) today. The contract for detail design and construction (DD&C) of up to 10 Guided Missile Frigates (consisting of one base ship and nine option ships) was awarded to Marinette Marine Corp., officials... MORE

An artist rendering of the guided-missile frigate FFG(X). The U.S.Navy awarded a contract to design and produce the next generation small surface combatant, the Guided Missile Frigate on April 30.

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 NAVSEA is open for business. Moore, as Commander Naval Sea Systems Command, leads a global workforce of more than 83,000 civilian and military personnel tasked to deliver combat power to the fleet by designing, building, delivering, maintaining, and... MORE

Dr. Andrew Schicho, NSWC PCD mechanical engineer, led one of the five teams by building a ventilator prototype in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Hack-a-Vent Innovation Challenge.

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 Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 24. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command... MORE

Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage relieved Rear Adm. Tom Anderson as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center (CNRMC) and director, Surface Ship Maintenance and Modernization (SEA 21) at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 24. The transition took place without formal ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Vice Adm. Tom Moore was the presiding officer.

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