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Navy awards $500-million design contract for shipyard modernization in Hawaii and Washington
September 13, 2021 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $500-million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity architecture-engineering contract Sept. 7 for structural and waterfront-related projects at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) in Hawaii and Puget Sound... MORE

The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after completing a scheduled extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA).

Navy awards 2nd dry dock project for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard modernization
September 3, 2021 — NORFOLK, Va. – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $63-million construction project Aug. 30 for improvements to the Dry Dock 2 complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.The two-year project, part of the Navy's comprehensive Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP), adds enclosures and other... 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.

$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 (PNSY) hosts Deputy Secretary of Defense
July 21, 2021 — Capt. LeBeau; Senator King, DEPSECDEF Hicks, Senators Hassan and Shaheen, Capt. Ettlich, Mr. Fehey, Capt. Gold, and Mr. Meier stand at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s Dry Dock 1 waterfront with the new concrete entrance structure in the background (U.S. Navy photo).Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) hosted Deputy Secretary of Defense, Dr. Kathleen Hicks... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, July 7, 2021: Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited the shipyard.

How to build, maintain more ready fleet
April 28, 2021 — The Chief of Naval Operations NAVPLAN released in January calls on the Navy to build and maintain a more ready fleet by focusing on four priorities: readiness, capabilities, capacity and Sailors.To this end, “we will accelerate our momentum in improving on-time delivery of ships, submarines, and aircraft out of maintenance availabilities,” the CNO... MORE

Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Lescher visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington, April 27, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and to discuss how the Public Shipyard Improvement Plan and the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will empower PSNS & IMF to fully support the Navy the nation needs. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

Acting SECNAV Harker visits PSNS & IMF, discusses future transformation efforts
April 27, 2021 — Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 26, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities and to discuss ongoing and planned process improvement and transformation efforts, along with the command’s COVID-19 mitigation strategies.Harker, who was guided through his visit by... MORE

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, April 26, 2021. Harker met with command leadership and toured PSNS & IMF facilities to discuss ongoing and planned process improvement and transformation efforts at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenneth G. Takada)

NAVSEA commander visits PSNS & IMF during visit to Northwest region
April 26, 2021 — Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 23, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities, learn about the status of various maintenance availabilities, and to discuss process improvement and transformation efforts.Galinis addressed PSNS & IMF leadership... MORE

Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 23, 2021, to tour PSNS & IMF facilities, learn about the status of various maintenance availabilities, and to discuss process improvement and transformation efforts.

SRF-JRMC welcomes innovation with laser ablation demo
December 22, 2020 — YOKOSUKA, Japan – Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s (SRF-JRMC) machine shop and continuous improvement and innovation office hosted a laser ablation demonstration to educate its workforce about innovative technologies.Technicians displayed the tool’s capabilities using low-powered and high-powered manual optic lasers to... MORE

Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s machine shop and continuous improvement and innovation office to host a laser ablation demo to educate its workforce of innovative industry technologies.

Navy seeks public input on planned Pearl Harbor shipyard improvement projects
September 23, 2020 — The Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) took another step forward Sept. 15 when the Navy published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) regarding proposed actions at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF).SIOP is a 20-year investment plan for... MORE

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