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• Army awards Stratford’s Sikorsky Aircraft $2.3 billion contract for fleet of Black Hawk helicopters

  The U.S. Army awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $2.3 billion contract Sunday for dozens of combat helicopters, the company announced.

• Submarine base honors Gold Star Families

  Helen Keiser-Pedersen said with a knock on the door on March 11, 2013, and a notification that began with the heartbreaking words, "We regret to inform you," she became a Gold Star Mother — someone who lost a child in military service.

• Governor Lamont Reappoints Major General Francis Evon Jr

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is reappointing Major General Francis Evon, Jr. to serve another four-year term as adjutant general of the Connecticut National Guard. He has served in the role since July 2018.

• SUBASE helps Chamber of Commerce Members Participate in renewed Military Affairs Day

  Members of the local community received behind-the-gates tours of Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE) and Southeastern Connecticut military installations and commands during the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Leadership Program’s Military Affairs Day, last month.

• Coast Guard celebrates start of museum construction

  Coast Guard officials, National Coast Guard Museum Association members, and politicians gathered Friday afternoon at City Pier for a keel-laying ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for the future museum.

• Submarine base announces partnerships

  The Naval Submarine Base on Wednesday announced partnerships with the Hartford-based Capitol Region Council of Governments, Connecticut Department of Transportation and Groton Utilities, which will allow the base to share services and save money.

• Defense production expansion could bring help to regions submarine industry

  President Joe Biden's move last week to expand defense production capability could bring help to the region's submarine building industry, which has been hard hit by supply chain and manpower issues.

• The Eagles new eagle

  When an email from the Coast Guard landed in his inbox, Shane Kinman, a master woodcarver, was nursing a back injury and hesitant to take on new work.

• New Commandant Fagan Becomes First Female Branch Chief

  Adm. Linda Fagan was sworn in Wednesday as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, making her the first woman to lead a military branch. President Biden, who nominated Fagan, said “it’s about time” a woman was given such a job.

• In eastern CT Electric Boat military contracts launch economic boom

  The U.S. Navy needs a new fleet of ballistic missile submarines, a $112 billion acquisition its leaders have called “foundational to our survival.”

• Governor Lamont Announces Reappointment of Commissioners and Agency Heads

  Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he will reappoint the following commissioners and agency heads to continue serving in their respective positions upon the start of his second term in office early next year:

• Pratt and Whitney awarded contract by US DoD to build engines

  Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an almost $4.4 billion contract modification by the U.S. Department of Defense to build more than 100 new jet engines, according to records.

• Sikorsky files challenge to Armys award of helicopter contract

  Connecticut-based Sikorsky announced Wednesday that it filed a formal protest of the Army’s decision to choose another company to build a long-range assault aircraft that is envisioned as a successor to the Black Hawk helicopter.

• Coast Guard Research and Development Center to celebrate 50th anniversary

  When Bert Macesker traces the history of the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center, it’s with an eye on its response to world events: how the RDC responded in the 80s to increased drug smuggling, in the 90s to the Exxon Valdez oil spill and in the 2000s to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.

• Keel Laid For Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine District of Columbia

  The ceremony marks the ceremonial construction start of the first in a new class of ballistic missile submarine that’s expected to commission in 2027.