Hanwha Defense USA will build a Medium Landing Ship for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps at its Philadelphia shipyard under a $269 million subcontract from TOTE Services, the company announced, giving the South Korean-owned group its first contract to build a ship for the U.S. Navy. The award covers one vessel at Hanwha […]

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems’ Jacksonville ship repair business a $66.5 million contract to dry-dock and overhaul the littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) in Mayport, Florida, with work due to finish by December 2027. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract on Oct. 28, and options could raise its […]

U.S. Navy engineers in California have tested a prototype camera system designed to spot a sailor falling overboard and alert the ship’s bridge automatically, throwing a 35-pound rescue dummy off the side of a decommissioned destroyer to see whether the cameras would catch it. The test took place on Aug. 14 aboard the Self Defense […]