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By Max Maxfield, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility BREMERTON, Wash., USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period. According to Melissa Kittrell, assistant project superintendent, Code 327, Operations Department Submarine Program,...

New antenna design offers flexible installation options for special-purpose aircraft. ThinKom Solutions has developed a new variant of its  Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub (VICTS) antenna for the government and military BLoS SATCOM markets. Limited low-rate production of the new VICTS antenna product is under way for a US government customer. Initial units are currently going through integration, with formal qualification scheduled to start later in 2021. The company claimed on...

Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith visited Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) March 4, to learn more about progress on unmanned, artificial, Saving the news module on this page because of difficult settings. Testing current news (viewable) page for "hidden" news stories before deleting this page.

By NSWCDD Corporate Communications Think of your first mentor. It’s possible this individual still influences you. “The web defines a mentorship as a relationship between two people where the individual with more experience, knowledge, and connections is able to pass along what they have learned to a more junior individual within a certain field. The more senior individual is the mentor, and the more junior individual is the mentee,” NSWCDD Technical Director John Fiore st...

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...

NAO says £190bn Defence Equipment Plan 2020-30 is unaffordable 21 January 2021: The National Audit Office (NAO) says additional funding provided in the November 2020 Spending Review will still not be enough to plug shortfalls in the 10-year Defence Equipment Plan. The NAO has issued a report on the £190bn Defence Equipment Plan for the 10 years from 2020 to 2030. For the fourth consecutive year, the NAO reports that the plan by the Ministry of Defence (MoD or the D...

2021/01/18 17:09 Kang Ting-class frigate. Kang Ting-class frigate. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Navy Command stated Monday (Jan. 18) that the Kang Ting-class frigate Xining had hit a foreign object in the water as it was pulling out of port on Jan. 16, damaging part of its propellor. As the Xining departed from Zuoying naval port, its propellor was suspected to have hit something in shallow water. The ship is...

Portsmouth house explosion: Police evacuate families after huge New Years Day blast Emergency services are currently attending the incident in Whale Island Way, Portsmouth following the significant explosion some time before 1pm on Friday afternoon Updated Emergency services are at the scene of the explosion in Portsmouth The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up tod...