DECEMBER 24, 2024 - The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy Integrated Program Office received approval Dec. 19 to begin building the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC). The PSC marks the first heavy polar icebreaker to be built in the United States in more than five decades. The work is being performed by Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the prime … [Read more...]
USS Iowa Delivered to U.S. Navy
The pre-commissioning unit (PCU) Iowa (SSN 797) arrives for the first time at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, December 19, 2024. The future USS Iowa was delivered to Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4 from General Dynamics Electric Boat shipbuilding facility down river after recently completing a series of at-sea testing. The fast-attack submarine PCU Iowa … [Read more...]
Red Dragons Hone Sling Load Skills
DECEMBER 24, 2024 – Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conducted sling load training Dec. 7at Blackstone Army Airfield. Soldiers who are graduates of the Army’s Air Assault and Pathfinder schools shared their skills to help build operational knowledge within … [Read more...]
Air Force Streamlines IT Functions
DECEMBER 24, 2024 - The Department of the Air Force is aligning Headquarters Cyberspace Capabilities Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, as a Field Operating Agency to the Office of the Department of the Air Force chief information officer to streamline and consolidate information technology functions effective Dec. 20. Follow-on actions will include realignment of … [Read more...]
DoD Awards $254 Million to Turbine Engine Production
DECEMBER 24, 2024 - The Department of Defense announced today a $253.7 million award to Williams International (Williams) via the Defense Production Act (DPA). The award will enable Williams to increase engine production capacity to meet DoD's demand for volume growth of Harpoon, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM), Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM), Tomahawk, … [Read more...]