The ninth Legend-class national security cutter Huntington Ingalls Industries built for the U.S. Coast Guard has completed two days of acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated key systems and features of the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the 11th littoral combat ship of the U.S. Navy's Freedom class, during acceptance trials held in Lake Michigan.
ATextron-built ship-to-shore connector is slated to undergo U.S. Navy acceptance trials after the completion of the platform's developmental and production stages, USNIreported Monday.
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division has concluded acceptance trials for a new national security cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard. The Midgett, or WMSL 757, underwent two days of testing involving the ship's propulsion, electrical, damage control, anchor-handling, small boat operations and combat systems in the Mexican Gulf, the company said Wednesday.
The U.S. Navy has wrapped up a series of acceptance trials on its future USS Paul Ignatius destroyer ship built by Huntington Ingalls Industries. The Arleigh Burke-class vessel spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico before it returned to an HII shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday. The Navy’s Board […] More
An expeditionary fast transport vessel Austal USA has built for the U.S. Navy completed acceptance trials Friday following a two-day evaluation conducted by the service branch’s Board of Inspection and Survey in the Gulf of Mexico. INSURV assessed the readiness of USNS Burlington equipment and systems for both dockside and underway operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday. Burlington, […] More
The future USS Charleston littoral combat ship completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico on July 19 and is now ready for delivery to the U.S. Navy this summer. The Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey assessed the Independence-variant LCS built by Austal USA during a series of in-port and underway demonstrations that showcased the vessel’s propulsion […] More
Austal USA has finished builder’s trials of a 10th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel the company has constructed for the U.S. Navy. The week-long test occurred at a shipyard in Mobile, Ala., and demonstrated the future USNS Burlington‘s (EPF 10) fire protection equipment, communication and navigational systems, ship propulsion, ride control, anchor handling and steerable […] More
The U.S. Navy will conduct acceptance trials of its future USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier at sea before the end of May, USNI News reported Thursday. Acting Navy Secretary Sean Stackley told reporters at the U.S. Naval Institute’s annual meeting that the service branch currently works to address issues identified during the carrier’s builders trials before sending the ship back to sea. […] More