Homeland Security
By Calvin Biesecker
@calvinb21
The Coast Guard and Navy on Tuesday awarded VT Halter Marine a potential $1.9 billion contract to begin detailed design and eventually construction on up to three Polar Security Cutters (PSCs) for the Coast Guard, the first new heavy polar icebreakers for the service in more than 40 years at a time ...
Homeland Security By Calvin Biesecker
The Coast Guard and Navy on Tuesday awarded VT Halter Marine a potential $1.9 billion contract to begin detailed design and eventually construction on up to three Polar Security Cutters (PSCs) for the Coast Guard, the first new heavy polar icebreakers for the service in more than 40 years at a time ...
Two aircraft carriers strike groups are operating in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time since 2016 as part of a message to Russia. The U.S. 6th Fleet noted the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and the Abraham Lincoln CSG being in the Mediterranean provides “a unique opportunity ...
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a $362 million deal from the Army to recapitalize 50 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers, the Pentagon said Monday. The deal is an initial step towards the Army’s goal to eventually upgrade its fleet of 225 MLRS M270A1 and 160 previously ...
The Pentagon’s new artificial intelligence center has delivered its first product, a predictive maintenance tool for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the department’s chief information officer (CIO) said Tuesday. DoD CIO Dana Deasy told attendees at a General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology ...
Air Force and Air National Guard combat veteran MJ Hegar on Tuesday announced her bid to take Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat back for the Democrats in 2020, just months after she led a viral campaign against – and narrowly lost to – Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) in 2018. “Unseating an ...
Lockheed Martin [LMT] blew open the door in its first quarter financials with a strong showing across all of its operating segments and the company increased its guidance for earnings, sales and cash this year. Net income jumped a whopping 42 percent to $1.7 billion, $5.99 earnings per share (EPS), ...
An Alouette helicopter airborne from an Indian Navy (IN) warship crashed into the Arabian Sea on April 10, 2019. All three crew egressed safely from the stricken helicopter after executing a successful ditching. A press release from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated “the helicopter ...
