Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson paid a visit to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Thursday. HII said Friday the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division provided Richardson updates on the four classes of military vessels that it currently constructs for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. “This trip allowed me to […] More

General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has handed the first of five ECO Class tankers over to American Petroleum Tankers as part of an effort to comply with Jones Act requirements. The 610-foot-long, Lone Star State LNG-conversion-ready tanker has a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity and features a ballast water treatment system, General Dynamics said Friday. “The Lone Star […] More

Galois has received a $1.86 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace to provide a data storage system with privacy and Internet of Things functions. Tozny, the authentication and mobile security subsidiary of Galois, said it will be the technical lead on the pilot program and will […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has performed an operational flight test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and related assets in an effort to evaluate BMDS’ capability to detect and intercept ballistic missile threats. MDA said Sunday the test’s assets included Lockheed Martin-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon platforms, two Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radars and a Lockheed-developed Command, […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has handed to TOTE Maritime the world’s first Marlin-class cargo ship that runs on liquefied natural gas two months ahead of schedule . General Dynamics said Friday General Dynamics NASSCO collaborated with TOTE, the U.S. Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping to design, build and commission the Isla Bella containership under a […] More

The Missile Defense Agency has worked with U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy to conduct four tests on the interception functions of the Lockheed Martin-developed Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and Raytheon missiles. MDA said Monday the Multi-Mission Warfare flight test events featured the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 weapon system configuration and the Standard Missile-6 Dual I and Standard Missile-2 Block […] More

A subsidiary of General Dynamics has begun construction of the second product tanker for SEA-Vista Newbuild III, which will support the transportation of crude oil and refined products. General Dynamics NASSCO said Thursday the tanker, which has a 330,000-barrel cargo capacity and deadweight of 50,000 tons, is based on the ECO MR Tanker design of South Korea’s DSEC. Kevin Graney, vice […] More

General Dynamics has deployed its air traffic control radios in Floyd W. Jones Lebanon Airport in Missouri as part of the Federal Aviation Administration air-ground communications modernization program. The CM300/350 V2 VHF and UHF voice over Internet protocol radios are the first to go into operation at the airport, the company said Monday. Chris Marzilli, president of […] More

Jonathan Becher, formerly chief marketing officer for SAP, will be the company’s inaugural chief digital officer in charge of the newly formed digital business segment. SAP said Monday Becher will help manage the company’s potential expansion into the content and data markets as it centralizes its online service delivery operations onto the SAP Store. “Jonathan will not only be responsible for […] More

General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has kicked off construction work on crude oil and refined products tankers for SEA-Vista LLC. NASSCO will build the liquefied natural gas-conversion ready product tankers at its shipyard in San Diego in compliance with the Jones Act transportation requirements, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “We are proud and honored to partner with SEA-Vista and build three state-of-the-art Jones […] More

The Missile Defense Agency recently conducted a demonstration of the Lockheed Martin-built naval component of its ballistic missile defense system, in collaboration with the U.S. Pacific Command and the U.S. Navy. In the Oct. 16 flight test, a medium-range Raytheon ballistic missile target launched from the Kauai-based Pacific Missile Range Facility was identified, located, engaged and […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has started work on a five-tanker contract for American Petroleum Tankers with a steel-cutting ceremony held in San Diego last week. The first of the tankers, the APT-1, is 610 feet long with a load limit of 330,000 barrels of cargo, General Dynamics said Friday. “Today’s start of construction ceremony signifies our […] More