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January 5, 2010
The Navy took delivery of its newest attack submarine, PCU New Mexico (SSN 779), from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB) Dec. 29, four months earlier than its contract delivery date. New Mexico is the sixth Virginia-class submarine and the third delivered by NGSB.
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December 28, 2009
The head of Chinese shipping giant Cosco has suggested that container ships should be powered by nuclear reactors in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, said to account for 4% of the global total. Shipping companies have gradually been introducing 'super slow steaming'…
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December 21, 2009
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp. are the only two companies in Japan able to build military submarines, and a possible clash between the two companies over the 2010 submarine contract is attracting widespread industry attention.
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December 20, 2009
COMSUBGRU NINE and friends will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the commissioning of USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 598), the first Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine and the first of the "41 for Freedom" boats. To help us celebrate this event…
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October 28, 2009
Oregon, Washington, California and Southern California Sea Grant Programs have spent more than three years working in collaboration with state, federal and tribal agencies to assess the region's marine research and information needs. The efforts…
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December 16, 2009
The mission supports Africa Partnership Station, or APS, a U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa initiative designed to enhance the continent's maritime security through partnership and collaboration. Grapple is specifically deployed as part of APS East…
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Chuck Bunton)
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December 15, 2009
Torpedo designers at the Raytheon Co. Integrated Defense Systems segment headquartered in Tewksbury, MA, needed wiring harnesses for the company's MK 48 submarine-launched torpedoes and MK 54 surface ship and aircraft-launched torpedoes. They…
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December 8, 2009
PCU Missouri (SSN 780), the Navy's newest Virginia-class attack submarine, was christened during a ceremony at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT on December 5th. The Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates were…
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December 3, 2009
Hydrovolts has invented revolutionary in-stream hydrokinetic turbines that generate renewable energy from water currents. The turbines are dropped into and secured in the open channel - it is not necessary to divert the flow or construct new channels or dams.
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Chuck Bunton)
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December 1, 2009
The U.S. Navy will install a swimmer interdiction security system at Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) Bangor, Washington, that will employ teams of security personnel and specially-trained marine mammals to protect waterside assets and sailors. This…
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 26, 2009
A Sea Glider unmanned underwater vehicle with an underwater microphone began patrolling the coast of Hawaii in late October and will finish up its initial mission in mid-November. By then, it will have collected half a terabyte of data. By applying…
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 23, 2009
Mexico and Ireland are the first two coastal States to implement Article 76 paragraph 9 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea by depositing with the UN-Secretary General charts and relevant information, including geodetic data, permanently describing the outer limits of their continental shelves.
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 19, 2009
The U.S. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will allocate funds to utilize hydrographic surveying contractors collect data in critical…
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November 16, 2009
Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oahu. They each carried two aircraft while submerged and were the fastest attack subs of WWII.
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 12, 2009
The Regional Scale Nodes project is receiving money from the National Science Foundation through the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. The contract consists of approximately $385 million over 5½ years in funding for the National Science Foundation's…
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 9, 2009
The Okeanos is the only U.S. government ship dedicated solely to exploring unknown parts of the ocean. It is a former Navy surveillance ship that was obtained by NOAA in 2005 and converted at a shipyard in Seattle into a deep-sea research vessel.
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 5, 2009
You are invited to attend a live demonstration of the SeaBotix Inspection Class ROV product line. View a demonstration, fly it yourself, and meet with one of the founders of SeaBotix. Don’t miss this great opportunity. Refreshments and Snacks Provided!
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 4, 2009
A contract to develop a tidal energy pilot project for a public utility provider in Washington State has been won by the Irish company OpenHydro. While little detail of the contract has been made public, it was confirmed that the contract with…
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Chuck Bunton)
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November 2, 2009
Intellicheck Mobilisa received a $4.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for wireless security buoys that can detect water quality, oil spills, and maritime threats. The buoys provide a high-capacity communications network grid to provide real-time monitoring for marine environments.
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Chuck Bunton)
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October 26, 2009
Communicating with submarines while they operate beneath the seas has been one of the longstanding challenges for the military. Naval researchers say they have made headway on an innovative way to use undersea lasers that could be used to communicate with submarines.
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