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Keel Laid for Future USS Carl M. Levin
February 1, 2019 — BATH, Maine -- The keel of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) was ceremoniously laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard, Feb. 1... MORE

Navy Awards Contract for Construction of Two Carriers
January 31, 2019 — WASHINGTON - The Navy has awarded a contract for the construction of CVN 80 and CVN 81 to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS). This contract award delivers significant savings to the government -- exceeding $4 billion when compared to the Navy's original cost estimates to procure these CVNs separately... MORE

WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2019) -- Ryan Daniels, Naval Sea Systems Command contracting officer; Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for Aircraft Carriers; Jennifer Boykin, executive vice president, Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS); Christie Thomas, HII-NNS and Capt. Philip Malone, program manager, PMS 379, gather after the award of a contract action to procure both the future USS Enterprise (CVN 80) and unnamed CVN 81 in a ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard. The multi-carrier contracting strategy, used successfully for Nimitz-class aircraft carriers in the 1980s, keeps the Navy on the path to a bigger, more lethal fleet while maximizing industry's efficiency and leveraging important lessons learned so far in building the next generation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class. (U.S. Navy Photo by Laura Lakeway/Released

Keel Authenticated for Twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport
January 29, 2019 — MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for its twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, Newport (EPF 12), at Austal USA’s shipyard., Jan. 29. The keel was said to be “truly and fairly laid” as it was authenticated by Charlotte Dorrance Marshall, signing her initials into the keel plate... MORE

Mine Countermeasures Mission Package Completes Integration Testing of Unmanned Vehicles
January 24, 2019 — SAN DIEGO — The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Module Program successfully completed shipboard integration testing of two unmanned systems on board USS Independence (LCS 2) Jan. 14... MORE

Testing of the Unmanned Influence Sweep System off littoral combat ship USS Independence (LCS 2) in San Diego.

Navy Statement on Littoral Combat Ship
January 15, 2019 — On January 15, the U.S. Navy exercised a contract option with Lockheed Martin Corporation to purchase one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), completing the acquisition strategy for fiscal year 2019 as authorized and appropriated by Congress. The ship is designated “LCS 31” and will be built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin.The LCS... MORE

NAVSEA to hold media availabilities at Surface Navy Association
January 10, 2019 — WASHINGTON - Key officials from Naval Sea Systems Command and affiliated program executive offices will hold media availabilities in NAVSEA's exhibit booth during the 2019 Surface Navy Association annual symposium at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Virginia, Jan. 15-17... MORE

PHNSY/IMF remembers a hero of Dec. 7th 1941
December 21, 2018 — PHNSY & IMF Electrician Supervisor Dale Hoxie was honored with the 2018 George S.B. Walters Service Award by the Honolulu Council of the Navy League of the United States at the organization’s annual Sea Service Awards luncheon on Nov. 15, 2018... MORE

Lewis Walters (right), son of George S.B. Walters, congratulates Dale Hoxie, an electrician supervisor of PHNSY/IMF.

Future USS Paul Ignatius Successfully Completes Acceptance Trials
December 21, 2018 — Pascagoula, Miss. – The future USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) successfully completed acceptance trials on Dec. 20, returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Pascagoula shipyard after spending two days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico... MORE

Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Mobile
December 14, 2018 — MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy held a keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Mobile (LCS 26) at Austal USA's shipyard on Dec. 14... MORE

Future USS Billings (LCS 15) Completes Acceptance Trials
December 10, 2018 — MARINETTE, Wis. — The future USS Billings (LCS 15) successfully completed its acceptance trials Dec. 7 after a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations on the Great Lakes for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey... MORE

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