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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).

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

Early Industry Study Contracts Awarded for Heavy Polar Icebreaker
February 23, 2017 — On February 22, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) awarded contracts to Bollinger Shipyards, LLC (Lockport, Louisiana); Fincantieri Marine Group, LLC (Washington, District of Columbia); General Dynamics/National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (San Diego, California); Huntington Ingalls, Inc. (Pascagoula, Mississippi); and VT Halter Marine, Inc... MORE

Keel Laid for the Future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
February 21, 2017 — PASCAGOULA, Miss. – The keel of the future USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) was ceremoniously laid on Feb. 21 at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard... MORE

After tracing her initials onto the keel plate of DDG 121 -- the future USS FRANK E. PETERSEN, JR. -- Mrs. D'Arcy Neller, authenticator and ship sponsor, watches from behind a protective mask as Ingalls Shipbuilding structural welder Jeremy Lally etches her initials into the ship's keel plate. The keel authentication ceremony for DDG 121 was held Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS. Also observing at left is Ingalls Shipbuilding President Mr. Brian Cuccias. The keel's co-authenticator, Mr. Donald Brabston, a 50-year Ingalls employee, was unable to attend.

NAVSEA Announces 2016 Sailor of the Year
February 16, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced its 2016 Sailor of the Year for the active and reserve component during an award ceremony in Arlington Feb. 16... MORE

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Master Chief Russ Mason, NAVSEA Chief of Staff Capt. Renee Squier and NAVSEA Executive Director Jim Smerchansky pose with the 2016 NAVSEA Sailor of the Year winners: Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Disi Zhao (USN) and Master-at-Arms 1st Class Selene Ceballo (USNR).

Navy Experimental Diving Unit Sailors Test New Equipment at 500 Feet
February 9, 2017 — PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Six Sailors assigned to the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) at Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSAPC) "re-surfaced" Feb. 2 after completing an 11-day simulated dive in the Ocean Simulation Facility (OSF) by being compressed to the equivalent of a depth of 500 feet... MORE

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PANAMA CITY Fla. (February 2, 2017) - Sailors at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) stand next to Cmdr. Jay Young, commanding officer of NEDU (right), after emerging from the Ocean Simulation Facility (OSF). The Sailors coming out of the OSF had just finished the first 500 ft. saturation dive in over 10 years.

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