A Cubic business division will exhibit air combat and maritime training systems at the Navy League’s three-day Sea-Air-Space Exposition that will kick off Monday, April 9, in National Harbor, Maryland. Dave Buss, president of Cubic Global Defense, said in a statement published Wednesday the company is committed to delivering game-based and live, virtual and constructive training platforms […] More

General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary has completed builder’s trials on an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy. The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 61) completed in-port and at-sea tests required to evaluate the vessel’s systems and delivery readiness, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Monday. Arleigh Burke-class warships are designed to incorporate the Aegis Baseline […] More

General Dynamics‘ NASSCO subsidiary has officially transferred a second Expeditionary Sea Base platform to the U.S. Navy. The Military Sealift Command will operate the USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) ship that NASSCO constructed at a San Diego shipyard, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday. ESB 4 is named after a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who received the […] More

The U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services has posted a request for information on potential sources of risk, fraud and development security and operations services. USCIS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday that the required services will be deployed on the agency’s Amazon Web Services-built cloud platform and other cloud environments as required. Proposed services should be able […] More

Regan Campbell, FFG(X) program manager at the Naval Sea Systems Command, has said the U.S. Navy plans to award four to six contracts by March to advance work on the conceptual design of the future guided-missile frigate as the service prepares to award the final construction contract by 2020, USNI News reported Tuesday. The military […] More

The U.S. Navy has facilitated technology demonstrations of various unmanned systems alongside technology developers from industry and academia during the two-day Advanced Naval Technology Exercise 2017. The event dubbed “Battlespace Preparation in a Contested Environment” kicked off on Aug. 15  at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport in Rhode Island and at the Naval Surface Warfare […] More

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have released a draft request for proposals for an upcoming project to design and build up to three heavy polar icebreakers. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday USCG needs modern HPIBs in order to maintain access in both Polar regions and address national security, commercial, economic and maritime requirements. The […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Cubic‘s global defense segment four delivery orders worth $22 million combined to provide game-based training courseware for the military service’s Littoral Combat Ship program. Cubic said Wednesday the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment for LCS works to help trainees perform multiple tasks in a simulated three-dimensional environment. The company plans to add virtual content and features to the […] More

Brad Williamson, former founder and CEO of consulting firm MVSEA, has joined professional services company Systems Planning and Analysis as director of strategic initiatives. SPA said Williamson will work to expand the company’s customer base and teaming opportunities in his new role. “Williamson’s leadership, as well as his understanding of the Department of Defense’ acquisition process will provide […] More

The U.S. Navy has accepted a General Dynamics-built Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine designed to provide the service branch with additional undersea capacities. General Dynamics said Monday that USS Colorado (SSN 788) is the fifth of eight ships under the Block III Virginia-class submarine group. The Naval Sea Systems Command said Thursday that the Block III submarines […] More

Huntington Ingalls Industries on Friday launched the U.S. Navy‘s future Delbert D. Black guided missile destroyer at a company facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. HII said Tuesday its Ingalls Shipbuilding division moved DDG 51 to a floating dry dock with a rail car system then flooded the dock until the vessel could stay afloat. USS Delbert B. Black is named after the Navy’s […] More

A Cubic division has received the Military Simulation & Training magazine’s Red ‘Best Programs’ Ribbon award for the third consecutive year in recognition of the company’s platform that seeks to transform the military training community. The magazine awarded the ribbon to Cubic Global Defense for the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment the company designed for the […] More