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USS Hornet CV-12
Today’s website is the USS Hornet CV-12. The USS HORNET U.S. Naval Air and Sea Museum, is a National Historic Landmark, a naval historical and technology education center, and a much-loved ceremonial ship. Enjoy.
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This Day in U.S. Naval History
1854 - U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., holds first formal graduation exercises. Previous classes graduated without ceremony.
1896 - Authorization of first experimental ship model tank.
1943 - Operation Husky, Allied landing on Sicily.
Saab Awarded Contract by Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Radar for Canadian Navy Halifax Class Frigates
Source: Saab AB
The defence and security company Saab has signed a contract worth approximately SEK 180 Million with Lockheed Martin Canada, to upgrade the 2D radar, Sea Giraffe 150 HC for the modernization of the Canadian Navy’s Halifax Class frigates. Deliveries are planned for 2010-2017.
Saab has been a radar provider to the Canadian Navy since the early nineties. The contract received is an upgrade and modification of the existing Sea Giraffe 150 HC, and will secure a high level of operational availability as well as new and improved functions of the radar for years to come. The radar upgrade is part of a larger Combat Systems Integration contract, awarded to Lockheed Martin Canada in 2008, that will ultimately provide a new command and control system, radars, tactical data links, electronic support measures and other warfare capabilities for the Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigates.
”We are very pleased that Lockheed Martin Canada and the Canadian Navy have selected Saab’s radar for this modernization program”, says Lennart Joelsson, Business Unit Manager, Saab Microwave Systems.
The fully owned Saab company, Saab Microwave Canada Ltd, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, also will provide support services for the Canadian Navy, as well as support for future products from Saab in Canada.
General Dynamics Awarded $47 Million Contract by U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command
Source: General Dynamics Information Technology
FAIRFAX, Va. --- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded a $47 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support the Military Sealift Command. The single award contract covers one base year with four option years.
General Dynamics will provide engineering support for the modernization of the main engines and auxiliary systems onboard Military Sealift Command vessels through the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Work will be performed at several locations, including Bremerton, Wash.; San Diego, Calif.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Norfolk, Va.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Gaeta, Italy; Yokosuka, Japan; and Guam.
"General Dynamics understands that modernizing these vessels is critical for continued success in the 21st century," said Bill Cobb, general manager and vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology's Navy/Air Force Solutions Division's Combat Systems Sector. "We will support the U.S. Navy and the Military Sealift Command in its vital mission of delivering supplies and conducting operations around the world."
As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology provides information technology (IT), systems engineering and professional services to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civilian government and commercial sectors. With approximately 16,000 professionals worldwide, the company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs delivering IT services and enterprise solutions.
Photo of the Day
A single F/A-18 Hornet breaks away from formation while passing above the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Howard (DDG 83), USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USS Decatur (DDG 73) during a burial at sea ceremony held aboard Thach. The cermony was in honor of Cmdr. (Ret.) Dale Simmons, a former wingman of Adm. Jimmy Thach, one of many heroes at the Battle of Midway.
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