Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) to the U.S. Coast Guard on December 16. Munro is scheduled to sail away in February and will be commissioned in Seattle on April 1, 2017.
Scientists and engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division have developed a way to change unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) mission information as easily as updating an app on your cell phone.
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division was awarded a $1.46 billion, fixed-price incentive contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious transport dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28).
DARPA’s Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA) program recently completed its initial phase, successfully developing concepts and technologies aimed at restoring connectivity for U.S. forces when traditional tactical networks are knocked offline or otherwise unavailable. The program now enters the next phase, which calls for the demonstration of a prototype of the system at sea.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched the National Security Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) on December 17. Kimball is the seventh NSC Ingalls has built for the U.S. Coast Guard; christening is scheduled for March 4.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $486 million fixed-price incentive contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a ninth National Security Cutter.
The future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed acceptance trials December 16 after spending two days underway off the coast of Maine.
The second Hobart class destroyer marked a major milestone in its construction when she was officially named Brisbane and launched in Adelaide on 15 December.
Autonomous unmanned swarming boats were put through their paces in a recent demonstration in the lower Chesapeake Bay with results that show dramatic new possibilities for autonomy in future naval missions.
The Secretary of the Navy announced the results of the 2016 Force Structure Assessment (FSA), a year-long effort which began in January that was conducted to evaluate long-term defense security requirements for future naval forces at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
Future Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully completed its acceptance trials Nov. 18. The trials consisted of a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).
U.K.-U.S. Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Exercise 17-1 concluded in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 17. The 38-day, bilateral exercise between the U.S. Navy and U.K. Royal navy was designed to provide an opportunity for both nations to share knowledge of MCM techniques.
Kraken Sonar Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc., will receive a non-refundable financial contribution of up to $485,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
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