WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 1, 2024. AUSTAL USA, Mobile, Alabama, was awarded an $11,784,350 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2301) to exercise an option for Littoral Combat Ships industrial post-delivery availability support for USS Pierre (LCS 38). Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama (90%); and Pittsfield, Massachusetts (10%). Fiscal 2019  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 4 -- Trinity College issued the following news: Trinity College alumnus Daniel Meyer '80, P'20 will be the 2024 Commencement speaker on Sunday, May 19, at 11:00 a.m., on the Main Quad. He will receive an honorary degree along with a pair of local leaders who have shaped Hartford, Luke and Sara Bronin. A political science major, Meyer gained his first restaurant experience in New York City following graduation. He then went to Europe to study cooking in Italy and Fr  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- BEKKER'S, San Diego, California, won a federal contract award for $123,600 from the U.S. Navy, San Diego, California, for caterers. Contract Award Number: N0024424P0139; ueiSAM: F6EPY32NAB15; NAICS Code: 722320; Product Service Code (PSC): S203; Solicitation Number: N0024424Q0134; SBA - Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)  more

LONDON, England, April 4 -- The British Royal Navy issued the following news: Royal Marines will strike faster and further across the Arctic snow thanks to a pound sterling10m investment in new snowmobiles for reconnaissance and raiding operations. The UK Commando Force is the nation's specialist extreme cold weather troops, capable of surviving, moving, and fighting across the Arctic's inhospitable terrain. Royal Marines have traditionally moved across the snow on skis, snowshoes or towed by   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense has proposed an information collection in a Federal Register notice issued on March 11, 2024, entitled "Navy Personal Award Recommendation Form." The deadline for public comments is April 10, 2024. The notice was issued by Aaron T. Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer. * * * SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 2 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Arlington, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11946392 B1, initially filed Jan. 18, 2023) developed by three inventors Michael E. Slipper, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; Tristan M. Wolfe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Kyle J. Verrinder, West Chester, Pennsylvania, for "Flow control device for axial flow turbomachines in series."  more

NAPLES, Italy, April 3 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: Leadership from the French Navy visited the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa headquarters, to meet with NAVEUR-NAVAF and U.S. 6th Fleet leadership, March 29, 2024. French Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Gregoire, deputy to the commander in chief for the Mediterranean Sea, and Rear Adm. Jacques Mallard, commander of the French Carrier Strike Group, met with U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Chase Patrick, deputy c  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs issued the following testimony by Diane Boyd Rauber, executive director of the National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "Lost in Translation: How VA's Disability Claims and Appeals Letters Should be Simplified": * * * Chairman Luttrell, Ranking Member Pappas, and members of the Subcommittee, the National Organization of Veterans' Adv  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 1, 2024. ITC DEFENSE CORP., North Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded a $249,520,098 cost-plus- fixed-fee, cost-indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0042124D0012) to provide logistic support services for program of record (POR) and non-POR platforms, weapons, and commodities, to include support of all logistics elements associated with the acquisition, product  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Multiple Defense Department assets teamed with state, federal and private sector agencies in Baltimore Harbor March 30 to begin removing wreckage from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. "The [Defense Department] continues to support the whole-of-government response in Baltimore. Through the Unified Command, the U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating th  more

ORLANDO, Florida, April 4 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: The U.S. Navy in partnership with Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully conducted a historic Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) flight test with four missiles simultaneously in flight. During the 12th Integrated Test Event (ITE-12), the U.S. Navy was able to demonstrate the weapon's inherent high-end lethality from mission planning through kill chain integration and its effects on the target. All mission objec  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 1, 2024. LOCKHEED MARTIN ROTARY AND MISSION SYSTEMS, Owego, New York, was awarded a $86,872,607 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0001924D0106) for sustainment engineering and logistics services in support of all H-60 Naval Hawk type/model/series for the Navy and the governments of Australia, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Greece  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 1, 2024. LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE, Titusville, Florida, was awarded a $21,450,077 cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, and cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract modification to a previously awarded contract (N0003022C2023) for engineering, technical support services, operational support hardware, and consumable spares for the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program. Work will be perfor  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: Editor's note: This article by Blake Stilwell originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community. Of the U.S. Navy warships lost or damaged during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the hardest hit was by far the USS Arizona, which was struck by four armor-piercing bombs. One of those bombs blew up the ship's ma  more

MCCONNELL AFB, Kansas, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force McConnell Air Force Base (22nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs The 22nd Air Refueling Wing received its first sets of KC-46A Wing Air Refueling Pods (WARP), which will undergo extensive Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation (IOT&E), as well as increase the aircraft's air refueling capabilities for probe and drogue - equipped receivers. On March 5, 2  more

MACON, Georgia, April 4 -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams Lt. Gary Mills, who has been serving as interim chief of Mercer Police since January, has been appointed chief, effective immediately. Mills, who will oversee Mercer Police on both the Macon and Atlanta campuses, succeeds longtime Mercer Police Chief Gary Collins, who retired Jan. 16 after 40 years of service to the University. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Mills joined Mercer Police in 2016   more

LOP BURI, Thailand, April 4 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Drew Buchanan, Headquarters Air Force, Office of the Director of Civil Engineers The newly activated 356th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group (ECEG) based at Andersen AFB, Guam, deployed its first ever spoke out of the 356th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (Prime BEEF) Squadron (EPBS) to Lop Buri, Thailand. The team was comprised of 42 multinational engineers who participated in Cobra Gol  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: By Lt. Cmdr. Ed Early The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has established itself as a driving force in additive manufacturing (AM) research and education for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Department of Defense, especially for applications in operational environments. Now the institution is taking another major step forward in the realm of AM, establishing a new laboratory to pursue further breakthroughs in 3  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, April 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Brenda Ohsner, the Foreign Military Sales CH-53K logistics support for the Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office (PMA-261), received the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) SYSCOM Security Cooperation Office (SSCO) Achievement Commitment Excellence (ACE) Award for Sustainment during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 2. Rear Adm. Tony Rossi, director of the Navy International Program Office, and  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 1, 2024. PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SERVICES INC., Austin, Texas, was awarded $38,572,161 for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity modification to a previously awarded contract (N40085-20-D-0040). This modification provides for the exercise of Option Year Four for base operating support services at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, and its outlying support sites. After award of  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Bill Pascrell (NJ-9) led a letter to New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin regarding the false claims of military service made by Sussex County Commissioner Bill Hayden. Commissioner Hayden's lies about his military service have drawn widespread and bipartisan condemnation. His deceptions are extremely offensive to New Jersey's veterans who have actua  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 1, 2024. RTX CORP., PRATT AND WHITNEY MILITARY ENGINES, East Hartford, Connecticut, was awarded a not-to-exceed $11,245,975 definitized modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001920C0011). This modification exercises an option and adds scope to procure Marine Corps unique spares to include three roll post du  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 4 -- Space Base Delta I issued the following news release: Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi began a week-long tour of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam April 1-2. The senior leaders are travelling across the Indo-Pacific region to witness firsthand the progress the service has achieved in establishing Agile Combat   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 4 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi began a week-long tour of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam April 1-2. The senior leaders are travelling across the Indo-Pacific region to witness firsthand the progress the service has achieved in establishing Agile Combat  more

PORTSMOUTH, England, April 4 -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: A giant deathwatch beetle 40 times bigger than its original size has been created using specialist 3D printing facilities at the University of Portsmouth. The model was printed on the request of the National Museum of the Royal Navy who are currently working on The Big Repair, a ten-year, pound sterling45m restoration project designed to repair and preserve HMS Victory - the world's oldest naval ship still   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: CAMP CARROLL, Republic of Korea - Sustainers at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea exercised their role as the theater lead agent for medical materiel for U.S. Forces Korea during Freedom Shield 2024. During the 11-day exercise that concluded March 14, USAMMC-K personnel provided running estimates on medical materiel availability and uses, as well as dist  more

NAPLES, Italy, April 3 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: The Arleigh Burke Class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) operated in the Baltic Sea alongside the Finnish Naval Ship Uusimaa (05) as part of the maritime exercise - Baltic Eagle. The joint operation aimed to enhance interoperability and strengthen strategic partnerships in the region. The Baltic Eagle exercise with FNS Uusimaa demonstrates the commitment of the United S  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: D.C. -- Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) President and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey issued the following statement on tax-exempt Navy Federal Credit Union labeling its program to serve overseas military installations "Community Bank, Operated by Navy Federal Credit Union." "Navy Federal Credit Union -- the nation's largest and most growth-oriented cr  more