2023 News

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• Electric Boat hopes to hire 5750 employees this year

  With business booming, Electric Boat’s president told lawmakers, local leaders and officials this week that the submarine-building company is looking to hire 5,750 people this year.

• EB awarded 1 1 billion contract for two Virginia class subs

  Electric Boat announced late Tuesday afternoon that the Navy has awarded it a $1.076 billion contract to provide long lead materials and advance construction for two Virginia-class, fast-attack submarines.

• SUBASE marks IGSA success with Pedestrian Tunnel Ribbon Cutting

  Naval Submarine Base New London marked the completion a much anticipated, pedestrian tunnel restoration project with a ribbon cutting, Monday, July 10.

• Rep Courtney Lawmakers cannot fumble the ball on getting AUKUS provisions passed

  Following a meeting with the Australian prime minister, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., expressed optimism about the state of the legislative proposals on Capitol Hill needed to facilitate the security pact dubbed AUKUS.

• New Coast Guard Academy Leader Balancing Tradition with Change

  Despite its somewhat cloistered reputation, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, with its military monuments, guarded gates and platoons of cadets marching on precision-trimmed lawns, isn't immune from wider cultural shifts.

• Stalled military nominations under the surface at Newport defense industry conference

  Long-term commitment is one of the hallmarks of innovation, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the U.S. Navy’s vice chief of naval operations, told defense industry representatives and policymakers at a major conference at the Newport Marriott Tuesday.

• Office of Military Affairs cites very bright future for Connecticut defense economy

  Connecticut companies in 2021 received $11.1 billion in defense prime contracts – meaning contracts valued at $7.5 million or more – and “the future is extremely bright for Connecticut’s submarine industrial base,” according to the recently released annual report from the Connecticut Office of Military Affairs, for fiscal year 2022.

• Future National Coast Guard Museum already a boost for downtown

  The U.S. Coast Guard dates to 1790, when President George Washington signed its predecessor Revenue Cutter Service into existence, with the goal of fighting smuggling and tariff violators via a fleet of 10 ships. That order predates the creation of the U.S. Navy Department by a good eight years. But, although the sailors have an official museum at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., the Coast Guard does not, and that has left its rich history scattered around the country.

• Sending out ensigns on humanitarian missions Coast Guard Academy graduates 243

  The United States Coast Guard Academy graduated 243 students at its 142nd commencement Wednesday, preparing to send many to far-off cutters following their demanding but community-building 200-week educational journey.

• Nautilus 90 North 65 years ago submarines North Pole journey was a Cold War triumph

  Joe Degnan might have changed submarine history.

• Long awaited fuel cell park at sub base becomes commercially operational for CMEEC

  fter many delays, the fuel cell park at the Naval Submarine Base has become commercially operational at 6 megawatts, and designer-manufacturer FuelCell Energy is working to get the power generation project to its initial plan of 7.4 megawatts by the end of the year.

• Pratt Whitney to remain sole source for F35 jet engine upgrades

  Pentagon officials announced this week that East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney will remain the sole source for upgrades of the F-35 jet engine.

• Sikorsky spins up to defend HH60W combat rescue helicopter from planned cuts

  From the time an order is received at Sikorsky’s facilities, it takes about three years for a brand-new HH-60W Jolly Green II to arrive at this point: the fully assembled helicopter has officially been accepted by the Air Force, and will soon fly away to one day embark on rescue missions around the globe.

• USS Colorado returns from deployment just in time for Christmas

  The fast-attack submarine Colorado wrapped up a six-month deployment to the European theater and arrived back at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut on Tuesday.

• Continuing Resolution Includes Funds for New Columbia class Submarine

  The last-second funding measure that will fund the government until mid-November secures $621 million to ensure the start of construction for the second Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine but leaves several other programs in limbo.