The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal USA a $53,478,395 undefinitized contract for procurement and engineering support for 11 Expeditionary Fast Transports, formerly known as the Joint High-Speed Vessel (JHSV). The Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) is a shallow draft, all aluminum, commercial-based Catamaran capable of intra-theater personnel and cargo lift providing combatant commanders high-speed sealift mobility with inherent cargo handling capability and agility to achieve positional advantage over operational distances. Read more >>

U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has issued a contract to Orbital ATK for its first article test, qualification, and production of FMU-139D/B fuses and accessories. The company's FMU-139D/B fuze, building on its all-electronic FMU-167/B Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze, will enable enhanced reliability, increased fuze functionality, and added capability to defeat hard and deeply buried targets, Orbital ATK said. Read more >>

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division authenticated the keel today on the Aegis guided missile destroyer, Paul Ignatius. Paul Ignatius represents the 31st ship in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class of destroyers that HII is building for the US Navy and epitomizes the leadership and agility that has propelled our nation forward. Read more >>

The US Navy just received its sixth littoral class combat ship from a Lockheed Martin-led team during a ceremony held at the Marinette Marine Corp shipyard in Wisconsin on October 16^th. Once the USS Milwaukee is commissioned in the city it is named after, it will finally be homeported in San Diego with sister littoral class ships (LCS) USS Freedom, USS Independence, USS Fort Worth, USS Coronado, and the future USS Jackson. Read more >>

Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, will join General Dynamics Electric Boat this weekend to christen the United States Navy’s 13^th Virginia-class attack submarine, Illinois. Read more >>