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USS Gravely deploys for NATO maritime operations
by Ed Adamczyk
Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2018

The guided missile destroyer USS Gravely left Norfolk, Va., for the Mediterranean Sea on Friday to serve as a NATO flagship.

The vessel will conduct maritime operations as the flagship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Standing NATO Maritime Group 1,

It will be in serve in the area of operations of the U.S. Navy's U.S. 6th Fleet, Navy officials said. The ship carries 36 officers and 282 enlisted sailors.

The Navy and U.S. Marines deployed the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and the Marine Expeditionary to that region earlier this month.


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BIW, Raytheon receive $43M for Zumwalt support, weapons
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2018
The U.S. Navy has contracted Raytheon and Bath Iron Works for work enhancing Zumwalt-class destroyers. Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, was awarded a $26.4 million contract for engineering, technical, planning and other types of support for the Zumwalt class, also known as the DDG 1000 class. The contract covers work during the destroyers' post-delivery and in-service life-cycle phases, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The Navy also awarded a $17 million contract ... read more

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