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defenceWeb Written by Guy Martin - 525 Paramount Group and US-based Sarcos Robotics have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring robotic systems to government and industrial customers in the Middle East and Africa. The announcement was made during the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) underway in Abu Dhabi on 24 February. Paramount said that through the collaboration, the two companies “will explore market opportunities and modifications to Sarcos’ award-winning roboti...

By Silvia Klatman, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility BREMERTON, Wash., Management and bargaining unit representatives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility signaled their commitment to safety with the signing of an application Feb. 18, 2021, to become a Star Site under the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program. “The safety of o...

By Danna Eddy, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Public Affairs Officer PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, Maine - A 2003 graduate of West Hancock High School and native of Britt, Iowa, is serving at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, as part of the largest mobilization of reservists in Naval Sea Systems Comman

USNI News Navy, Lawmaker Split Over Timeline to Renovate Public Repair Yards February 15, 2021 9:03 PM Terrance Wells, from San Diego, ties straps for a containment project on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) on Oct. 26, 2020. US Navy Photo The Navy faces a conundrum in renovating its centuries-old public shipyards. On one hand, the sooner the yards are redesigned with more efficient layouts and overhauled to have the latest tools and machines, t...

By WYATT OLSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 3, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Almost 16 years ago, the Navy launched a plan to identify Reserve sailors with maintenance backgrounds, familiarize them with shipyard operations and then send them to work there during t...

Rick Burke Navy Office of Community Outreach | 1/29/2021, 6 a.m. Petty Officer 2nd Class Byran Roundtree is one of the reserve sailors deployed to the Navy’s four public shipyards as part of the Surge Maintenance (SurgeMain) program. Established in 2005 to augment the Navy’s organic civilian shipyard workforce in times of need, SurgeMain has 2,200 enlisted reserve sailors and 240 reserve officers across 75 units. Courtesy Photo/Navy Office of Community Outreach Pearl...

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Crawfordsville Native supports U.S. Navy shipyard surge By Danna Eddy Photo provided by navyoutreach.blogspot.com. Petty Officer 3rd Class Kane Sosb. A 2014 Crawfordsville High School graduate and native of Crawfordsville, Indiana, is serving at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, as part of the largest mobilization of reservists in Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) history. The mobilization is tied directly to the COVID-19 pandemic. Petty Officer 3rd Class ...

Shaheen pushes defense nominee for KC-46A tanker upgrades at Pease Shaheen questioned Austin as he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 19. The new fleet, which cost billions of dollars, has been hampered since arriving at Pease in 2019. The aircraft need improvements to the Remote Vision Systems model, which are cameras and sensors used by the new tankers. The cost of the upgrades is expected to be more than $550 million for the entire fleet, including the 12 KC-46A t...

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, Maine - A 2001 Owasso High School graduate and native of Owasso, Oklahoma, is serving at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, as part of the largest mobilization