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General Dynamics has christened a new guided-missile destroyer at the company’s Bath, Maine-based shipyard. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works started to fabricate the USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) in November 2011 and is set to deliver the destroyer to the U.S. Navy in 2016, General Dynamics said Monday. “We all understand the importance of what we […] More
The U.S. Navy intends to purchase from Rockwell Collins‘ government systems business a set of radio receiver-transmitters and ancillary equipment under the ARC-210 family of communications products. A presolicitation notice posted Oct. 21 on FedBizOpps indicated that Naval Air Systems Command plans to send a delivery order for 12 RT-1747D/ARC receiver-transmitter and 12 C-11898A/ARC control and radio set. According […] More
The U.S. Navy has asked industry to provide information on X-band radar systems and active antenna platforms designed for tracking and surface surveillance operations. The Naval Sea Systems Command said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 21 that it also wants information on scalable X-band exciters, receivers and frequency synthesizer tools that can be integrated […] More
AAR has received a one-year, $6.7 million renewed contract from the Military Sealift Command to continue the company’s vertical replenishment services for U.S. Navy helicopters. The company will carry out work for the Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean, AAR said Monday. Steven Harrison, president of AAR’s airlift […] More
Serco Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. have received one-year contracts worth $17,959,283 and $17,113,248, respectively, to install integrated systems ashore or on board the U.S. Navy’s ships. The companies will compete for task orders to assist in the transition, fabrication, integration and procurement of systems under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More
The U.S. Navy plans to install either Boeing‘s Harpoon or Kongsberg‘s Naval Strike Missile on future littoral combat ships in efforts to boost their lethality with an over-the-horizon surface-to-surface missile, Defense News reported Sunday. Christopher Cavas writes that a Sept. 17 directive from Rear Adm. Pete Fanta, director of surface warfare, sought OTH missiles on both the USS Freedom and […] More
Lockheed Martin has delivered Denmark’s first order of the Sikorsky-built MH-60R helicopter to the U.S. Navy ahead of a scheduled series of tests. The company said Thursday the helicopter is the first of nine planned MH-60R purchases by Denmark to support search-and-rescue, surveillance, anti-surface warfare and anti-piracy operations. The MH-60R will undergo validation tests on the configuration modifications before the Navy delivers […] More
The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program has achieved full deployment approval after Frank Kendall, acquisition chief at the Defense Department, signed an acquisition decision memorandum on the CANES program, Chips magazine reported Friday. Steven A. Davis writes the CANES program aims to reduce shipboard network workload through information technology modernization and consolidation of data, voice, […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded Leidos a potential five-year, $26 million contract to design a medical and simulation research model for the Navy’s scientific data analysis efforts. Leidos said Thursday it will aid in the Naval Health Research Center’s work to collect identify, analyze and report data. The company will perform work in San Diego under the follow-on contract for a […] More
Serco Inc. has received a $15.4 million contract to refresh the tools for the U.S. Navy’s staffing processes in order to help the client prioritize personnel resources. The company said Thursday it will develop process tools and analyze data to assist in the Navy’s Street to Fleet initiative meant to forecast potential staffing requirements. The […] More
Coalition forces have completed a new at-sea demonstration of integrated air and missile defense capability with the interception of a ballistic missile target using a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 fired from USS Ross. The U.S. Navy said Tuesday the Maritime Theater Missile Defense Forum’s ASD-15 event featured a scenario in which an SM-3 Block IA guided interceptor engaged the missile target over the […] More
Three companies have won positions on a potential five-year, $49 million contract to build prototype sensors for the U.S. Navy to use during force-protection, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes Northrop Grumman, Consolidated Resource Imaging and Manufacturing Techniques will compete for task orders to develop and deliver sensor systems for different clients. The contract has a […] More
