Washington Navy Yard News

Under the agreements, the USA would end production at 3 Graf Spee sized DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class "destroyers," but shift all production from the Congressionally-mandated joint arrangements to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine, which had already made program-related investments in advanced shipbuilding technologies.

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a letter contract with a not-to-exceed amount of $170,700,000 for long lead time material in support of the construction of DDG 113 under the DDG 51 Class destroyer program.

Nearly a week after the Navy officially kicked off production of its newest aircraft carrier, service officials charged with overseeing the program said Friday it is on track to be in service by September 2015.

Thaddeus S. C. Lowe was once one of the country's most famous aeronauts. His grand plan to fly a balloon across the Atlantic was shelved by the outbreak of the Civil War.

A Henderson native who has headed up the country's missile defense system retired from the U.S. Navy in a ceremony on Friday that was hosted by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

It was the biggest birthday bash ever at the Dahlgren Navy base, though the honoree, Rear Adm.

IMAGES John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, c. 1860s.[Credits : Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. ] Main American inventor born Nov.

Eighteen Individual Augmentees based from across Naval District Washington were honored, along with their family members, at a Homecoming Celebration at the Washington Navy Yard on Oct.

Look through the oval eyepiece for a couple of seconds and you're Clark Gable in "Run Silent, Run Deep." Or maybe Glenn Ford in "Torpedo Run." A few drops of sweat slide down your face.

Rear Adm. Joseph A. Horn Jr. will assume command of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program, a NAVSEA field activity based at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, in a formal change of command ceremony on Nov.

BAE Systems Applied Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $29,489,406 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to exercise an option for approximately 420,000 hours of engineering and technical services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Divisiona s Special Communications Requirements ...

U.S. Representative Solomon Ortiz addresses Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Commander, Navy Installations Command personnel at a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration on the Washington Navy Yard.

From now until Oct. 31, the Navy Yard Fitness Center will be holding Group Exercise Classes to include StepSculpt, Spinning Boot Camp, Boot Camp, Total Body Conditioning, Spinning, Yoga, Pilates, Power Pilates, Zumba, and Performance Fitness Training.

A painting of the Continental Navy Ship USS Andrew Doria recieves its first salute in recognition as the first ship of a sovereign nation in 1776.

The Pennsylvania Military Museum has finished a 10-year quest, thanks to the Dahlgren Navy base.

Navy Capt. John Sears, commanding officer of Naval Support Activity Washington, greets USO volunteers at Deployed Family Fun Day Sept.

James Williams, 90, with his daughter Michelle Senter, both from Abilene, check out a model of a 5-inch gun, which he manned on the USS David W. Taylor as a fire controlman 1st class in the Pacific theater during WWII.

Members of the Fort Myer Military Community help lead their team on to victory during the early morning race.

Members of the Army's Fort Myer Military Community help lead their team on to victory during the early morning race.

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $49,600,000 fixed-price contract for the advanced procurement of long lead materials, non-recurring engineering and critical work center efforts in support of production of the DDG 113-related Aegis weapon system.