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July 22, 2021 10:41 PM USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) at Bath Iron Works THE PENTAGON – The Senate Armed Services Committee Fiscal Year 2022 authorization bill adds an additional destroyer, a Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport and five more F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters for the Navy, according to a summary of the markup issued on Thursday by the SASC. The additions are part of a $740.3 billion authorization bill that’s $25 billion more than the Pentagon’s initial budget r...

Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles David Sharp Updated:  Tags:  Full Screen1 / 3 FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, file photo provided by the US Navy, a high-speed camera image captures a full-energy shot by an electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher at a test facility in Dahlgren, Va. The Navy has pulled the plug on research on the futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. A Navy spokesperson says the d...

Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles It spent more than a decade developing the electromagnetic railgun and once considered putting them on the stealthy new Zumwalt-class destroyers built at Bath Iron Works. By DAVID SHARPAssociated Press Share Gary Bass, left, and Jim Poyner from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, take measurements after a successful test firing of an electromagnetic railgun prototype launcher in Dahlgren, Va., in 2012. The U.S. Navy ha...

By Staff The Grant Building in downtown Bath was a big part of the community for the better part of a century, and developer Sean Ireland is hoping to bring it back, with the communitys help. Ireland, of Windward Development, is looking for input as he develops the 25,000-square-foot building, one of the final ones in the 18-building Sagadahock Real Estate Association downtown portfolio to be sold. Redevelopment of the building that began life as a department store and was most ...

Police Identify Victims of Route 1 Crash, Brunswick, Maine The Brunswick Police Department released the identities of the three people who died after a Route 1 crash in Brunswick Friday when their vehicle hit a rock embankment and caught fire. 50-year-old Anthony Astor died in the crash along with his wife, 43-year-old Dawn Astor. Their  granddaughter, 6-year-old Eleina Astor, died from her injuries at Mid Coast Hospital. The grandparents died at the scene, said police. A fourth passenger, 4-y...

/ Navy Media Content Operations The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) accompanies USNS Arctic (T-AO) during a replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman is underway for composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), which evaluates the strike groups ability as a whole to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea, ultimately certifying the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group for deployment. (Atlantic Ocean/Fe...

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday, travelled to Bath, Maine, May 10 to visit Bath Iron Works with Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King.,

US Navy’s top officer applauds workforce at Bath Iron Works 3 days ago Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday tours Bath Iron Works on May 10, 2021, in Bath, Maine. During the visit, CNO also met with sailors aboard USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118). (Photo courtesy of Bath Iron Works) BATH, Maine — The U.S. Navy’s top officer liked what he saw Monday during a tour of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, praising the shipyard and its workforce for getting back on track after a strike last summ...

April 23, 2021 Maine Senate Confirms New Members to Maines State Workforce Board AUGUSTA - The Maine Senate confirmed five nominees to the State Workforce Board (SWB) in a vote held late Thursday afternoon. These five new SWB members, nominated by Governor Mills, are Adria Horn of Pittston, Allyson Coombs of Brunswick, The Honorable John Patrick of Rumford, Meryl Fogg Ryan of Falmouth, and Vaughan Woodruff of Pittsfield. "With yesterdays confirmation vote by the Maine Senate, the State Workforc...

Weaving more magic (and jam) Deer Isle’s Nellieville continues to evolve DEER ISLE — Nellieville, Deer Isle artist Peter Beerits’ park, inhabited by critters, cowboys, Vikings and sword-wielding knights and other characters, became the setting for New York playwright Melody Bates’ outdoor production of “Avalon” in 2019. Bates’ original play is a take on the medieval legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. “Avalon” blends magic, medieval myth and modern twists...