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DPRTE Engage partner Rolls-Royce to invest in upgrade to company’s Naval facility

Maritime August 18, 2020

DPRTE Engage 2020 partner, Rolls-Royce, and the Defense Production Act Title III office will invest millions of dollars to upgrade the company’s capability and capacity for US Navy ship propulsion components in its facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The DPA Title III office has already agreed to invest $22 million for equipment, ...

US Navy awards contract for USS Carney and USS Winston S Churchill

Maritime August 17, 2020

BAE Systems has received an $83.5 million contract from the US Navy to modernise the guided-missile destroyers USS Carney and USS Winston S Churchill. The modernisation work will be performed sequentially at the company’s shipyard in Jacksonville. The contracts include options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $211.6 ...

Northrop Grumman and Seatrec recognised for UUV charging station design

Maritime August 13, 2020

Northrop Grumman and Seatrec, Inc. were recently winners of an Explorer Prize, which concluded the Discovery competition phase of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The competition is designed to bring innovative technology in ...

Defence Secretary sets out package of support to Lebanon

Maritime August 10, 2020

Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise will sail to Lebanon as part of a wide-ranging package of military support made available by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The survey vessel will travel to Lebanon to assess the damage of Beirut’s port following last week’s explosion and help return it to normal operations. ...