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Shippingport native serves aboard USS Gerald R. Ford
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Kara Bowermaster, from Shippingport, Pennsylvania, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) deck department, sets the anchor brake during sea and anchor in the fo’c’sle, Feb. 25, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean after completing the industrial portion of a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class…
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U.S. Navy Extends Critical Communications Contract with Motorola Solutions
The U.S. Department of Defense has exercised a contract option valued at $29M with Motorola Solutions, which will extend the operations and maintenance of the U.S. Navy’s land mobile radio (LMR) system. This is the third year of a multi-year agreement for essential radio communications that the Navy relies on to coordinate deployments and response actions at bases worldwide. The…
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Navy gains a competitive edge with research into biological ocean swarms
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss., Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Tiny and frightening-looking creatures lurking throughout our world’s oceans can wreak havoc on Navy tactical decision-makers’ ability to sense the environment or plan and chart a navigation course. The simple presence of these animals, some the size of a pen tip, can affect Navy operations through attenuation of acoustic signals, bioluminescence, and ambient noise. In situ ichthyoplankton imaging…
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Littoral Combat Ship 19 (St. Louis) Christened and Launched
MARINETTE, Wis., Dec. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led shipbuilding team launched Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard. Ship sponsor Barbara Broadhurst Taylor, the daughter of a decorated World War II aviator, christened LCS 19 just prior to launch. “LCS 19 is the second ship we’ve christened…
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Littoral Combat Ships 11 (Sioux City) and 13 (Wichita) Delivered to U.S. Navy
MARINETTE, Wis., Aug. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE : LMT ) and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered the future USS Sioux City, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, and future USS Wichita, LCS 13, to the U.S. Navy. LCS 11 is the sixth Freedom-variant LCS designed and built by the Lockheed Martin-led industry team and will be commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Nov. 17.…
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