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U.S. Navy

Businesses eagerly await sailors' return

By Kaitlin Manry Herald Writer EVERETT -- With the economy sagging, local businesses are eagerly anticipating the return of the USS Abraham Lincoln. The aircraft carrier and its two companion ships are scheduled to bring around...

C-130 to spray for mosquitoes in region

A C-130 Hercules from Langley Air Force Base will spray for mosquitoes the next few days over the air base, Bethel Manor housing complex, Hampton, Fort Eustis, York County, Poquoson, Newport News, Fort Monroe, Craney Island,...

MILITARY CONTRACTS October 10, 2008

Army American Ordnances LLC, St. Pittsburg, Kan., has three contract were awarded Oct. 2, 2008, a $427,782,611 firm/fixed-price contract for the operations Iowa and Milan Army Ammunition Plants. Work will be performed in Iowa...

Candidates meet 'natural-born' test despite rumors

As John McCain and Barack Obama vie to become U.S. president, certain fevered voices persist in saying they should not even be allowed to try. In an argument popular on the Internet and taken seriously practically nowhere else,...

Bodies of Somali migrants wash ashore

U.N. agency says smugglers forced Somalis to jump into Gulf of Aden SAN'A, Yemen - Dozens of bodies washed ashore Friday in Yemen after smugglers threw nearly 150 Somali migrants overboard in shark-infested waters, the latest...

Textron's Bell Helicopter signs $210M Navy pact

Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc., said Friday it has received a U.S. Navy contract extension worth $210 million. Under the terms of the deal, the Navy will purchase 15 aircraft, which will be built at Bell's Military...

The Somali Pirates: Tanks, but No Tanks

A U.S. Navy photo of the pirates who have seized the Ukrainian merchant vessel MV Faina aboard have lowered their ransom demand and say they are eager to negotiate, raising hope that the two-week standoff over the MV Faina will...

Navy Awards Harris Corporation $37m Contract Modification

Harris Corporation has been awarded a potential $37m contract modification by the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, to supply additional multiband shipboard satellite communications...

U.S. Navy Intranet Realizes Big Savings Through Virtualization

EDS has helped the military in consolidating 1,200 x86 servers down to 200, each hosting multiple VMware ESX virtual machines. The NMCI is run off of 40 different server farms. IN 2001, managing NMCI was outsourced to EDS, the...

SF Fleet Week: No Ship Parade, But Blue Angels Fly

Due to unfavorable water conditions, U.S. Navy officials said the Parade of Fleet Week Ships that was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, had to be cancelled. The flight schedule for Fleet Week was to remain the same, including...