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Fairbanks Morse Wins USCG Engine Service Contract Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: Fairbanks Morse) Engines manufacturer Fairbanks Morse said it has been awarded a six-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The agreement, worth approximately $53 million, enables Fairbanks Morse to maximize and improve engine lifecycle support for the USCG’s 270-foot WMEC Famous Class Cutters. As part of the USCG 270-foot WMEC Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), Fairbanks Morse was awarded this contract to provide services, personnel, facilities...

Author of the article: Hannah MacLeod Publishing date: Jan 21, 2021  •  January 21, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Article content Following a year of challenge, perseverance and progress in the face of the global pandemic, Bruce Power has released its 2020 Annual Report titled Powering Ontario through COVID-19. “This was an unprecedented year, and I’m extremely proud of our employees, skilled tradespeople and supply chain partners who performed their essential duties to ensure we continued to provide clean, reliable, low-cost power to the province an...

Toggle open close As part of its long-overdue effort to modernize the U.S. nuclear deterrent, the United States is developing the Long-Range Standoff weapon (LRSO) to maintain the ability of nuclear-capable bombers to hold targets in well-defended areas at risk. The LRSO will replace the Air Force’s current nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), the AGM-86B, which has been in service since 1982—and is becoming increasingly obsolete against enemy air defenses. The LRSO will play an important role in maintaining the nuclear triad because it will sustain the nuclear ALCM capabili...

The U.S. Navy Will Keep Its Trident II D5 Nuclear Missiles Until 2040 Keeping the missiles working is important for the Navy, and America, being able to maintain their nuclear deterrence. The submarine-launched, nuclear-armed Trident II D5 ballistic missile will live to fight another day. In fact, the class of missiles will serve quite a while as the Pentagon is now finalizing a Life-Extension Program for the weapon which will ensure its reliability and use well into the 2040s.  “The W76-1 LEP was completed under budget and ahead of schedule, strengthening the Nation’s safety and secur...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Like all things nuclear, the ongoing work at New Mexico’s two national laboratories to modify the B61 gravity bomb has triggered debate. An important part of the U.S. nuclear arsenal, the modified weapon will have both improved accuracy and allow for a variable yield as low as 0.3 kiloton – a tiny fraction of the yield from the 15-kiloton bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Critics argue a highly accura...