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Navy Lays Keel for Future USS Oklahoma (SSN 802)
August 2, 2023 — Senior Navy leaders and shipbuilders gathered at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Wednesday, Aug. 2, to attend a keel-laying authentication for the future Virginia-class submarine USS Oklahoma (SSN 802). The keel laying signifies a major milestone in the life of a ship where the ship begins to transition from design to reality. The future USS Oklahoma will be the 29th Virginia Class Submarine and the first Block V submarine. It is the second Navy vessel, and the first submarine, to be named for the state of Oklahoma...

Weeks Assumes Command of Program Executive Office Undersea Warfare Systems
July 21, 2023 — WASHINGTON – Capt. Todd Weeks relieved Mr. Michael D. McClatchey as Program Executive Officer, Undersea Warfare Systems (PEO UWS) during a change of office ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, July 21.The eight program offices within PEO UWS enable the delivery of enhanced combat capability to all submarine platforms with improved cybersecurity...

US Navy Submarine Industrial Base Celebrates Growing Workforce
June 29, 2023 — The Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base Program’s (SIB) Workforce Development Team in partnership with Department of Defense suppliers hosted more than 700 new workforce members for Talent Pipeline Project Signing Day events this summer in Philadelphia; Hampton Roads, Virginia; and Pittsburgh.These events recognize members who have completed trade...

U.S. and Australian Navies Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Heavyweight Torpedo Armaments Cooperation
April 22, 2023 — Washington D.C. – The Program Executive Office, Undersea Warfare Systems hosted the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Heavyweight Torpedo (HWT) Armaments Cooperation Project (ACP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Commonwealth of Australia, at the Washington Navy Yard on Apr. 13.The ACP MOU is managed through a Joint Program Office (JPO)...

Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Program Expands to Pittsburgh for Inaugural Career Day, Welding Competition
December 7, 2022 — PITTSBURGH – Nearly 125 students, representing 8 training providers, participated in the inaugural Project MFG Welding Competition and Career Discovery Day at Pittsburgh Technical College, Nov. 29, as part of the Pennsylvania Talent Pipeline Project’s (PA TPP) expansion to Pittsburgh.The PA TPP is one of several training pipelines connecting more...

Navy Authenticates Keel for Future USS Arizona (SSN 803)
December 7, 2022 — WASHINGTON – Senior Navy leaders, elected officials, and industry partners gathered at General Dynamics Electric Boat’s Quonset Point Facility, Dec. 7, to attend a keel-authentication ceremony for future Virginia-class submarine USS Arizona (SSN 803).The submarine will be the first U.S. naval vessel to bear the name Arizona since battleship USS...

Navy Hosts First Welding Competition, Career Discovery Event for Virginia Talent Pipeline Program
November 28, 2022 — HAMPTON, Va. – Nearly 300 students, representing 18 training providers, participated in the Virginia Talent Pipeline Project’s (VA TPP) inaugural Project MFG Welding Competition and Career Discovery Day at the Virginia Peninsula Community College, in Hampton, Va., Nov. 16.The VA TPP is one of several training pipelines creating opportunities,...

Navy Cuts the Ribbon on its New Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence; Announces New Regional Training Center in Danville, Va.
October 6, 2022 — DANVILLE, Va. (October 6, 2022) – Oct. 5, the U.S. Navy celebrated the formal opening of its Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) within the State of Virginia’s Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) campus in Danville, Virginia. The AM CoE is co-located with IALR’s...

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...

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