Newport News Delivers First Columbia-class Stern
News, Va., is a partner in the U.S. Navy Columbia-class shipbuilding program, constructing and delivering six module sections per submarine under contract to Electric Boat.The Navy has designated the Columbia class its top acquisition priority. Ultimately, the Columbia class will replace the fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, and take over the role of the nation’s sea-based strategic deterrent, providing the most survivable leg of the nation’s strategic triad
Trelleborg Divests Offshore Oil & Gas Operation in the US
The Swedish-headquartered Trelleborg Group announced it has sold its U.S. offshore oil and gas operations to an undisclosed buyer.Located in Toledo, Ohio, the operation develops and manufactures primarily ceramic macrospheres and buoyancy modules. “We are pleased that we have found a new owner that we know well and who wants to continue developing operations,” said Peter Nilsson, President and CEO of Trelleborg.The move comes after Trelleborg divested the majority of its U.S. offshore oil and gas operations in 2021.The divested operation, which is part of the Trelleborg Industrial
Discovery: Historic Shipwreck Found in Lake Huron
the ship's crew. Accounts from the wreck's two survivors provide details about the loss of the vessel in "Shipwreck Alley"—an area of Lake Huron known for its treacherous waters that have claimed the lives of many sailors.The 190-foot steamer Charles J. Kershaw departed Ashtabula, Ohio, on Lake Erie, with the schooner barges Ironton and Moonlight in tow. The vessels sailed empty, destined for Marquette, Michigan, on Lake Superior.At 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 26, while sailing north across Lake Huron under clear skies, Kershaw's engine failed, leaving the ship without power. A few
Modeling Shows How Nuclear War Would Devastate the World’s Oceans
conflict could push our oceans into a fundamentally new state that lasts much, much longer than we would have expected. Understanding the length, and the weight, of these timescales should be forefront in our calculus of ongoing diplomacy.A Mark 7 nuclear weapon at the US Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio. Creative CommonsThe authorsTyler Rohr, Lecturer in Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling, IMAS, University of TasmaniaCheryl Harrison, Assistant professor in oceanography and coastal sciences, Louisiana State UniversityKim Scherrer, Postdoctoral fellow at the department of Biological Sciences
Brandi Smith Named VP of Newport News' Columbia-Class Program
at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. Smith will succeed Charles Southall, who will retire July 1 after more than 35 years of distinguished service.The U.S. Navy has identified the Columbia class as its No. 1 acquisition priority. Twelve Columbia-class boats will replace the fleet of Ohio-class nuclear ballistic submarines and take over the role of the nation’s sea-based strategic deterrent; these submarines will provide the most survivable leg of the nation’s strategic triad.Southall began his Newport News Shipbuilding career in 1986 as an engineering intern in the submarine
Bollinger to Build Uncrewed Mine Countermeasure Vessels for the US Navy
fixed-price incentive (firm target), firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-type contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $122,908,682.Work will be performed in Lockport, La. (65%); Portsmouth, Va. (22%); Atlanta, Ga. (10%); and Orrville, Ohio (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 2023. If all options are exercised, work will continue through April 2027.Bollinger was the winner among three bidders for the project
Fish Spotted After 81 Years
Field staff from Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) were very surprised when they caught a Longhead Darter fish below the New Cumberland Dam on the Ohio River 54 miles downstream from Pittsburgh. The Darter hasn’t been spotted in the Ohio River since the 1930s, according to John Navarro, Aquatic Stewardship Program Administrator with ODNR’s Division of Wildlife.ODNR staffers Tweeted: “Why are we so excited? This striking creature, native to Ohio, was thought to be extirpated from the state… that is until fish management crews captured two this fall during Ohio
Centa Named President of PMI
, marine, research, and government industries announces the appointment of Robert (Bob) J. Centa, MBA to president. Mr. Centa succeeds Bob Schauer who is retiring after 17 years of service to PMI. Mr. Centa was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of The Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Cleveland, Ohio.“Working at PMI has been truly rewarding and I will miss the daily interactions with the team,” said Schauer. Schauer started at PMI with a focus on turning around an underperforming company. As president, he led the company through the oil boom and bust cycles, established an overseas
Navy Provides Realistic, Operationally-relevant Test Environment for Technology
.In many cases, these demonstrations brought partners into teams that have previously never worked together. In one such event, a team consisting of Marine Arresting Technologies (MAT) of Tarpon Springs, Fla., SpotterRF of Provo, Utah, ION of Houston, Texas, and Theiss UAV Solutions of Salem, Ohio, collaborated to provide a solution to the issue of enforcing a maritime security and safety exclusion zone, and slowing or stopping a vessel from entering that restricted area without damaging the boat or harming its occupants. The Navy provided a target and the port provided a realistic operating
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