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DEPARTMENTS SPECIAL REPORT:

MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & OVERHAUL
3 President’s Message
10 The Challenge of Managing Maintenance at Sea
4 Editor’s Note BY GIDGET FUENTES

55 Historical Perspective 14 INTERVIEW: Rear Adm. James P. Downey

56 Navy League News Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center
Deputy Commander, Surface Warfare
58 Council Digest Naval Sea Systems Command
BY RICHARD R. BURGESS

6 Maritime Matters: 20 Tight Budgets, Technological Advances Fuel Innovative

Defense bills top Maintenance Solutions
to-do list for BY NICK ADDE

lame-duck Congress 23 The Navy is Developing New Ways to Fight Back Against Corrosion
BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR

26 Cecil Field Adds Capacity to F/A-18 Depot Maintenance

BY RICHARD R. BURGESS

SPECIAL SECTION:
2016 CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
A comprehensive source for information on more than 100 leading firms
in the defense industry, the Navy League’s corporate membership includes
the top systems, services, equipment and technology providers to the
departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Transportation.
29 Navy League Corporate Membership Directory

FEATURES

10 3 Making Connections
BY SKIP WITUNSKI

44 New Business for Maritime Industry is in the Wind

BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST

48 Mission Mandates the Navy Embrace New Energy Sources

BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST

52 Canadian Navy to Rely on Allies as it Expands Operations into

the Pacific
BY DAVID PUGLIESE

64 In My Own Words
BY CMDR. WILLIAM WOITYRA
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Making Connections
By SKIP WITUNSKI, Navy League National President
S ecretary of the Navy Ray Mabus
has said that naval presence is
incumbent on the four Ps — people,
platforms, power and partnerships.
While the U.S. Navy has myriad
partnerships — industry, allies, its
sister services — the secretary told
an audience at the Washington-area
Navy Ball on Oct. 7 that the Navy
League’s partnership with the Navy
also is important. The Navy League,
he said, is “like no other private
organization. You support our Navy
and our Sailors and families, and
connect our Sailors and the Navy to
the American people.”
It is the Navy League’s mission to
make that connection, to educate our legislators and the
American people about the importance of maintaining
strong sea services, and to advocate on their behalf to
ensure they have the equipment and training they need
— when they need it, where they need it — to succeed.
Secretary Mabus said one of the things driven home
to him time and again during his travels is “just how
hard the jobs we give our Sailors are, and just how
good they are at doing them. Our expectations are so
high. Those Sailors out there deployed right now, they
don’t let us down. They never let us down. They never
let this country down.”
That’s why a partnership — a connection — with the
American people is so important to the Navy, he said.
We are able to help make such connections because
of the dedication of our more than 40,000 members
around the world and the various partnerships they
have made to accomplish the Navy League’s goals.
Whether we are recognizing the exceptional work of
a Sailor, hosting the commissioning of a ship, welcoming
our troops home from deployment, or raising awareness
of the important role our sea services play in our secu-
rity and economic prosperity, Navy League members are
dedicated citizens in support of the U.S. Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard and U.S.-flag Merchant Marine.
Navy League councils around the world forge part-
nerships with like-minded organizations and business-
es at the local level to help expand their reach and the
support they can provide. A ship commissioning, for
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example, is an enormous under-
taking, yet Navy Leaguers and their
business and community partners
come together to make them hap-
pen across the country for the Navy
and Coast Guard.
At the national level, the Navy
League also relies a great deal on our
partners in industry, who help make
events such as the Navy Ball and
our annual Sea-Air-Space exposition
possible. In turn, we host events
for them, such as our Special Topic
Breakfast speaker series and caucus
events on Capitol Hill, that connect
them with the decision makers.
In this issue of Seapower you’ll
find our 2016 Corporate Membership Directory. The
defense and maritime companies, organizations, and non-
profit and government agencies listed therein, including
our 26 Corporate Gold members, are dedicated to provid-
ing the most comprehensive services and top equipment,
systems and technologies to the U.S. sea services. And,
because they are Navy League members, they also are
dedicated to our mission of education and advocacy.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of our
corporate partners for believing in the Navy League’s
mission and for working with us to support those who
stand the watch. From our Community Affiliates at the
council level, to our Business Associates and Corporate
Members at the national level, your partnership helps
us make that all-important connection between our sea
service members and the American people.
I also want to thank Secretary Mabus for his service
to the Navy and to this country. He told the Navy Ball
audience that events like re-enlistments and ship-naming
announcements he performs throughout the year, often
at Major League Baseball games, help “make that con-
nection stronger between the American people and those
who are protecting them.”
That is what the Navy League and our partners will
continue to strive for.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
Maintaining Readiness
By AMY L. WITTMAN, Editor in Chief
M ore than a
decade of high-
operational tempo,
increasing demand
from combatant
com­manders and
fiscal uncertainty
have created a main-
tenance backlog for
ships, aircraft and
other equipment that
directly effects read-
iness, and the Navy and Marine
Corps are working aggressively to
address maintenance shortfalls.
“Key to our success is operating
the battle force at a sustainable
level over the long term,” said
Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, dep-
uty chief of naval operations for
Warfare Systems, addressing avia­
tion readiness before the House
Armed Services subcommittee on
readiness on July 6. “Readiness
recovery requires a commitment
to protect the time needed to prop-
erly maintain and modernize our
capital-intensive force and to
con­ duct full-spectrum training.
Achieving full readiness also
re­quires us to restore capacity and
throughput at our public shipyards
and aviation depots.”
Readiness also requires Sailors
and Marines to maintain equip-
ment on the go, at sea. Leading off
our special report on Maintenance,
Repair & Overhaul, Special Cor­
respondent Gidget Fuentes, in
her report “Tight Squeeze,” notes
the importance of the relationship
between a Navy ship’s crew and
embarked Marines when repairs to
Marine Corps assets — planned or
not — are necessary in a dispersed
environment at sea.
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Rear Adm. James
P. Downey, who
is commander of
the Navy Regional
Maintenance Center
and deputy com-
mander of Surface
Warfare in Naval Sea
Systems Command,
sat down with Ma-
nag­ing Editor Ri-
chard R. Burgess to
talk about his priorities in “Execution
on Time, on Budget.” The challenge
for Regional Maintenance Centers,
Downey says, “is to balance the
needs of today’s Navy while ensur-
ing flexibility to meet the needs of
tomorrow’s Navy.”
Special Correspondent Nick
Adde, in his report “Training
Maintainers,” looks at how Sailors
in ship-maintenance ratings are
making do with what they have
and finding innovative solutions to
mitigate equipment wear and tear.
In “Invisible Foe,” Special Cor­
respondent Daniel P. Taylor reports
on Navy efforts to combat corrosion
and limit the costs that inevitably
come as ships age.
Florida-based Cecil Field not
only is home to the Florida Army
National Guard and the Coast
Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction
Squadron 10, it also houses main-
tenance facilities for aerospace
companies. Burgess, in “Rehab for
Hornets,” looks at how aircraft
maintenance activity at this busy
depot augments work at Navy Fleet
Readiness Centers.
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Defense Bills Top To-do List
for Lame-Duck Congress
L awmakers fled Washington for the six weeks
leading up to Election Day, pushing until the year-
end lame-duck congressional session a long to-do list
that includes approving fiscal 2017 spending for the
Defense Department and other federal agencies and the
annual Pentagon policy measure.
The political calculus could change dramatically
after Nov. 8, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle
are committed to getting work on those bills completed
by the end of the 114th Congress. A veto threat hangs
over the defense authorization bill — and is certainly
not out of the realm of possibility on any spending
package — so a showdown with the White House
is almost a certainty in the waning days of President
Barack Obama’s administration.
Before leaving town, lawmakers signed off on a stop-
gap continuing resolution (CR) that will keep the govern-
ment running until Dec. 9. Appropriators will attempt to
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complete work on all of the spending measures after the

election and, if past is prologue, wrap it into one omnibus
spending bill, which would include funding for Defense,
Homeland Security and other federal agencies for the
2017 fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
The military has grown accustomed to starting each
fiscal year with CRs, which have been the norm for
the last eight years. But they do not relish the practice
because it forces the services to keep spending at the
previous year’s levels and prohibits new-start or multi-
year contracts for everything from new weapon systems
to base construction projects.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson tes-
tifies before the House Armed Services Committee on
the Department of Navy’s fiscal 2017 budget and pos-
ture March 16. At his left is Gen. Robert B. Neller, com-
mandant of the Marine Corps. Once Congress returns
for its post-election lame-duck session, the House and
Senate Armed Services Committees will be eager to push
through the defense authorization bill, a measure that has
been signed into law annually for 54 years. However, that
track record could be in peril amid intra-party rancor and
the threat of a presidential veto.

Indeed, Chief of Naval Opera­
tions Adm. John Richardson
recently bemoaned the heavy
reliance on CRs, saying Oct. 3
at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies that “noth-
ing important happens” between
October and December because
programs are just too vulnerable in
the first quarter of the fiscal year.
“And so try and be a Fortune
100 company trying to compete
out there against your peers or
near peers, throw on top of that
we’re talking about national secu-
rity, and do that in three out of
four fiscal quarters. Very difficult,”
he said.
It is unclear what exactly will
happen on the spending front after
Nov. 8, and the outcome of the
election could dramatically change
the lame-duck session.
If, for instance, Democrats win a
majority in the Senate or even the
House, party leaders may push to
simply extend the CR until January

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or February, when they would have
a bigger say in the outcome of any
spending battles. Doing so would
just extend the uncertainty for the
military services who are, as always,
eager to get a final spending bill.
Of particular issue this year is the
precise distribution of money, par-
ticularly war spending. The House-
passed bill contains almost $576
billion, while the Senate’s version
totals $575 billion. But the House
bill dips into the war accounts to
pay for $15 billion in unrequested
military programs and funds oper-
ations overseas for only the first
seven months of the fiscal year,
while the Senate bill pays for those
programs by making cuts and claim-
ing unused prior-year dollars within
the capped base budget.
The Navy and Marine Corps
stand to gain, with both bills adding
billions for new ships and planes
that did not make the Pentagon’s
budget cut, but were nonetheless
on the chiefs’ annual unfunded
requirements lists.
Beneficiaries in the Senate bill,
which likely will serve as the guide in
the bicameral negotiations, include:
$1 billion for a Coast Guard heavy
icebreaker; $1.1 billion for several
additional Navy ships, including an
Arleigh-Burke class destroyer and a
third littoral combat ship; $979 mil-
lion for 12 Navy F/A-18E/F Super
Hornets; and $507 million for four
additional F-35 Lightning II strike
fighter jets for the Marine Corps.
Spending, however, is not the
only item on the lame-duck agen-
da. Lawmakers also want to push
through the defense authorization
bill, a measure that has been signed
into law annually for 54 years. This
year, however, the House and Senate
Armed Services Committees’ unpar-
alleled track record appears to be in
peril amid an intra-GOP spat over
language in the House bill about a
bird: the greater sage-grouse.
The two committees were close
to an agreement on the sprawling
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bill in September and hoped to
push the conference report through
both chambers before lawmak-
ers left town for the pre-election
recess. But negotiators shelved the
bill until the lame-duck when they
reached an impasse over the sage-
grouse language.
The House provision, which has
been championed by House Natural
Resources Committee Chairman
Rob Bishop, R-Utah, would prohibit
the White House from placing the
bird on the endangered species list
and ease other federal restrictions on
its habitat, which spans 165 million
acres across 11 western states.
Bishop has argued that those
restrictions impede military exer-
cises in the states that are home to
the bird — a claim the military dis-
putes. But House leaders nonethe-
less are pushing to include the lan-
guage, which Senate Armed Services
Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz.,
adamantly opposes.
McCain has said repeatedly
that he does not want extraneous
language on his bill, especially if
that language has the potential of
drawing a presidential veto. The
White House already has issued a
wide-ranging veto threat on both
the House and Senate versions of
the bill, covering everything from
the sage-grouse provision to the mil-
itary’s controversial detention center
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
It seems almost a foregone con-
clusion that Obama will veto the
defense measure as one of his last
acts as president, and it is unclear
whether there are enough votes in
the House and Senate to override
a veto of a bill that typically draws
broad bipartisan support.
That would then toss the
ball back in the Armed Services
Committees’ court, likely as time is
running out on the 114th Congress.
But if there is one thing that the
two panels have proven time and
time again, it is that they can get
the bill — or at least some version
M A R I T I M E M AT T E R S
of the bill — done, even when it
seems incredibly unlikely.
McCain and the other so-called
“Big Four” Armed Services Com­
mittee leaders have said they will not
let the track record — which gives
their panels a tremendous amount
of sway — end on their watch.
Mabus: Actions
‘Assure that Our Navy
Has Never Been Stronger’
The secretary of the Navy expressed
confidence in the future of the Navy
and Marine Corps as he reflected on
the Navy Department’s accomplish-
ments over the course of his eight-
year tenure as secretary, the longest
since that of Josephus Daniels in the
early 20th century.
“I will depart in a few months
knowing that this administration
has taken the necessary steps to
assure that our Navy has never been
stronger,” Ray Mabus told an audi-
ence Oct. 12 during what likely was
his last appearance as Navy secretary
at the National Press Club. “We are
getting the right number of the right
kind of platforms to meet our mis-
sion; our disciplined and deliberate
use of energy has made us better
warfighters; we represent the great-
est America has to offer, the absolute
best in the world; and we continue
to provide presence — around the
globe, around the clock.”
Mabus chose to focus his remarks
on three of his top priorities while
secretary: shipbuilding, energy and
personnel reforms.
“Among the challenges, when I
came into office, we had a shrink-
ing fleet in a very bad economy;
we had our hands tied by seques-
tration, which continues to hang
over and limit our ability to plan;
oil dependency and volatility threat-
ened operations and training; and
bad laws and an antiquated per-
sonnel system limited our ability
to attract and keep America’s most
talented young people,” Mabus said.
“All of this, of course, is occurring
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As Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus nears the end of his term, he said the Navy has put 86 ships under contract during
his eight-year tenure, and is on track to increase the size of the battle fleet from 278 ships in 2008 to 308 in 2021. He is
shown here in Boston Sept. 19 announcing the names of two future Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oilers,
USNS Lucy Stone and USNS Sojourner Truth.
amid increasing threats, a far more
complicated world and an ever-
increasing demand for naval forces.”
He stressed the importance of
maintaining a naval presence, attain-
able only by having the ships to
sustain it.
“In every case, from high-end
combat to irregular warfare to
hu­mani­tarian assistance and disas-
ter relief, our naval assets get on
station faster, we stay longer, we
bring what we need with us and,
because our ships are sovereign U.S.
territory, we can act without having
to ask anyone’s permission to get
the job done. To get that presence,
you have to have gray hulls on the
horizon,” Mabus said.
Mabus said the Navy has put
86 ships under contract during his
tenure, on track to increase the size
of the battle fleet from 278 ships in
2008 to 308 in 2021. He also noted
savings of $2 billion in the Arleigh
Burke-class destroyer program and
a similar number in the current
Virginia-class submarine contract.
“Essentially, we got a submarine
for free,” he said. “It’s like having
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one of those punch cards: buy
nine, get your 10th sub free.”
Mabus also mentioned the 8,000
new manufacturing jobs in the
shipbuilding industry that added
$37 billion to the national Gross
Domestic Product.
Mabus also focused on his ef­
forts to wean naval forces off an
addiction to fossil fuels and pro-
vide alternative forms of energy
to power Navy and Marine Corps
systems and installations.
“So in 2009, I set a number of
specific, ambitious energy goals,
the most significant of which was
to have at least half of naval energy
— both ashore and afloat — come
from non-fossil fueled sources by
2020,” he said. “President Obama
reiterated the goal ashore of 50 per-
cent or 1 gigawatt in his 2012 State
of the Union Address. That is one
of the many reasons why I’m partic-
ularly proud to say to you today, in
my State of the Navy Address, that
we surpassed our goal ashore last
year — five years early. Today, at
our shore installations, we get more
than 1.2 gigawatts of energy, of our
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total requirement for 2 gigawatts,
from alternative sources.”
He said the biofuel that now
is powering some ships costs only
$2.14 per gallon. Oil use by the fleet
has declined 15 percent, and by the
Marine Corps by 60 percent, though
some of the Marine Corps’ savings
has been achieved because of reduc-
tion in combat operations.
Mabus’ third emphasis was on
reforms in the personnel programs.
He defended his controversial deci-
sion to name ships for civil- and
human-rights figures in addition
to the more traditional military
heroes, such as Medal of Honor
recipients. He touted his support of
increases in the number of female
midshipmen at the Naval Academy;
opening of all combat positions to
women; ending of the ban on the
service of gay, lesbian and trans-
gender personnel; and the opening
of Naval Reserve Officer Training
Corps units at several universities
that once had banned such units.
He also started the 21st Century
Sailor and Marine Initiative to “foster
a professional, supportive and inclu-
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sive workplace,” including com-
bating the crime of sexual assault,
treating personnel suffering from
traumatic brain injury and post-
traumatic stress syndrome; address-
ing suicide; increasing child care
hours and maternity leave; increased
co-location for couples; and provid-
ing a three-year career intermission.
Coast Guard Awards
Contract for Lead
Offshore Patrol Cutter
The Coast Guard has awarded a
contract to Eastern Shipbuilding
Group Inc., Panama City, Fla., for
the production of the lead Offshore
Patrol Cutter (OPC) and up to
eight follow-on cutters, the service
announced.
The total award was valued at
$110.29 million. The contract has a
potential value of $2.38 billion with
the options to produce nine cutters.
The OPC acquisition will replace
the service’s aging fleet of medium-
endurance cutters, some of which
are more than 50 years old. Each
OPC will feature a flight deck and
advanced command, control, com-
munications, computers, intelli-
gence, surveillance and reconnais-
sance equipment.
The OPC will provide a capability
bridge between the National Security
Cutter and the Fast Response Cutter,
which operates closer to shore.
“The Offshore Patrol Cutter
acquisition is the Coast Guard’s
highest investment priority, and we
are proud to announce this import-
ant milestone,” Commandant
Adm. Paul F. Zukunft said in a
Sept. 16 release from the Coast
Guard. “The Offshore Patrol Cutter
will replace our aging medium-
endurance cutters and provide
the majority of offshore presence
by the Coast Guard’s cutter fleet.
Whether combating transnational
organized criminal networks off
Central America or patrolling in
the increasingly accessible Arctic,
the Offshore Patrol Cutter will
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ensure our nation’s maritime secu-
rity and economic interests are pre-
served for decades to come.”
The first OPC is expected to be
delivered in fiscal 2021. The ser-
vice plans to build 25 OPCs. The
Coast Guard currently is evaluat-
ing homeporting options.
Collaborations
n Hughes Network Systems LLC
has signed an agreement with Airbus
Defence and Space to expand their
business partnership to serve grow-
ing tactical military communications
requirements around the globe.
Mergers
n Nammo Group has announced
plans to acquire Berger Bullets, a
manufacturer of rifle bullets.
Transitions
n Jim Chilton has succeeded Craig
R. Cooning, who retired as presi-
dent of Boeing’s Network & Space
Systems. Chilton was vice presi-
dent of Boeing’s Strategic Missile &
Defense Systems. In conjunction
with Chilton’s promotion, Boeing
created a new Strategic Defense
& Intelligence Systems sector
by combining Strategic Missile &
Defense Systems with its Electronic
& Information Solutions (E&IS)
sector, led by Chris Raymond, cur-
rently E&IS vice president and gen-
eral manager.
n L-3 WESCAM appointed Mike
Greenley president. Greenley
joined L-3 after serving as vice pre­
sident and general manager of CAE
Canada.
n Russ Spray, president and chief
executive officer (CEO) of Tur­
bomeca USA has retired after a
50-plus-year career in helicopters.
He was succeeded by Thierry Der­
rien, former president/CEO of Safran
Electronics and Defense Systems.
n Brian Olsen has resigned as
engineering services president of
LMI Aero­space Inc. for a position
in another company. Engineering
M A R I T I M E M AT T E R S
Ser­
vices Chief Operating Officer
Jay In­man is overseeing Olsen’s
duties while LMI evaluates options
for a fu­ture leader of that business
segment.
n Dr. David Johnson has joined the
Center for Strategic and Budgetary
Assessments as a senior fellow.
He previously served as a vice
president of Science Applications
International Corp.
n Huntington Ingalls Industries
has promoted Matt Needy to vice
president of the Virginia-class sub-
marine program and fleet services
at the company’s Newport News
Shipbuilding division. He succeeds
Jim Hughes, who retired on Sept.
30. Needy previously served as the
company’s program director for the
Virginia-class submarine.
The company also promoted
Brad Mason to vice president of its
Newport News Shipbuilding divi-
sion and president of its AMSEC
LLC subsidiary. Mason will succeed
Harris Leonard, who will retire in
December after 31 years of service.
n Retired Vice Adm. Al Konetzni
has joined the advisory board of
World Patent Marketing.
n Astronics Corp. appointed three
new independent directors to its
board: Jeffry D. Frisby, president
and CEO of Triumph Group Inc.;
Warren C. Johnson, retired presi-
dent of the Moog Aircraft Group;
and Neil Kim, retired executive
vice president for Operations and
Central Engineering at Broadcom.
n Airbus Group appointed Rodin
Lyasoff CEO of A³, the advanced
projects and partnerships outpost
of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley.
He succeeds Paul Eremenko
who became Airbus Group’s chief
technology officer. Lyasoff previ-
ously served as a project execu-
tive at A³. n
Reporting by Seapower Correspondent
Megan Scully of CQ Roll Call.
Managing Editor Richard R. Burgess
contributed to this report.
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Tight Squeeze
The challenge of managing and fixing
equipment, vehicles and aircraft at sea

By GIDGET FUENTES, Special Correspondent

Marines worked throughout the

Careful Coordination night to fix the vehicles, Heffel
recalled, “so in the morning, both
With finite space available on ships, a fully loaded Marine
AAVs were up and able to come
Expeditionary Unit deploying with bulkier and bigger vehicles and
off the well deck, and the LCU
equipment makes for a tight squeeze below decks and little elbow
launched on time as scheduled.”
room for Marines doing repairs and maintenance at sea.
Key to that success, Marines
n Ship load plans help organize logistics to support maintenance say, was the relationships they had
while on ship or ashore, especially far from the supply chain, firmed up with their Navy counter-
Marines say, but forward-deployed logistics teams can help parts with the Boxer Amphibious
smooth the process. Ready Group’s (ARG’s) ships,
which included the transport dock
n A strong “blue-green” team relationship built during predeploy-
ship USS New Orleans, 13th MEU
ment workups can be critical to responding to emergent mainte-
subordinate units and PHIBRON 1.
nance demands while deployed.
That “was a good example of how,
n Every unit has to consider: Do you know what you’re going when good relationships are built
to take? and maintained, those problems
that might seem complex at the
last minute or a crisis scenario are
not as bad,” said Heffel, speaking

I
t was early in the deployment, with an offload in
U.S. Seventh Fleet just beginning, when it came to
a sudden halt. It could not happen at a worse time.
The crew aboard the dock landing ship USS
Harpers Ferry was getting ready to launch a utility
landing craft (LCU), but a pair of assault amphibious
vehicles (AAVs) with the 13th Marine Expeditionary
Unit (MEU) in the ship’s well deck would not start.
They were “deadlined” and could not be moved, so
they blocked the LCU from leaving the ship. The
repair parts the Marines needed to fix the AAVs were
not at hand. They were stored on the amphibious
assault ship USS Boxer.
Intense coordination quickly ensued between the
landing force on Harpers Ferry and commanders and
Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 1 staff on Boxer,
and “everybody engaged on what was needed,” said
Capt. Dustin Heffel, PHIBRON 1’s combat cargo officer. ron come together to plan for a scheduled deployment.
Boxer soon launched a small boat and a crew to take
the parts to Harpers Ferry.
in early October from Boxer, berthed at its homeport
in San Diego.
Maintenance and repair of the landing force’s stocks
can happen almost anywhere on ship, whether planned
or not.
“Any vehicle can break anyplace on the ship,” Heffel
said. Repairing a Humvee on the upper vehicle deck on
a side port, for example, could risk spilling any kind of
hazardous material or oils or fuels, which “is going to be
more of a concern than if it’s down in the lower V [deck]
where it’s not as exposed to the elements,” he said.
So coordination between the “blue-green” team —
the ship’s crew and embarked Marine landing force
— is critical to sorting out getting those repairs and
maintenance done properly, and safely, when at sea.
Those relationships often begin a year earlier, when
the MEU and the assigned ships and amphibious squad-
That 2016 deployment of the Boxer ARG and 13th
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That high operational tempo kept

flight deck personnel and maintain-
ers busy turning around aircraft and
doing necessary checks and repairs,
while Land­ ing Force units ashore
tackled minor repairs and emergent
issues. Split-ARG operations can
make it harder to grab a needed
replacement part and get it to the
ship where a unit needs it, so “you
have to increase the redundancy
or have redundant parts” on other
ships, said Maj. Zach Embers, the

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13th MEU logistics (S-4) officer. If
a ship is in Fifth Fleet region, say,
sometimes “it might be faster, even
if I have it on one ship, to reach
back to CONUS [the continental
Marines and Sailors use a 60-ton crane to hoist the cover for an assault amphib- United States] and order it aboard.”
ious vehicle engine aboard the dock landing ship USS Comstock during an
During the deployment, “on
at-sea training period July 13. The predeployment training cycle was designed
to develop a strong working relationship between the Marines of the 11th
more than one occasion, it was
Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors of Amphibious Squadron Five prior to their faster for us to reach back and get it
deployment to the Pacific and Central Command areas of operations. forward,” Embers said.
Sourcing a repair or replace-
of vehicles, aircraft and equipment at sea is heavily ment part is a daily focus of the MEU’s command
dependent on having a ship load plan and plans for element, while the MEU’s Combat Logistics Squadron
expeditionary logistics and resupply. It is especially 13 provided tactical-level logistics, supply and mainte-
important in the growing likelihood that ARG/MEUs nance support to the ground combat element. To help,
— and really any seagoing naval expeditionary force — the 13th MEU sent “distribution liaison cells” com-
will be split apart at some point during a deployment, posed of Marines ahead to several countries during
doing distributed operations in sometimes separate the deployment.
theaters of operation. “They essentially are like FedEx,” Embers said.
It is a rare ARG/MEU deployment where the blue- Each cell has an officer and a staff noncommis-
green force does not split up in some way to conduct sioned officer and worked from Bahrain, the main
distributed operations, perhaps joining in a theater regional logistics hub, and from distribution centers
security engagement exercise with an ally or joining in and fleet logistics centers and in known ports slated for
a contingency disaster relief operation. MEU visits, including Singapore and Japan.
The Boxer ARG/MEU saw that when it entered the That logistics and maintenance network can smooth
U.S. Fifth Fleet region in early summer, when Marines unexpected problems when repair or maintenance is
joined in operations off Yemen, trained in Jordan with needed ashore. Broken equipment or vehicles cannot
local forces for exercise Agile Lion and supported be left ashore in foreign countries.
Operation Inherent Resolve with 34 strike missions in While in the UAE, one of the 13th MEU’s CH-53E
Iraq over a course of 27 days. Those missions were done Super Stallion heavy transport helicopters had a bro-
“near-simultaneously,” Col. Anthony Henderson, the ken main rotor head, and needed a replacement.
13th MEU commander, told reporters Sept. 10 when “It’s a multimillion-dollar part that only goes into
the MEU command element returned to Marine Corps a C-130 if you put [the part’s container] on its side,”
Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. he said.
“At any point in time, we were in eight to 10 countries, It was a top priority. They had to get that helicopter
supporting our partners” and spread out on ships over out in time and back aboard ship.
1,800 miles, he said. That included a mechanized force “We were racing the clock,” said Capt. Brian “Scott”
of about 600 Marines that offloaded from Harpers Ferry Villiard, the 13th MEU public affairs officer. “We only
with tanks, AAVs and artillery for the Jordan exercise, had country clearance to be in [UAE] for a certain peri-
and MEU Marines conducting short-notice sustainment od of time,” and the ships were scheduled to leave the
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With coordination with Task

Force 51/53, the Boxer ARG/MEU
got the part in hand and had it
cleared by customs, and “within
48 hours, they were able to source
one from another unit,” Embers
said. “When it’s a no-kidding legit
emergency, an emergent require-
ment, people will shift focus and
make sure it gets done. That’s
where you have to be well estab-
lished in the theater” with logistics
support and coordination.
Maintenance at sea is an every-
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day task.
“It’s a continuous effort, in terms
of getting down there and coordinat-
A Landing Craft Air Cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5 enters the well deck
ing with the ship when we can actu-
of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer during well deck operations off the
ally turn vehicles on,” Embers said. coast of Southern California Sept. 28, 2015. Tight confines aboard Amphibious
“Corrosion is a continuous priority Readiness Group ships, and even tighter schedules during deployments, make
effort. On ship, there’s only so much planning, coordination and execution of repairs and maintenance essential.
you can do in terms of maintenance
and corrosion control. So you maximize what you can by filters or new brakes or a scheduled inspection or repair,
continuous topical care … to the point where something and notify the ship if, say, a Humvee needs an oil change.
isn’t a rust bucket and by trying to maintain it as best as “Until I get that vehicle off ship, I can’t truly ascer-
you can, knowing that there’s certain things you’re not tain whether it’s good under load, until it’s driving,”
going to be able to get at.” Embers said. “To mitigate that, we do start-ups three
That means getting Marines to maintain good record- times a week” and Marines look for any corrosion they
keeping with up-to-date information, keeping up with then have to address.
limited technical inspections and preventative mainte- During the 2016 deployment, the 13th MEU held
nance and completing corrective maintenance despite nightly “logistics and maintenance sync” meetings,
whatever limitations they have aboard ship. except on Sundays, usually aboard Boxer with repre-
Still, jam-packed storage decks and shared work- sentatives from each landing force unit and the ship’s
spaces can complicate routine maintenance at sea. supply, deck and combat cargo departments. Their
A 7-ton truck needing new brakes has to be put on counterparts on Harpers Ferry and New Orleans joined
jacks to get the wheels off, risky on a ship moving at in by video teleconference. They would recap the day’s
sea, Heffel said. Marines have to coordinate that work events and look at short- and long-range events to plan.
and liaison with the ship’s combat cargo department, “It kept everybody in the loop,” Heffel said, especially
the ship’s first lieutenant and deck department, and the on seemingly minor issues that could impact others. The
ship’s commanding officer has to approve such work, regular intra-ARG talks came in handy when the Boxer
especially since it requires the vehicle to be unchained. ARG and 13th MEU were directed on short notice to the
“It’s not as simple as the Landing Forces decides UAE for a sustainment exercise, rather than to Kuwait as
to do these things by themselves,” he said. “It takes a original plans called. The Marines ashore needed Meals
significant participation from a lot of people to come Ready to Eat, which the MEU drew from its stocks on
together and make sure it goes down safely.” New Orleans, which in turn got replenished from stocks
Despite the cramped spaces, Marines underway have kept in Kuwait and transported by replenishment ship.
to ensure their vehicles can operate — and even start. Each MEU is responsible for ordering its parts and
When at sea, during the workups and deployment, equipment. High-priority parts usually get the ships and
two to three times a week, Heffel said, the ARG’s ships other Navy commands involved. No MEU deploys with
schedule a vehicle start-up and turn on the ventilation every repair or replacement part it needs for a deploy-
systems for the cargo decks. The Marines start every ment, however, since there is a finite amount of space
vehicle to make sure they run and do their preventative available on the amphibious ships.
maintenance checks. That is the time for the units to Every unit has to consider: Do you know what
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“Units want to know, what’s the mission and what
ship?” Heffel said. They cannot bring everything they
think they need, since “they have to share a space with
other units.”
So they have to prioritize, he said, which “kind
of forces people to consider, what do they absolutely
need? What is the mission requirement to do my job?”
Some items can be put on another ship, or left
behind. Units often coordinate with each other to
share items or even space, he said, noting that at-sea
predeployment workups help units validate and tweak
their loads and supplies and determine any backup or
contingency plans.
The MEU commander decides what capabilities —
including spares in its Class IX parts block — to bring
and, working with the Navy, how to spread it across
the ARG, weighing risk vs. gain on what they need and
how they will manage it when ashore and within the
confines of operating on a ship.
“You have the balance between bringing enough
of what you need but not bringing so much that you
can’t move around and you can’t do any kind of main-
tenance,” Embers said. Commanders consider not just
what they need but “that whatever they bring, they can
also maintain.”
With the MEU load spread across three ships, espe-
cially when operating in different locations and the-
aters, ship-load plans must be a detailed accounting of
personnel, equipment and repair parts.
“It’s definitely a challenge,” Embers said. “We are
looking at, logistically, how are we going to support and
sustain [each mission].”
Crafting that load plan is not new science, but each
deployment — and the load on each ship — is dif-
ferent. Equipment has gotten heavier, bulkier, bigger,
especially with added armor since the combat oper-
ations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many newer vehicles
and aircraft, too, are bigger and their larger footprints
take up more space on the decks, and extra weight
adds up when calculating tonnage and weight balances
on ships and ramps.
Each non-armored Humvee is heavier and wider with
protective doors, for example. The ship load planning
“becomes a game of inches,” Heffel said. “It may not
sound like a big deal when you’re talking about a vehicle
being 6 inches wider, but you multiply that over 50, 60
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or 70 vehicles in a ship, and now you’re significantly
increasing the footprint that’s required.”
For the 2016 deployment, the 13th MEU did not take
the LVSR, the Logistics Vehicle System Replacement, a
heavy-wheeled tactical vehicle used to haul contain-
ers, fuel, cargo, pallets and bridging equipment, but
instead took 7-ton trucks, the Medium Tactical Vehicle
Replacement (MTVR), to fill that need.
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“It made our Class IX block more focused,” Embers
said, noting MTVRs share some repair parts with
Hum­vees.
Determining the amount of spares to bring — those
items take up space, too — is “one of the hardest ones
to get right, and to plan for, size wise,” Embers said. It
helps to decide what parts to take and where to stow it
or decide to get those once in theater. “It’s one of the
things you have to get right,” he added.
When vehicles or equipment breaks, it helps to have
that part close at hand. Embers saw that first-hand
during a 2010 deployment with the 15th MEU and the
USS Peleliu ARG.
The Marines grappled with an inoperable M1A1 tank
engine and transmission while the ARG/MEU was in
Fifth Fleet. To fix it, they would have to get a power
pack, weighing 7 tons, from the now-decommissioned
Peleliu, otherwise the tank would remain deadlined. The
big concern was that, without repair, it would be harder
to get it fixed as the ARG/MEU continued transiting east.
“We were fortunate that we had brought that power
pack — the 14,000-pound thing — onboard, loaded
up on a [7-ton] truck. We were able to tow the tank to
the well deck, once all the landing craft went out, drive
the re­pair part right up next to it and use the recovery
vehicle to replace it,” recalled Embers, the 15th MEU’s
ground com­bat element’s logistics officer at the time.
“That was a very specific, very fortunate, circumstance.
I wouldn’t know how we would have repaired that tank
[otherwise]. It would have had a negative impact on the
offload, for sure.
“We had purposefully brought that piece of equip-
ment … rather than have it prepositioned in theater,”
he added. “Not all MEUs bring the full power pack,
because the usage data is not high. But we did.” n
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. William Sutton prepares to weld
a CH-53E Super Stallion’s oil tank aboard the amphibious
assault ship USS Essex at sea in the Pacific Ocean May
30, 2015.
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Execution on Time,
On Budget
The Navy’s ship maintenance boss is point man for NAVSEA’s No. 1 priority

Rear Adm. James P. Downey only has been in his current job for
a few months, double-hatted as commander, Navy Regional Maintenance
Center (CNRMC), and deputy commander, Surface Warfare, in Naval
Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

As CNRMC, he oversees the Navy’s four Regional Maintenance Centers

(RMCs) and two detachment sites in their execution of surface ship
maintenance and modernization, and is responsible for coordinating the
depot- and intermediate-level maintenance of the Navy’s surface fleet.
He is responsible for resourcing the many requirements necessary to
meet the demanding schedule of ship maintenance availabilities that
keep the Navy’s warships materially ready for action.

In his NAVSEA billet, Downey oversees the programs responsible

for the life-cycle management of the Navy’s in-service surface ships,
including critical modernization and maintenance efforts, as well as
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Foreign Military Sales, training and inactivation programs.

Educated in economics and computer science, Downey qualified as a

surface warfare officer on a destroyer before becoming an engineering duty officer. He has had assign-
ments managing development and integration programs, including program chief engineer for the CVN
21 Gerald R. Ford-class carrier and major program manager for the CG(X) next-generation cruiser. Most
recently, he was program manager for the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG 1000) program,
which led to the delivery of the lead ship earlier this year.

Downey discussed the challenges of fleet maintenance with Managing Editor Richard R. Burgess.
Ex­cerpts follow:

Vice Adm. Thomas J. Moore, NAVSEA’s com-
mander, has stated his No. 1 priority is getting
ships and submarines out of maintenance
availabilities on time. How can your command
make that happen?
DOWNEY: My job is to get all of the maintenance and
modernization work done on time, on budget. That is
really part of what is necessary to achieve the Navy’s
priorities, the CNO’s [chief of naval operations’] “Design
for Maintaining Maritime Superiority,” and part of that is
the ships and their capability of operating from the sea.
To do that, I’ve got to get them to the point where they
are ready to go to sea. His [Moore’s] priorities directly
flow from the CNO [Adm. John M. Richardson] and
from the assistant secretary of the Navy for Research,
Development and Acquisition [Sean J. Stackley].
As we relate to those requirements, a key part of
that “on time, on budget” is getting the requirements
right, [as well as] getting the resources to people and
the money to match those requirements; putting the
processes in place to execute that work; plan and
execute the work with industry via an acquisition

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strategy and set of contracts aligned with the risk of
those availabilities.
Another key part of that is managing that baseline.
As you go through the planning and requirements pro-
cess, how do we control the configuration? How do we
add where it’s appropriate because of the late-breaking
issues or operational requirements, but maintaining
that baseline so people can achieve success? It’s got to
be a disciplined, well-planned process with account-
ability throughout. And much of it, of course, we exe-
cute with the private shipyards.
How do you hold people accountable in this
business?
DOWNEY: You’ve got to be fair in that process to hold
them accountable. The first thing, though, is is it execut-
able? I’ve got to make sure that they’re enabled to achieve
success. And give them the tools to execute. That is key
in being fair in the accountability process.
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We go through the planning status or the availability
execution status of each ship with the RMCs and with
industry on a very routine basis. We go through our
critical ships that are at certain points in their avail-
abilities on a daily basis, whether they are in Norfolk,
San Diego or forward deployed. The critical work is
reviewed on a daily basis, [comparing] our plan versus
actual progress of the avail. We review complete fleet
status every week. On a monthly level, we go through
the whole fleet status and complete financial status
with the fleet that funds the maintenance availabili-
ty and back to OPNAV [Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations] that funds the modernization.
A big piece of this is transparency on the effort. Do we
have the data on how we are performing? We hold folks
accountable on how they actually are executing. What are
those commanders doing to adjust to meet that schedule?
Much of that is done via direct communications with
myself and my flag officer counterparts in the fleet.
For some time now, we have instituted a very senior
review process for when we are attempting to add
something to a work package during the process. Much
of what we do in surface execution falls under Surface
Team One, co-led by [Vice Adm. Thomas S.] Rowden
[commander, Surface Forces] and my boss, Vice Adm.
Moore. They see the status of all jobs, whether in
planning or execution, every month. We make the
adjustments, whether it’s an availability adjustment, a
schedule modification or a contract modification via
those discussions on a monthly basis.
What metric do you use to measure perfor-
mance?
DOWNEY: We go through the planning milestones and
execution milestones for every hull on a weekly basis:
the planned date to achieve, the actual date achieved,
the forecast on the upcoming dates. We go through the
financial execution in the same manner: the plan to
execute the budget; have we gotten all the money; the
current execution of that money; the forecast of any
surplus or deficits. Then we go into the technical work,
the jobs that affect the completion or the next mile-
stone of the ship as well as the return to the fleet. Are
there any technical, material or labor resource issues
with those jobs? Why are you claiming X percent com-
plete versus Y percent planned?
If you’re not executing to your plan in the sequence
of work, but you’re gaining progress by working in
other areas, that is not necessarily a good indicator of
success. We specifically go through the critical path
of the work and make sure that the plan and achieved
progress is against the actual sequence of the work
plan. It is a detailed process with lots of metrics per
labor, per material and per overall progress.
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The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens sits pierside at BAE Systems Ship Repair San Diego Aug. 3 while undergoing a
Special Selected Restricted Availability. The availabilities for cruiser modernization include upgrades to the hull, mechan-
ical and electrical systems, and combat systems suite.
Why is the Navy shifting away from Multi-Ship/
Multi-Option (MSMO) contracts?
DOWNEY: For our lead yards, that strategy started in
the 2014 timeframe. In the past, it was more a cost-
plus type of approach on the contracting under MSMO.
That fit the requirements in those periods and there
were multiple elements involved in that contracting:
the material, the planning and the execution of the
work. Going from MSMO to where we are heading —
firm, fixed-price contracts — was one piece.
We also separated out the planning. We hired
third-party planners across the classes of ships, three dif-
ferent contracts. We did that on all the lessons learned
on the work that has been going on over the last decade,
to determine goals for returns on investment on our
planning products so that we’re not essentially funding
repeat planning for every availability. Part of that 2014
strategy was to start to separate the work related to the
risk to get these avails done and start to address overall
goals of the Navy related to cost effectiveness. That was
awarded and we’re about 18 months into that now.
We’ve awarded multiple ships under firm, fixed-
price for several different reasons. When you have a
cost-plus situation, appropriate in certain situations, it
sometimes has opportunity for managing less-defined
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work or adding work to the packages in an easier man-
ner. From fixed-price efforts, you have to be more spe-
cific on the work you’re requesting industry to execute.
You’ve got to have that agreement firm, upfront, agreed
to and specified in the contract.
On a goal of achieving on time, on budget, a general
approach really isn’t going to get you there. So it really
does fit in with the effort that, if we’re going to change
the contract, we need a contract structure that is very
visible that things are changing, and firm, fixed-price
certainly allows that.
Another element is to give more of the tools to
industry, specify the work we want them to do and let
them move forward with that. In some regards, they
are more in control of executing the package and it’s a
bit harder to add changes to the contract. You have to
be more definitive.
Another piece was to promote competition. We have
had some significant competition in the firm, fixed-
price area and we see positive trends at the end of the
prior MSMO and into today on cost performance. The
cost performance is getting better and is getting much
closer to the budget with fewer overruns. That is start-
ing to manifest more in the firm, fixed-price results
that we’re seeing.
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It also helps us forecast the workload per port or ships while they are underway and how we can help
per type of ship. If we have to be specific enough to them troubleshoot if it is a ship we can’t fly out to or
get under contract in the firm, fixed-price area, we get aboard.
certainly need to know how much work is there and We’ve also added an operations center type of capa-
how many hours are involved. It certainly is a contrac- bility specifically in our larger areas such as Norfolk.
tual tool that allows us to do that — be more defin- There is a manned operation center that allows my
itive on what we’re contracting for, putting industry commanders to see the status of the fleet requests, of
more in control of their destiny on that execution. It the operations of the ship from a technical perspective,
helps us on the “on-time, on-budget” side both in the and to respond as quickly as possible. We’ve also mir-
constraints in the contract and forecasting how much rored that so the watch here at NAVSEA headquarters
work we have. can inform me on any issues in the fleet via watch
officer, in addition to the commanding officer of the
What progress has been made in improving RMC directly calling me. We’ve tried to increase the
intermediate maintenance capabilities? situational awareness of our larger RMCs, which then
DOWNEY: The more you improve on intermedi- become the places that can flex to support the smaller
ate [I-level] maintenance, the less you will have in regional areas where needed.
unplanned work, whether it is equipment breaking We’ve also increased some of the tools they have
down or items that we find as we go through the open- at the forward-deployed locations to give them bet-
and-inspect process in the availability. ter quick repair capability. We are looking at some
On the workforce side, my predecessors have done other common functions such as forward-deployed
a great job in right-sizing the organization for what we diving capability in the Mediterranean and toward
need overall in that workforce. The RMCs have grown the Bahrain area where we’re seeing trends on repeat
to a total of 6,000 to 7,000 people — about half of that need for work.
military, many of them heavily involved in the I-level
maintenance.
We’ve spent a significant amount of time over the
last five-plus years on improving the training for those
Sailors in the RMCs: how to take care of the equipment,
how to operate in the technical area, but more so how
to maintain it in a manner where they get qualified and
then they have the ability to teach the ship’s crew how
to maintain their equipment. The program has grown
by about 400 percent since the 2008-2009 time frame.
The program also helps them keep up with the latest
technologies that are coming into the fleet. The more
we improve on I-level, the more the ship is able to take
care of itself as well as project what work they need
from us when they’re coming into an availability. It
plays a major part in helping us help the ship achieve
its planned service.

Are any changes under way to improve the

RMCs’ capability to provide fleet technical
support?
DOWNEY: As I said, we’ve grown the RMCs quite a
bit. We’ve aligned the technical trades and ratings and
capabilities in the homeports to the ships based there.
We have growth yet to do in the forward-deployed areas.
We have a very stable and reactive workforce out at
Naples [Italy] as well as Rota [Spain]. We’re at about
60 percent of where we plan to be in Bahrain. We have
more billets to fill out in that area directly related to the
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ships that deploy to that region. In addition, we have

focused heavily on direct communications with the

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What workforce concerns do you have?
DOWNEY: With the amount of maintenance and mod-
ernization work, it is important to have a predictable,
planned and stable workforce. This includes the right
resources, tools, training systems, information tech-
nology infrastructure — for example, instituting cyber
security on ships and shipboard systems — to support
a right-sized workforce.
Right-sizing the RMC workforce has been at the
forefront of our efforts at CNRMC since the command’s
establishment in 2010. Since that time, the Navy has
been increasing the number of Sailors at the RMCs and
Intermediate Maintenance Facilities [IMFs], which
aligns with our manning at each site. We remain on
track in our efforts to grow our Sailor workforce, and
our focus includes repopulation of Sailors at overseas
maintenance facilities.
Over the next few years, the number of Sailors
assigned to the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance
Center [FDRMC] detachments will continue to increase
to meet the demand schedule for shipboard mainte-
nance and repairs. During fiscal year 2016, the number
of Sailors assigned to FDRMC grew from 150 to 210,
with a plan to grow to 217 Sailors in 2017, which is
projected to meet our manning goals.
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Within the RMCs, the challenge in front of us is to
balance the needs of today’s Navy while ensuring flexi-
bility to meet the needs of tomorrow’s Navy. Therefore,
it becomes operationally critical to maintain the cur-
rent level of manning at the RMCs in order to ensure
implementation and execution of our Navy Afloat
Maintenance Training Strategy and Maintenance Assist
Team programs, which incorporate hands-on training
with actual work accomplishment. These programs
develop ‘confident and competent’ maintenance war-
riors fully capable of completing myriad repair and
maintenance functions at both the maintenance facili-
ties and afloat commands.
How are you handling the growing fleet of litto-
ral combat ships (LCSs)?
DOWNEY: I am responsible for all the maintenance and
modernization programs in the Navy for surface ships
with the exception on the programmatic side of LCS.
The LCS maintenance program still exists within PEO
[Program Executive Office] LCS. I support that PEO
via my RMCs and I’m responsible for executing the
strategy of that program.
Right now, it’s very hard to differentiate them from
any other ship class in the Navy. Part of that main-
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tenance strategy includes contractors from the LCS As one of two organizations that comprise NAVSEA’s
program that do maintenance because of the [small] Team Ships, we also have a responsibility to work
crew size and, in that regard, my RMCs oversee those side by side with PEO Ships to share lessons learned
contractors on the maintenance and the RMCs are and best practices with our new construction partners.
learning more and more about how to execute that Maintenance and modernization go directly together. You
maintenance. There will be significant growth in their can’t execute on time, on budget if you don’t have your
ports — Mayport [Fla.] and San Diego. We have efforts hands around the total scope of what is getting executed.
under way to similarly grow our workforce in accor- That part I see as a key enabler on the teams work-
dance with the build and fielding plan for LCS to take ing together and achieving the goals of the Navy. It is,
care of that additional work. certainly, a huge honor to be in a position to lead that
effort for the Navy. n
How does the surface mainte-
nance enterprise contribute to
the affordability of the fleet?
DOWNEY: CNRMC has direct
responsibility for the life-cycle sup-
port for more than half of the fleet.
With an annual allowance of $2
billion to $4 billion per year, we
absolutely affect the affordability
of the fleet — which is also one of
Vice Adm. Moore’s three strategic
priorities. In addition to the sur-
face fleet, we provide support to
carriers and submarines.
The primary underpinning to an
affordable fleet — and the success-
ful execution of the Navy’s 30-year
shipbuilding plan — is our abili-
ty as maintenance stakeholders to
execute the technical maintenance
and modernization requirements to
reach ships’ expected service life
(ESL). This ESL mission requires
maintenance stakeholders and
ships’ company to have disciplined
and integrated engineering strate-
gies that include an aggressive cor-
rosion control program at the orga-
nizational, intermediate and depot
levels. This ensures the right main-
tenance is programmed, planned
and executed over a ship’s life cycle
with the proper oversight and qual-
ity control rigor in place.
Additionally, any delay in com-
pleting maintenance availabilities
not only has the potential to result
in additional cost, but lost opera-
tional days for Navy ships, which,
in turn, compresses time avail-
able for training and reduces ships’
operational availability to combat-
ant commanders.

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Training Maintainers
Tight budgets, technological advances fuel innovative solutions

By NICK ADDE, Special Correspondent

with what they have — often with

Necessity Breeds Invention outstanding results. While doing
more with less is a cliché to some,
At the deck-plate level and in the schoolhouses, Sailors in ship-
it is the norm for them.
maintenance ratings are making do with what they have to miti-
“Now more than ever, we must
gate equipment wear and tear.
train our Sailors to know their
n The work is taking place ashore in intermediate-level production equipment, to know what ‘good’
shops at regional maintenance centers, and onboard some ships looks like, to know what it takes to
in Fabrication Laboratories. keep it there, [and] avoid running
equipment into failure,” Stephanie
n Sailors are employing processes such as computer-aided design
Douglas, executive director of
and additive manufacturing — including 3-D printing — to replace
the Norfolk Naval Station, Va.-
broken parts.
based Commander, Navy Regional
n Innovation in these shops and labs have saved the Navy time Maintenance Center (CNRMC),
and money. said in a statement to Seapower.
The work is taking place ashore
in intermediate-level (I-level) pro-
duction shops at regional mainte-

A
dm. John M. Richardson painted for the
Senate Armed Services Committee a stark
picture of the impact draconian budget con-
straints and 15 years of war have had on the Navy.
“The effects of this high-operational tempo manifest
themselves through increased wear and tear on ships,
aircraft and people,” the chief of naval operations told
the panel during a Sept. 15 hearing. “As we conduct
much-needed repairs, the average amount of work
needed for the 34 ships currently in private shipyards
is exceeding our projections by 35 percent.”
While Richardson’s overall observations were reflec-
tive of the entire Navy community, he made it a point
to specify that keeping ships ready to deploy for seven
months is taking its toll.
“Longer maintenance cycles have operational impli-
cations, and often have a cascading effect,” he said.
How Capitol Hill ultimately reacts to Richardson’s
words of caution remains to be seen, in an era when con-
tinuing resolutions rather than real budgets pay the bills. aided design and manufacturing tools to make almost
At the deck-plate level and in the schoolhouses, how-
ever, Sailors in ship-maintenance ratings are making do
nance centers, and onboard some ships in Fabrication
Laboratories, or Fab Labs, where additive manufactur-
ing — including 3-D printing — is emerging as one of
the latest processes for replacing broken parts.
While technological advances fostered the establish-
ment of both the Fab Labs and I-level production shops,
their emergence is fueled by tight purse strings as well.
Fab Labs have been around a little more than
two years, stemming from an idea that Capt. Steven
L. Stancy, commanding officer of the Mid-Atlantic
Ship Support Activity Regional Maintenance Center
(MARMC) at Norfolk Naval Station, had after reading
an article about 3-D printing.
A typical Fab Lab contains a suite of digital fabrication
and rapid prototyping machines, including a computer
numerical control router, a 3-D mill and scanner, a vinyl
cutter, a laser cutter, an electronics workbench, a 3-D
printer, and the accompanying software and computers.
“This equipment allows students to use computer-
anything they can imagine,” said Lt. Gregory Dejute, the
3-D project officer at MARMC.

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Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Ashley Figert uses a 3-D printer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in
the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 27, 2015. Truman has been outfitted with a version of a Fabrication Laboratory, or Fab Lab. A typical
Fab Lab contains a suite of digital fabrication and rapid prototyping machines, including a computer numerical control router,
a 3-D mill and scanner, a vinyl cutter, a laser cutter, an electronics workbench, a 3-D printer, and software and computers.

In those two years, the center has made significant
in­
roads toward employing the process to generate
replacement parts:
n At Naval Surface Weapons Center Dahlgren, Va.,
civilian engineer Steve Peterson designed a project
to develop a printable hydraulic jack adapter that is
used in lifting gas turbine engines to replace resilient
mounts. Even though the initial product had a couple
of glitches, they were quickly corrected in a machine
shop and the changes were adapted in a final printable
design. The initiative saved the Navy significant man-
hours and materials.
n Sailors from MARMC’s Fab Lab adapted a six-week
course taught by the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, developing a three-hour, hands-on learn-
ing protocol. Conducting two such classes a week, the
Sailors were able to teach comrades how to use 2- and
3-dimensional software, 3-D printers and laser cutters to
manufacture functional parts.
n Another group of Sailors from the center followed
up on a Board of Inspection and Survey safety report
by developing a throat guard design for the commercial
grade garbage disposals aboard littoral combat ships
(LCSs) to keep Sailors’ hands safe and away from the
grind chamber.
They used 3-D printers and polymer to make the
part, which was installed on USS Coronado in San Diego
after the part passed a functionality test at Naval Surface
Weapons Center, Carderock Division, Md. The LCS pro-
gram office now is moving to increase the capability of
manufacturing such parts.
Other success stories include outfitting the aircraft
carrier USS Harry S. Truman and amphibious assault ship
USS Kearsarge with smaller versions of Fab Labs, at a cost
of $10,000 each. Truman’s crew, while on a recent deploy-
ment, used the lab to manufacture a nitrogen-purge kit
to replace a corroded wrap around panel brackets on an
F/A-18 Super Hornet, a plastic adapter for the anesthesi-
ologists to use on a waste gas machine and a radar test-
bench set. The medical gear could prove to save lives. The
test-bench set averted the need to stop work for 10 days.
Truman Sailors also solved a recurring problem that
involved a handset attachment to Hydra radios, which
often broke. The device they came up with, called the
Tru Clip, kept the faulty handsets operating throughout
the deployment.

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“Material cost avoidance was close to $50,000 for a
[three-cent] design,” Dejute said.
Word of the Tru Clip’s success spread quickly. A
version of it later was transferred electronically to
astronauts for use on the International Space Station.
At the I-level maintenance production shops, Sailors
garner hands-on experience aimed at making them
better at fixing systems and equipment. Sailors earn
certification under two separate protocols — the Navy
Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) and
Maintenance Assist Teams.
The program evolved out of necessity, due to chang-
es that took place more than a decade ago. At that time,
the Navy consolidated most Shore Intermediate Main­
tenance Activities. As a result, the number of limited-
duty surface-engineering officers dropped.
“As billets dissolved, the majority of … work previ-
ously done by Sailors migrated to the naval shipyards or
private repair contractors,” Daniel Spagnone, MARMC’s
director of intermediate-level production, said in a state-
ment prepared for Seapower. “More and more Sailors
showed up for shipboard assignments without the knowl-
edge and skills to repair or maintain the equipment.”
Recent budgets allowed for some additional man-
power, I-level maintenance still will lose 709 uni-
TOBY JO RRI N
Lt. Gregory Dejute, 3-D project officer for the Mid-Atlantic
Regional Maintenance Center, shows a radio with the 3-D
printed antenna clip, in blue, dubbed the Tru Clip, during the
Sea-Air-Space Exposition at National Harbor, Md., May 17.
The Tru Clip was designed by USS Harry S. Truman Sailors
to solve the problem of radio handset attachments that
often broke and were expensive to replace. The Tru Clips
can be printed aboard ship for just a few cents apiece.
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formed personnel, with a 20-percent decrease in train-
ing and production as well.
RMCs have had to focus on new forms of training
and deck-plate teaching, with a new focus on develop-
ing ship maintainers rather than mere operators.
Maintenance schedules for ships both underway
and scheduled for maintenance availability are com-
plicated by budget cuts, said Chief Petty Officer Gary
Reed, a hull technician who serves as hull division
production officer at MARMC.
“Properly trained, well-rounded Sailors fill in the
gap between underway schedules and CNO [chief of
naval operations] maintenance availabilities, where
the majority of work is performed at the depot level,”
Reed said in a written statement. “It is imperative that
I-level Sailors provide and receive the highest level of
training” to do the job, he said.
The results of the shift have borne fruit within the
fleet. Statements provided to Seapower by the RMCs
showed that Sailors on the amphibious assault ship
USS Iwo Jima who achieved qualification in I-level
maintenance completed some “necessary repair work”
on the vessel — without help from contractors — that
saved the Navy more than $30,000.
“The NAMTS program provides a challenge. I
like the way it takes me out of my comfort zone to
enable me to continue to learn and explore other JQRs
[job-qualification requirements] and enhance my con-
fidence and repair skills. This really helped me learn
a lot,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class (SW/AW) Kristen
Bishop, a machinist’s mate on Iwo Jima.
Still, tight budgets present serious challenges.
“Reduced funding levels are just one of aspect of the
‘triple whammy’ that the Navy faces,” Richardson said at
the September hearing. “Those cuts come at a time when
continued mission demands result in high operational
tempo, and there is persistent uncertainty about when
budgets will be approved. The combination of these fac-
tors has resulted in Navy incurring substantial ‘readiness
debt,’ just like carrying a debt on a credit card.”
Reed noted that “during budget cuts, Sailors really
suffer because the ordering and receiving of specific
parts can get put on delay. Certain equipment may not
get fixed right away.”
Even though RMCs sometimes can fill the gap
caused by budget cuts, Reed said there are no guar-
antees. Sometimes, specific materials or components
needed for repairs simply are not available.
Still, the training offers participating Sailors the
chance to earn any of 21 Navy enlisted classifications
while they carry out preventive and corrective mainte-
nance on shipboard systems and equipment.
“It’s a win-win for the Sailor and the Navy,” Spag­
none said. n
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Invisible Foe
Navy is developing new ways to fight back against corrosion

By DANIEL P. TAYLOR, Special Correspondent

I
t is the unseen enemy that faces
the U.S. Navy every day, threat- Controlling a Cost Driver
ening to wreak havoc on a ship’s
The Navy is starting to get more sophisticated in how it prevents
hull or even penetrate deep within
corrosion and better limits the inevitable costs as ships age.
the vessel to destroy key compo-
nents: corrosion. n The Surface Maintenance Engineering Planning Program includes
Corrosion costs the U.S. Navy a Corrosion Engineering and Planning Division, which works to
billions of dollars each year, enough develop maintenance strategies to keep a typical ship availability
to allow the service to put a few from being too overburdened with new work related to corrosion.
extra ships in its budget if it no lon-
n New technologies and industry innovations, such as compos-
ger was an issue. And it is a huge
ites, improved paint systems and robotic controls to apply coat-
cost driver — often the biggest —
ings in a more consistent manner, are playing a “major part” in
when it comes to ship maintenance.
combating corrosion on surface ships.
But thanks to changes in how
ships are designed and advances n Potential future advances include self-healing materials that are
in technology, the Navy is starting able to repair themselves somewhat if scratched or scuffed.
to get more sophisticated in how
it prevents corrosion and is able to
better limit the inevitable costs as
ships age. “A key enabler to creating this balance is ensuring
About six years ago, Naval Sea Systems Command requirements are well defined upfront,” Bauer said.
(NAVSEA) created the Surface Maintenance “This allows SURFMEPP to provide effective, predict-
Engineering Planning Program (SURFMEPP) in order able and executable availabilities which reduce risk to
to “provide centralized surface ship life-cycle mainte- duration extensions.”
nance engineering, class maintenance and moderniza- SURFMEPP has seen some real gains when it comes
tion planning and management of maintenance strat- to shipboard tank maintenance. Only 60 percent of the
egies,” Capt. David Bauer, commanding officer of the ballast, bilge and assorted other tanks in the surface fleet
SURFMEPP in Norfolk, Va., said in an e-mail response had reliable data in the Corrosion Control Information
to Seapower questions. Management System (CCIMS) in fiscal 2011, but that
After all, NAVSEA’s No. 1 priority is the on-time increased to about 98 percent in 2016.
delivery of ships and submarines from maintenance and “The baselining of Surface Navy tanks has now
modernization availabilities, and corrosion is a major allowed NAVSEA to accurately project coating survivabil-
factor that can get in the way of that. ity to precisely determine expected coating and structural
Within SURFMEPP is the Corrosion Engineering conditions in advanced planning,” Bauer said. “The 2
and Planning Division, which works to develop main- percent of tanks that are still unknown are branded man-
tenance strategies to make sure workload capacities datory (A1) and programmed into the BAWP [Baseline
and funding are all in balance. It does this by develop- Availability Work Package] process for survey and main-
ing a maintenance strategy to keep a typical ship avail- tenance at the highest priority and not approved for
ability from being too overburdened with new work deferral without technical adjudication by the NAVSEA
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Seaman Cory Anthony, attached to the U.S. Seventh Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge, conducts corrosion control pres-
ervation on a deck rail Dec. 29 during the ship’s Selected Restricted Availability maintenance period at Commander,
Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. Corrosion-related maintenance normally is one of the biggest cost and schedule
drivers for ship availabilities.
NAVSEA also has been able to figure out common
sources of growth in new work, which have been
front-loaded into the Class Standard Work Template so
the issues do not crop up later.
“Front loads with preservation tasks are implement-
ed during the C+115 Corrosion Planning Process,
which occurs for every ship at 115 days after the last
CNO [Chief of Naval Operations] availability con-
cludes,” Bauer said.
The anti-corrosion strategy can vary greatly, not just
in different ship classes, but in different parts of the
ship. Amphibious ships, for example, require well deck
work, while ships with gas turbines require intake and
uptake maintenance and preservation.
Corrosion-related maintenance normally is one of
the biggest cost and schedule drivers for ship avail-
abilities.
“In general, when a ship goes in for depot-level
repairs, corrosion-related maintenance accounts for
approximately a quarter of the overall repairs to be
executed,” Bauer said. “Some of our ship classes also
expend a significant portion of maintenance budgets
for propulsion and power-generation systems, but,
routinely, corrosion-related maintenance and repairs
are in the top five cost drivers across all ship classes.”
However, corrosion-control initiatives have “paved
the way for reducing the cost” of both the ship itself
and day-to-day business.
“Our challenge is to continue to identify the corro-
sion gaps and seams in execution and provide better
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U.S. N AVY
products in advanced planning phases to reduce risk
to schedule and budgets,” Bauer said. “We reduce risk
by working with all levels of stakeholders in the sur-
face warfare enterprise, the technical communities and
operators in the fleet concentration areas, our partners
at the Board of Inspection and Survey to the resource
sponsors at OPNAV [Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations]. It has to be a group effort engagement to
combat corrosion and as an enterprise we are getting
better and better as it relates to programming, planning
and executing surface Navy corrosion maintenance.”
But it is not just better processes. Bauer credited
technology and industry with playing a “major part”
in combating corrosion on surface ships. Innovations
such as using aluminum in superstructures and hulls
has helped the Navy develop new and creative ways to
defeat corrosion. And there are plenty of encouraging
possibilities down the road.
“While many improved paint systems such as Ultra
High Solids have been introduced into the surface fleet,
among the most recent and interesting is the fluidized
bed coating process for watertight doors and louvers,”
he said. “Many are familiar with sending off a water-
tight door to a facility to be powder coated, only to find
the door in a state of flaking and peeling after a bit of
wear and tear. The fluidized bed process dips the entire
door into the coating to ensure full coverage into all of
the smaller crevices and angles. A dipped watertight
door has the capability of providing greater than nine
years of service life without the need for remediation.”
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Steve Kirkup, director of submarine materials engi-
neering at General Dynamics Electric Boat, told Seapower
that there are several techniques the company uses to
combat corrosion. He described a three-pronged effort:
the proper selection of materials for the seawater envi-
ronment, proper corrosion protection via coating sys-
tems and the use of “cathodic protection” in areas where
corrosion-resistant material cannot be used. Cathodic
protection is a technique that protects the metal by
making it the cathode of an electrochemical cell, essen-
tially wrapping it in a “sacrificial metal” that corrodes
instead of the protected metal.
“When we design a ship, obviously we’re going to
have materials exposed to seawater and susceptible to
cor­rosion,” Kirkup said. “NAVSEA and Navy labs all
col­la­borate on how to design a ship to be protected
from cor­rosion using those three methods. But cor-
rosion is one of our primary concerns in that it can
increase mainten­ance periods when a boat comes in for
overhaul. It causes failure of mission equipment, it can
impact the ship at sea and corrosion can at any instant
turn into a very costly re­pair, so it is imperative that we
protect ships from corrosion.”
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When a ship is designed, a corrosion-control plan
is baked in that encompasses those three methods of
protection, from the structure down to the components.
Kirkup said new materials, both metallic and non-
metallic, are showing promise in corrosion control. The
use of composites in ships is growing, replacing the
need for steel plates that have been relied on in the past.
There also is the use of robotic controls to apply coat-
ings in a more consistent manner, resulting in a uniform
surface preparation and application of coatings.
That may sound minor, but it adds up to big savings
over the decades-long lives of the many ships in the
Navy fleet.
Future technologies that are not quite ready for prime
time include self-healing materials, where if the metal is
scratched or scuffed it is able to repair itself somewhat.
And some other technologies are just starting to see
usage in the fleet.
“In this past several years, [the Navy has] started
using high solids paint,” Kirkup said. “They use that in
tanks and preflight areas of ships. At some point, they’d
like to use it on the hull itself. They just need to prove
it’s the right application for it.” n
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Rehab for Hornets
Cecil Field adds capacity to F/A-18 depot maintenance
By RICHARD R. BURGESS, Managing Editor
No Shortage of Work
Boeing Operations Cecil Field augments the Navy’s Fleet
Readiness Centers in maintaining, repairing and modifying the
fleet’s F/A-18 strike fighters.
n The Florida facility processes 40 aircraft per year.
n Boeing is performing F/A-18C+ upgrades for the Marine Corps.
n The maintenance effort helps alleviate the strike fighter shortage.
C
ecil Field, within the boundaries of Jackson­
ville, Fla., was once a busy home to most of
the Navy’s East Coast F/A-18 Hornet strike
fighter squadrons. The naval air station (NAS) was
closed in 1999, selected in the Base Realignment and
Closure process of shedding excess infrastructure after
the Cold War. The Hornet squadrons moved to NAS
Oceana, in Virginia Beach, Va.
But Cecil Field never really closed as an airfield and depot maintenance services for F/A-18 aircraft.
now is a base for the Florida Army National Guard and
the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Squadron
10. It also is the home of maintenance facilities
op­era­ted by aerospace companies such as Northrop
Grumman and Boeing. It is this Boeing facility to
which many Navy and Marine Corps Hornets have
come to receive depot-level maintenance, repair and
modification since 1999.
Two of the Navy’s three Fleet Readiness Centers
(FRCs) — FRC Southeast at NAS Jacksonville, Fla., and
FRC Southwest at NAS North Island, Calif. — “perform
major depot-level work on F/A-18 aircraft, including
High Flight Hour (HFH), Center Barrel Replacement
and Preventative Maintenance Interval 1 events,” Marine
Corps Lt. Col. David Smay, Air Vehicle A-D Integrated
Product Team co-lead at the Navy’s F/A-18 & EA-18G
Program Office at NAS Patuxent River, Md., said in
e-mail responses to Seapower.
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Other depot-level maintenance
on F/A-18s is performed at small-
er FRC field sites at F/A-18 bases
such as NAS Lemoore, Calif.;
NAS Oceana; Marine Corps Air
Station (MCAS) Miramar, Calif.;
MCAS Beaufort, S.C.; and Naval
Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, accord-
ing to Smay. Work on the EA-18G
Growler electronic attack version
of the Super Hornet is performed
at FRCs at NAS Whidbey Island,
Wash., and North Island.
Even with all that support, the Navy calls upon the
defense industry to provide depot-level maintenance
to its F/A-18 fleet. The Boeing operation at Cecil Field,
along with L-3’s facility in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada,
provide an important supplement to the Navy depots
in keeping the aging Hornet fleet airborne. Naval Air
Systems Command (NAVAIR) administers indefinite-
delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts that provide
“The depots are all treated alike and the work is
divided between the Boeing, L-3 and Navy organic
FRC depots based on the type commander’s needs,”
Smay said.
“Boeing has four major modification programs
that it performs at its facilities at Cecil Field,” Steve
Waltman, Boeing Cecil Field site director, said in
e-mail responses to Seapower. “The High Flight Hour
program inspects, repairs and incorporates modifica-
tions on F/A-18A-D aircraft to extend the life of the
aircraft to potentially 10,000 hours. The F/A-18C+
Program reconstitutes F/A-18Cs and upgrades the
avionics on 22 aircraft that have been preserved and
stored in the desert at AMARG [the Air Force’s 309th
Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the
Defense Department’s outdoor aircraft storage facility
at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.] and eight fleet
F/A-18Cs that will be flown into Cecil Field for the
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Boeing operates a facility at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Fla., where many Navy
and Marine Corps F/A-18 aircraft receive depot-level maintenance, repair and
modification. The Cecil Field operation, along with L-3’s facility in Mirabel,
Quebec, Canada, provide an important supplement to the Navy depots in
keeping the aging Hornet fleet airborne.
modification. The F/A-18 Blue Angel program converts
F/A-18C/D aircraft from fleet aircraft to aerial demon-
stration aircraft. Finally, the F/A-18E/F Phase program
provides modifications to Super Hornet aircraft.”
The HFH effort is the most extensive work done by
Boeing Cecil Field.
“An average of 40 F/A-18 A-D Hor­net aircraft receive
various types of depot-level maintenance at Boeing’s
Cecil Field facility each year,” Smay said. “Boeing Cecil
Field produces approximately 10 HFH aircraft per year.
This total does not include non-HFH depot work, nor
does it include F/A-18E/F depot events.”
The time it takes to overhaul an F/A-18 varies wide-
ly. Cycle time depends on the scope of work requested
by NAVAIR and ranges from several months to over a
year, Waltman said.
Smay said there is no significant cost differential
between the HFH work done by Boeing Cecil Field and
the nearby FRC Southeast at NAS Jacksonville. The
two organizations closely communicate on a regular
basis, Smay said.
“High Flight Hour events exhibit a significant vari-
ation in cost from one to the next due to the large
degree of variability in material condition and resultant
findings requiring repair from one aircraft to the next,”
he said. “With that in mind, the total cost per aircraft
of executing HFHs at OEM [original equipment manu-
facturer, like Boeing] depots is approximately the same
as at the organic FRCs.”
For the F/A-18C+ program, Boeing will be mod-
ifying aircraft to provide the Marine Corps with the
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most current capabilities. The C+
modifications include avionics and
weapon systems upgrades such as
the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing
System and an updated flight-deck
display, Waltman said.
“Boeing has completed two C+
modifications and has several oth-
ers currently in work,” Smay said.
The Defense Contract Manage­
ment Agency (DCMA) ensures
quality assurance and acceptance
of the aircraft after depot inspec-
tions and repairs are complete.
Once the F/A-18s are ready for
post-maintenance check flights, it
B O EIN G
is naval aviators who take them
aloft to check out the quality of the
depot’s work, as required by the
governing contracts.
“DCMA maintains active-duty
billets for Navy and Marine Corps
pilots for oversight of the entire
process, to include check flights and final aircraft
acceptance on behalf of the Navy,” Smay said.
Boeing inducted its first Hornet for repair and
modification work in 1999 and began inducting Super
Hornets in early 2005, Waltman said. As of October, it
had completed work on 869 F/A-18A-F aircraft.
“The quality of work performed at Boeing Cecil
Field is equivalent to the high standard of work exhib-
ited by any organic FRC,” Smay said.
The depot work on F/A-18s has received extensive
attention from government officials since the Budget
Control Act of 2011 went into effect and slowed the
ability of the service-operated depots to keep the Navy
and Marine Corps F/A-18s, in particular, in flying con-
dition, thereby exacerbating a fleet-wide strike fighter
shortage.
“Boeing is mitigating the [Navy/Marine Corps] strike
fighter inventory shortage by augmenting the FRCs
with inspections and repairs on F/A-18A-F aircraft at
our Cecil Field depot facility,” Waltman said. “Our
efforts are complementary to the FRCs and our work
scope is closely aligned. There has not been a signifi-
cant impact [from the budget shortfalls on Boeing Cecil
Field] although it poses challenges. Typically, there is
sufficient work-in-process and advance planning to
allow for uninterrupted effort during that time.”
Boeing is likely to keep its workforce at Cecil Field
busy for years to come.
“The large volume of depot events required by the
F/A-18 and decades of very high utilization is precise-
ly what drove the Navy to augment existing organic
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FRC capacity by procuring depot

maintenance services from multi-
ple OEMs,” Smay said. “We antic-
ipate the need to augment organic
FRC with depot capacity will con-
tinue for the next several years at a
minimum.”
Boeing officials declined to state
the number of workers employed
at Cecil Field.
“This Boeing team is focused on
providing solutions to our Navy/
Marine Corps customers out-of-
reporting [aircraft status] sit-
uation,” Waltman said. “We are
working collaboratively to improve
our processes through technology
insertion, employee involvement
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ideas and working directly with

our customer. Daily, this team goes Boeing technicians work on an F/A-18 Hornet at the company’s Cecil Field
above and beyond to support the facility. The company performs four major modification programs at the facility
needs of the warfighter.” n and, as of October, had completed work on 869 F/A-18A-F aircraft since 1999.

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U. S. N AVY
MEMBERSHIP
DIRECTORY

U. S. MA R IN E C O R PS
T he 2016 edition of Seapower’s Corporate Member­
ship Directory is a comprehensive source for infor-
mation on 106 leading firms in the defense and maritime
industries. The Navy League’s corporate membership
includes the top systems, services, equipment and
technology providers to the departments of Defense,
Homeland Security and Transportation, as well as
embassies of allied nations and nonprofit organizations.

U.S. C OA S T G UA R D
Seapower’s Corporate Membership Directory is the
informed source for the business of defense, providing
decision-makers in the administration, the Pentagon and
on Capitol Hill access to vital statistics on the nation’s
naval, maritime and defense industrial base.
On the following pages, each of the directory’s al-
phabetically listed entries includes the firm’s leadership
and contact information, as well as lines of business,
products and services.
The Navy League’s 26 Corporate Gold members are
listed with the company logo, and the entries include
additional information, such as 2015 defense revenue
figures and recent major defense contracts.
The 46 Business Associate members are listed at
the end of this directory.
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901D LLC
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
360 Route 59
Tallman, NY 10982
PHONE NUMBER: (845) 369-1111
WEBSITE: www.901d.com/
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: 901D’s engi-
neered and integrated military-specification prod-
ucts support a wide range of applications. Its prov-
en solutions are based on modular, low-cost designs
that enable the deployment of commercial, off-the-
shelf (COTS)-based systems in harsh environments.
Access Intelligence LLC/
Defense Daily
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
9211 Corporate Blvd., 4th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
PHONE NUMBER: (301) 354-2000
WEBSITE: www.defensedaily.com
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Defense Daily is a
daily publication for business leads and defense mar-
ket intelligence in land, sea, air and space initiatives.
AECOM
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
20501 Seneca Meadows Parkway, Suite 300
Germantown, MD 20876
PHONE NUMBER: (301) 944-3100
WEBSITE: www.aecom.com
Michael S. Burke, chairman and chief executive
officer (CEO)
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: AECOM serves
every branch of the Department of Defense (DoD),
the intelligence community, the Departments of Ener-
gy, Homeland Security, Transportation and Health and
Human Services, as well as NASA and other federal
agencies. The company provides information systems
management, systems engineering and technical
assistance to develop and acquire weapons systems,
and maintains and repairs vehicles, aircraft and other
military equipment to extend service life. AECOM
services range from planning and design through
construction and operations and maintenance to
decommissioning and closure. AECOM also modern-
izes weapons systems, refurbishes military vehicles
and aircraft, trains pilots, and manages military and
government facilities and ranges.
Aerojet Rocketdyne
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 13222
Sacramento, CA 95813-6000
PHONE NUMBER: (916) 355-4000
WEBSITE: www.rocket.com/
Scott Seymour, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Aerojet Rocket-
dyne is a world-recognized aerospace and defense
leader providing propulsion and energetics to the
space, missile defense, strategic, tactical missile and
armaments areas in support of domestic and inter-
national markets.
Agility Defense & Government
Services
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1725 Duke St., Suite 450
Alexandria, VA 22314
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 417-6000
WEBSITE: www.agility.com
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Agility Defense
& Government Services (DGS) is the public-sector
arm of Agility. It provides complete supply-chain
management, logistics services and commodity ser-
vices to defense and government customers. With
more than 550 offices in 100 countries, Agility DGS
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ACCENTURE
FEDERAL SERVICES
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203
CEO: David Moskovitz
FOUNDED: 2001
LINES OF BUSINESS: Accenture Fed-
eral Services is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Accenture LLP, a global professional
services company, providing a broad range
of services and solutions in strategy, con-
sulting, digital, technology and operations,
with more than 358,000 people serving
clients in more than 120 countries.
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 947-2000
WEBSITE: www.accenture.com/federal
POINT OF CONTACT: Vince Vlasho
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 7,200
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Accenture
Federal Services transforms bold ideas
into breakthrough outcomes for clients at
defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian
and military health organizations.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Accen-
ture’s federal business has served every
cabinet-level department and 30 of the
largest federal organizations.
and its parent offer a network of land, sea and air
transportation capabilities, including warehousing
and storage, providing defense and government cus-
tomers with one-stop supply chain solutions.
Airbus Defense and Space Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2550 Wasser Terrace, Suite 9000
Herndon, VA 20171
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 466-5600
WEBSITE: http://northamerica.airbus-group.com/
Michael Cosentino, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Airbus Defense
and Space Inc. is part of the Airbus Group Inc. Air-
bus Defense and Space provides aerospace, defense,
homeland security and related services to the DoD
and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The company’s advanced TRS-4D AESA radars are
aboard the Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) and
the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC)
operates the TRS-3D radar, which will be proposed
for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC). It also sup-
plies secure voice encryption devices for use on
DoD networks as well as providing HC-144A Ocean
Sentry maritime patrol aircraft to the Coast Guard.
The company’s helicopters make up more than 70
percent of the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet, serve as
training aircraft for the Navy, and fly missions for
the Army, National Guard and Customs and Border
Protection. The company also is the prime contrac-
tor for the UH-72A Lakota helicopter.
Alcoa Defense
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1050 K St. NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20001
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 956-5300
AMERICAN
MARITIME
PARTNERSHIP
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1601 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20006-1600
BOARD CHAIRMAN: Thomas
Allegretti
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 661-3740
WEBSITE: www.americanmaritimepart-
nership.com/
POINT OF CONTACT: Mark Ruge
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Ameri-
can Maritime Partnership is a broad-based
coalition assembled to represent the
domestic maritime industry. Its 450-plus
members span the country and its territo-
ries and include vessel owners and oper-
ators, shipboard and shore-side unions,
shipbuilders and repair yards, equipment
manufacturers and vendors, dredging and
marine construction contractors, trade
associations, other coalitions, pro-defense
groups, and companies and organizations
in other modes of domestic transportation.
WEBSITE: www.alcoa.com/defense/en/home.asp
Eric Roegner, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Alcoa Defense
brings technical prowess, a legacy of affordable
manufacturing solutions, uncompromising field
performance and institutional stability to the global
defense marketplace. No matter the operating envi-
ronment — air, land, sea — Alcoa Defense creates
and delivers lighter, faster, stronger structural solu-
tions that make good economic sense.
Applied Research Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804-0030
PHONE NUMBER: (814) 865-6343
WEBSITE: www.arl.psu.edu
Paul E. Sullivan, director
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Penn State’s
Applied Research Laboratory is the U.S. Navy Uni-
versity Affiliated Research Center.
A.T. Kearney Public Sector
& Defense Services LLC
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1050
Arlington, VA 22209
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 247-8900
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Johan Aurik, managing partner and chairman of
the board
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: A.T. Kearney
has worked with many of the DoD’s largest pro-
grams and is positioned to assist the DoD across
several key areas: improving program effectiveness
and affordability amid continued funding reduc-
tions, reducing program acquisition and sustain-
ment costs without sacrificing mission readiness
and operational availability, increasing supply-chain
cost transparency and balancing the risk across
prime and subcontractors, managing and reducing
the complexity of large-scale programs, recapital-
izing an aging and obsolescent asset base with a
cost-effective approach, and upgrading and retain-
ing human capital to meet today’s needs.
Austal USA
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
100 Addsco Road
Mobile, AL 36602
PHONE NUMBER: (251) 434-8000
WEBSITE: www.austal.com
Craig D. Perciavalle, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Austal USA
is the prime contractor for both the U.S. Navy’s
Independence-variant LCS and expeditionary fast
transport (EPF) programs.
Aydin Displays
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1 Riga Lane
Birdsboro, PA 19508
PHONE NUMBER: (866) 367-2934
WEBSITE: www.spartonre.com/brands/aydin/
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Aydin Displays,
a Sparton company, is a provider of display manu­
facturing technology in the industrial, defense,
marine and air traffic control markets. From rug­
ged­ized equipment in military applications to
marine displays to legacy cathode ray tube solutions
and long-lasting air traffic control displays, Aydin
provides quality, reliability and commitment.
Babcock International Group
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
33 Wigmore St.
London W1U 1QX UK
PHONE NUMBER: +44 (0)20 7355 5300
WEBSITE: www.babcockinternational.com
Mike Turner, chairman
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Babcock is the
U.K.’s leading naval support business and a key
strategic partner to the U.K. Royal Navy and Minis-
try of Defence. It also provides equipment and ser-
vices to the Canadian Navy, the Australian Navy, the
Spanish Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1600 Commerce St.
Boulder, CO 80301
PHONE NUMBER: (303) 939-6222
WEBSITE: www.ballaerospace.com
Robert D. Strain, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Ball Aerospace
& Technologies provides solutions to the most
demanding challenges facing the DoD and major
prime contractors. Ball Aerospace develops inno-
vative and first-to-market sensor, low-observable
antennas and electro-optical equipment. NATO Sea-
Sparrow, Tomahawk, Advanced Medium-Range Air-
to-Air Missile, E-2D, Harpoon, HC-144A, F/A-18,
EA-18G and F-35 Lightning II are but a few of the
ongoing naval production programs within Ball.
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BAE SYSTEMS INC.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 2000
Arlington, Va. 22209
PRESIDENT AND CEO: Jerry DeMuro
FOUNDED: 1999
RECENT MAJOR DEFENSE CON-
TRACTS: Contract for the engineering
and manufacturing development phase of
the U.S. Marine Corps’ Amphibious Com-
bat Vehicle program, contracts to overhaul
and upgrade Mk45 naval guns on U.S.
Navy guided-missile destroyers, U.S. Navy
ship repair and modernization contracts,
contract to modernize weapon launch plat-
forms on U.S. and allied submarines.
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 312-6100
WEBSITE: www.baesystems.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Charles
McCullough, director, maritime business
development
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 82,500
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: In the Unit-
ed States, BAE Systems Inc. delivers a full
range of products and services for naval, air
and land forces, from advanced electronic
systems to intelligence analysis and cyber
operations, from amphibious vehicles and
weapon systems to the maintenance and
modernization of ships, aircraft and critical
infrastructure. As one of the top 10 sup-
pliers to the DoD, BAE Systems supports
Sailors and Marines with advanced gun
systems and munitions, electronic commu-
nications, identification systems and sensor
technologies for naval warfare.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Elec-
tronic Systems: Data links and high-capacity
radios, network-centric operations and
communications; combat identification
and identification friend-or-foe systems;
electronic warfare and countermeasures;
reconnaissance and surveillance systems;
tactical systems and sensors; avionics and
space subsystems; digital flight controls;
vehicle management systems; full-authority
digital engine controls; and power and drive
electronics. Intelligence & Security: Imagery
processing and exploitation systems; imagery
reconnaissance ground stations; sensor-
to-shooter integration and applications; mis-
sion planning and targeting systems; enter-
prise architecture and investment manage-
ment; network operations and support; intel-
ligence analysis; project management and
systems engineering; test range operations;
and operations and maintenance subsystem
integration and logistics. Platforms & Ser-
vices: Naval gun system design and produc-
tion; missile launcher and canister systems;
intelligent, precision and extended range
artillery munitions; armaments and indirect
fire systems; armored combat and recovery
vehicle systems; ship repair and conversion,
modernization, maintenance and corrosion
control services; munitions management and
production; warfighter equipment; vehicle
and aircraft seating systems and armor pro-
tection; and visual integration laboratories
and system integration facilities.
THE BOEING
COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
100 N. Riverside
Chicago, IL 60606
PRESIDENT: Dennis A. Muilenburg
PHONE NUMBER: (312) 544-2000
WEBSITE: www.boeing.com
FY 2015 REVENUE: $96.1 billion
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Boeing
offers EA-18G Growler, F/A-18 E/F Super
Hornet, P-8A Poseidon, V-22 Osprey,
C-40 Clipper, C-32A executive transport,
KC-46A Pegasus, F-15 Eagle, AH-64D
Apache, CH-47 Chinook, AH-6I Little
Bird, E-10A multi-sensor command and
control aircraft, Blackjack, ScanEagle,
Echo Voyager Extra Large Unmanned
Undersea Vehicle, Echo Ranger Large Dis-
placement Unmanned Underwater Vehi-
cle, Echo Seeker Unmanned Underwater
Vehicle, Harpoon, SLAM-ER, Joint Direct
Attack Munitions, Small-Diameter Bomb,
aerospace support, electronic warfare sys-
tems, C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment
Partnership, Future Imagery Architecture,
Global Positioning System, Ground-based
Midcourse Defense, homeland security
and services, cyber, International Space
Station, satellite systems, space payloads
and Boeing Capital Corp.
Barco Federal Systems LLC
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
3059 Premiere Parkway, Suite 100
Duluth, GA 30097
PHONE NUMBER: (678) 475-8080
WEBSITE: www.barco.com
Eric Van Zele, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Barco, a global
technology company, designs and develops visu-
alization products for a variety of selected profes-
sional markets. Barco has its own facilities for sales
marketing, customer support, research and develop-
ment, and manufacturing in Europe, North America
and the Asia Pacific.
Battelle Memorial Institute
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1550 Crystal Drive, Suite 601
Arlington, VA 22202
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 416-5834
WEBSITE: www.battelle.org
Jeffrey Wadsworth, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Battelle is the
world’s largest independent research and develop-
ment organization, working to advance scientific
discovery and application. It is accelerating inno-
vation by bringing people, science and technology
together. From education and laboratory manage-
ment to national security and energy, environment
and material sciences to health and life sciences,
Battelle provides innovative solutions to address the
world’s most pressing needs and partners with gov-
ernment, industry and communities.
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BOOZ ALLEN
HAMILTON
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, VA 22102
PRESIDENT AND CEO: Horacio D.
Rozanski
FOUNDED: 1914
LINES OF BUSINESS: Management,
engineering and technology consulting
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 203-3748
WEBSITE: www.boozallen.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Dick
Lohrmann, principal
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 22,600
FY 2015 REVENUE: $5.41 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Booz Allen
Hamilton has been at the forefront of stra­te­gy
and technology for more than 100 years. To­-
day, the firm provides management and tech­
nology consulting and engineering ser­vi­ces
to leading Fortune 500 corporations, go­vern­
ments and not-for-profits across the globe.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Booz
Allen partners with public- and private-
sector clients to solve their most difficult
challenges through a combination of
consulting, analytics, mission operations,
technology, systems delivery, cyber security,
engineering and innovation expertise.
Bell Helicopter
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
3255 Bell Helicopter Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76118
PHONE NUMBER: (817) 280-2011
WEBSITE: www.bh.com
Mitch Snyder, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Bell Helicopter,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., is a
producer of commercial and military, manned and
unmanned vertical-lift aircraft and the pioneer of
the revolutionary tiltrotor aircraft. Globally recog-
nized for customer service, innovation and quality,
Bell’s workforce serves customers flying Bell aircraft
in more than 120 countries.
Bosch Automotive Service
Solutions Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
Lahnstraße 34-40
60326 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
PHONE NUMBER: +44 (151) 2373200
WEBSITE: www.boschservicesolutions.com
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Established in
1985 as a monitoring center and provider of com-
munication services, Bosch Service Solutions ranks
among the leading international suppliers of Busi-
ness Process Outsourcing solutions for complex,
technology-driven services. In addition, it develops,
implements and operates new and innovative busi-
ness models in cooperation with clients.
British Naval Staff
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
3100 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20008
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PHONE NUMBER: (202) 588-6500
WEBSITE: www.gov.uk/government/world/
organisations/british-defence-staff-in-the-usa
Maj. Gen. Richard Cripwell, defence attaché, USA
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Assistance and
guidance provided to the U.S. Navy and industry
for engagement with the Royal Navy and the U.K.
defense sector.
C5 Technologies
CACI
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1025 Connecticut Ave. NW #904
Washington, DC 20036 1100 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22201
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 466-4211
PRESIDENT AND CEO: Kenneth Asbury
WEBSITE: http://c5technologies.org/
Charlie McBride, founder and president FOUNDED: 1962
LINES OF BUSINESS: Business sys-
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: C5 was created
tems, command and control, communica-
to utilize DoD’s Other Transaction Authority to
tions, cyber security, enterprise IT, health,
serve as a platform for public/private collabora-
tion, enabling its members to work with the DoD intelligence services, intelligence systems
and support, investigation and litigation
and other federal agencies in providing research
support, logistics and material readiness,
and development of critical technologies that
surveillance and reconnaissance
meet and advance the government’s needs and
capabilities to sustain U.S. military supremacy in PHONE NUMBER: (703) 841-7800
the command, control, communications, comput- WEBSITE: www.caci.com
ers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance POINT OF CONTACT: Anthony W.
(C4ISR) arena. Lengerich, vice president and client
executive
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 20,000
Caterpillar Inc. FY 2016 REVENUE: $3.7 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: CACI pro-
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
vides information solutions and services
501 S.W. Jefferson Ave.
in support of national security missions
Peoria, IL 61630
and government transformation for intel-
PHONE NUMBER: (888) 614-4328
ligence, defense and federal civilian cus-
WEBSITE: www.cat.com
tomers. A Fortune World’s Most Admired
Doug Oberhelman, chairman and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Caterpillar Company in the IT services industry,
manufactures construction and mining equipment, CACI also is a member of the Fortune
diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas 1000 Largest Companies. CACI provides
turbines. The company is a technology supplier dynamic career opportunities for military
for construction, transportation, mining, forestry, veterans and industry professionals to sup-
energy, logistics, electronics, financing and electric port the nation’s most critical missions.
power generation. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: CACI’s
information solutions and services help
customers safeguard national security;
CFM International Inc. support critical decision-making to counter
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
global threats; keep the nation’s armed forc-
es informed, equipped and mission-ready;
6440 Aviation Way
West Chester, OH 45069 transform government to enhance the qual-
ity of services; and modernize government
PHONE NUMBER: (513) 552-6411
WEBSITE: www.cfmaeroengines.com
to more efficiently meet national challenges.
Jean-Paul Ebanga, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: CFM Inter-
national sells and supports the CFM56 family of
high-bypass turbofan jet engines for Airbus and
Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Boeing applications, including commercial deriv-
atives. CFM combines the resources, engineering (CFC)
expertise and services of two major aircraft engine
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
manufacturers: Snecma (SAFRAN Group) of France
6200 S. Gilmore Road
and General Electric in the United States. More
Fairfield, OH 45014-5141
than 7,200 aircraft in 30 applications use CFM56
PHONE NUMBER: (513) 870-2000
engines, including the U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury,
WEBSITE: www.cinfin.com
C-40A Clipper and P-8A Poseidon.
Kenneth W. Stecher, chairman of the board
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Business, home-
Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd. owner, auto and personal liability insurance are
available from Cincinnati Insurance Co.’s property
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS: casualty group. Life and disability income insurance
Meadowhall Road and annuities are available from The Cincinnati Life
Sheffield Insurance Co. CFC Investment Co. supports the
S9 1BT insurance subsidiaries and their independent agent
United Kingdom representatives through commercial leasing and
PHONE NUMBER: +44 (0) 1142 427 500 financing activities.
WEBSITE: www.chesterfieldcylinders.com/
Mike Pinder, managing director
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Chester- The Cohen Group
field’s core activity in the oil and gas market is
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
the supply of air pressure vessel assemblies for
500 Eighth St. NW, Suite 200
motion-compensating systems used on deep-water
Washington, DC 20004
offshore cranes, deep-water semi-submersible rigs
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 863-7200
and drill ships.
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CLARION EVENTS
LTD.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
4200 Wisconsin Ave., #106-231
Washington, DC 20016
CEO: Lee Arevian
FOUNDED: 1947
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 398-1185
WEBSITE: www.clarionevents.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Lee Arevian
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Clarion
Events is a global events producer, managing
nearly 300 events each year in 15 countries
across a variety of sectors. The defense and
security portfolio is Clarion’s largest single
market and includes the Defence & Security
Equipment International in London, and
LAAD Defence & Security in Brazil. Clarion
is growing in a number of markets including
the United States, and manages the Navy
League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime
Exposition as well as staging the Border
Security Expo each year in San Antonio.
WEBSITE: www.cohengroup.net
William S. Cohen, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The Cohen
Group provides global business consulting services
and assists clients with strategic planning and
implementation, public policy, regulatory matters,
relationship building with private- and public-sector
partners, organizational development, investment
decision making, and advice on tactical and strate-
gic opportunities in virtually every market.
Connected Workplace Solutions
(CWPS)
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
14120-A Sullyfield Circle
Chantilly, VA 20151
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 674-3236
WEBSITE: www.cwps.com
Jason Waldrop, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: CWPS is one
of the Washington region’s leading technology
partners supporting full-service voice and data
networks, storage and virtualization, IT upgrades
and integration, and business communications. The
company supports businesses and the public sector
with a full range of products, turnkey solutions and
professional services.
Crowley Maritime Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
9487 Regency Square Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32225
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 344-4003
WEBSITE: www.crowley.com
Thomas B. Crowley Jr., president
FY 2015 REVENUE: $2 billion
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Over the past
124 years, Crowley has developed a portfolio of
services to support the U.S. government’s operations
both domestically and abroad. Crowley provides
bundled vessel management solutions for Military
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COBHAM ADVANCED
ELECTRONICS
SOLUTIONS
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 625
Arlington, VA 22202
PRESIDENT: Jill Kale
FOUNDED: 1934
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 414-5300
WEBSITE: www.cobham.com/caes
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: more than 12,000
FY 2015 REVENUE: $822 million
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Cobham
has three divisions specializing in the
provision of components, subsystems and
service. The company offers an innovative
range of technologies and services to solve
challenging problems in harsh environ-
ments across commercial, defense and secu-
rity markets, from deep space to the depths
of the ocean, specializing in meeting the
growing demand for data, connectivity and
bandwidth. The company has employees on
five continents and customers and partners
in more than 100 countries.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Elec-
tronic warfare, radio frequency, microwave
and high-reliability microelectronics,
antenna subsystems, motion-control solu-
tions, and manufacturing and radiation
testing services
Sealift Command; the Maritime Administration,
as part of the Government’s Ready Reserve Force
(RRF) Program; and Naval Sea Systems Command.
The group also provides services including custo-
dial services for vessels seized by U.S. government
agencies; naval architecture and marine engineering;
project management; specialized towing operations;
specialty cargo moves; full transportation logistics;
and a host of other offerings tailored specifically for
the diverse needs of the government.
Cubic Global Defense
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
9333 Balboa Ave.
San Diego, CA 92123
PHONE NUMBER: (858) 277-6780
WEBSITE: www.cubic.com/global-defense
David H. Buss, president
FY 2015 REVENUE: $864.2 million
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Cubic Global
Defense is a provider of live, virtual, constructive
and game-based training solutions, special opera-
tions, mission support and intelligence for the Unit-
ed States and allied forces in more than 35 nations.
Dell EMC
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2300 Greenlawn Blvd.
Round Rock, TX 78664
PHONE NUMBER: (512) 338-4400
WEBSITE: www.dell.com
Michael S. Dell, chairman of the board and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
Dell Technologies is Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA,
SecureWorks, Virtustream and VMware. The com-
pany is a collective force of innovative capabilities
that provides technology solutions and services that
accelerate digital transformation. Dell EMC pro-
CURTISS-WRIGHT
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
13925 Ballantyne Corporate Place, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28277
PRESIDENT AND CEO: Dave Adams
FOUNDED: 1929
PHONE NUMBER: (704) 869-4600
WEBSITE: www.curtisswright.com
FY 2015 REVENUE: $2.2 billion
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Curtiss-
Wright is a diversified, multinational pro-
vider of highly engineered, technologically
advanced products and services across
three segments — Commercial/Industrial,
Defense and Energy — that support several
of the largest, most vital industries in the
world. The company’s highly engineered,
innovative products and services are recog­
nized for their advanced technology and
unsurpassed reliability.
vides the foundation to help modernize, automate
and transform data centers with industry-leading
servers, storage, cloud computing solutions and
converged infrastructure technology.
Deloitte Federal
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1919 N. Lynn St.
Arlington, VA 22209
PHONE NUMBER: (571) 882-5000
WEBSITE: www.deloitte.com/us/federal
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Deloitte serves
U.S. government clients using a mix of industry
insight and public-sector experience. Deloitte’s
capabilities across diverse disciplines help agen-
cies tackle problems from many dimensions and
enhance their own abilities to make the most of
change. Deloitte’s breadth of capability encompasses
consulting, financial advisory, audit and enterprise
risk, and tax services.
Eaton Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1111 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
PHONE NUMBER: (216) 523-4521
WEBSITE: www.eaton.com
Craig Arnold, chairman and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Eaton is a glob-
al technology leader in electrical components and
systems for power quality, distribution and control;
hydraulics components, systems and services for
industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel,
hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial
and military use; and truck and automotive drive-
train and power-train systems for performance, fuel
economy and safety.
Elbit Systems of America LLC
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
4700 Marine Creek Parkway
Fort Worth, TX 76179-6969
PHONE NUMBER: (817) 234-6600
WEBSITE: www.elbitsystems-us.com
Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO
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DRS TECHNOLOGIES
INC.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22202
CEO: William J. Lynn III
FOUNDED: 1968
LINES OF BUSINESS: DRS Technolo-
gies has three business groups. The Global
Enterprise Solutions group has a strong
focus on global satellite communications
and network infrastructure services. The
C4ISR group combines intelligence and
sensor fusion businesses. The Maritime
and Combat Support Systems group pro-
vides stem-to-stern naval and maritime
capabilities to all naval and maritime
customers.
RECENT MAJOR DEFENSE CON-
TRACTS: Ohio-Class Replacement/
Columbia electric drive contracts, Con-
solidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise
Services, Cooperative Engagement Con-
cept, LCS anti-submarine warfare Variable
Depth Sonar, LPD 28 support systems (fan
coils, electrical distribution, conversion).
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 416-8000
WEBSITE: www.drs.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Michael
Mount, senior director of public affairs
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: DRS
products for military forces include Com-
mon Shipboard Data Terminal Sets, naval
voice communications systems, shipboard
infrared search-and-track system sensors,
radar systems, rugged displays, consoles,
workstations and processing systems, power
conversion, distribution and conditioning
equipment, motor controls and drives, com-
plex battery systems, heating, ventilation
and air conditioning equipment and hybrid-
electric drive solutions. DRS holds leading
marketing positions in thermal imaging
devices, night-vision equipment, combat
display workstations, electronic sensor
systems, power systems, air combat training
systems, mission recorders, deployable flight
incident recorders, environmental control
systems, telecommunication systems,
satellite communications, aircraft loaders,
military trailers and shelters, and integrated
logistics support services markets.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Elbit Systems of
America provides high-performance products and
system solutions focusing on the defense, homeland
security, commercial aviation and medical instru-
mentation markets.
The Embassy of Australia
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1601 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 797-3000
WEBSITE: www.usa.embassy.gov.au/
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The Embassy
of Australia’s Office of the Naval Attaché provides
maritime force advice to the head of the Australian
Defence Staff, Washington, and is the chief of the
Navy’s representative in North America.
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The Embassy of Canada
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 682-1740
WEBSITE: http://can-am.gc.ca/washington
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The government
of Canada is investing in its armed forces and contrib-
uting to the defense and security of North America.
Through the implementation of the National Ship-
building Procurement Strategy, Cana­da will deliver
ships for the men and women of the Royal Canadian
Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard needed to pro-
tect the security and interests of Canadians into the
future. This work also will bring long-term economic ERNST & YOUNG
benefits to the marine and related sectors in commu- LLC
nities across Canada.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
8484 Westpark Drive
Emerson-Kato Engineering McLean, VA 22012
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS: GLOBAL CHAIRMAN AND CEO:
2075 Howard Drive Mark Weinberger
North Mankato, MN 56003 FOUNDED: 1903
PHONE NUMBER: (507) 625-4011 PHONE NUMBER: (703) 747-1000
WEBSITE: www.katoengineering.com WEBSITE: www.EY.com
Gary Burandt, president TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 212,000
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Kato Engineer- FY 2015 REVENUE: $28.7 billion
ing designs and manufactures generators (alterna- CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Ernst &
tors), motor-generator sets and controls for prime, Young (EY) is a global leader in assurance,
standby and peak-shaving power. Kato supplies tax, transaction and advisory services,
alternators in the 200-kilowatt to 25-megawatt helping build trust and confidence in the
range and is a key supplier to the U.S. Navy. capital markets and in economies the world
over and playing a critical role in building a
better working world for its people, for its
Energy Focus clients and for its communities.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: EY
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
32000 Aurora Road combines private sector-leading practices
Solon, OH 44139 with an understanding of the public sector’s
PHONE NUMBER: (440) 715-1300
diverse needs, focusing on building organi-
WEBSITE: www.energyfocusinc.com/
zations’ capability to deliver improved pub-
James Tu, president and CEO lic services. Its Government & Public Sector
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Energy Focus is
brings together teams of highly skilled pro-
a leading provider of energy-efficient LED lighting fessionals from assurance, tax, transaction
products and a developer of energy-efficient light- and advisory services.
ing technology.
Engility Corporation
WEBSITE: www.fairbanksmorse.com
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS: Marvin Riley, president
4803 Stonecroft Blvd. PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Fairbanks
Chantilly, VA 20151 Morse is a strategic partner and a trusted source
PHONE NUMBER: for application-specific, fuel-flexible power systems
(703) 833-8300 that deliver optimal performance in mission-critical
WEBSITE: www.engilitycorp.com applications. These applications include power
Lynn A. Dugle, CEO generation, base load and standby power plants,
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Engineering and and emergency backup power for nuclear plants;
technology life-cycle support, program and business and ship propulsion and shipboard power for the
support and specialized technical consulting. U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and commercial vessels.
Fairbanks Morse’s reliable engine drive solutions
also can be found in a wide range of municipal,
ESRI
institutional and industrial applications.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
380 New York St. PLEASE SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 19
Redlands, CA 92373
PHONE NUMBER: (909) 793-2853
WEBSITE: www.esri.com General Atomics Aeronautical
Jack Dangermond, president Systems Inc.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: ESRI supports
many global communities that are using geograph- HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
ical information systems to increase spatial literacy, 14200 Kirkham Way
protect the environment and assist with disaster Poway, CA 92064
response. PHONE NUMBER: (858) 312-2810
WEBSITE: www.ga-asi.com
David R. Alexander, president of Aircraft Systems
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: General Atom-
FAIRBANKS MORSE ENGINE ics Aeronautical Systems, an affiliate of General
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS: Atomics, delivers situational awareness by provid-
1220 12th St. SE, Suite #G010 ing remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radar,
Washington, DC 20003 and electro-optic and related mission systems
PHONE NUMBER: (800) 356-6955 solutions for military and commercial applications
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FLUOR
CORPORATION
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1110
Arlington, VA 22201
CHAIRMAN AND CEO: David T. Seaton
FOUNDED: 1912
LINES OF BUSINESS: Fluor is one
of the world’s largest engineering, pro-
curement, construction, maintenance
and project management companies. It
serves customers in a variety of industries,
including chemicals and petrochemicals;
equipment; general manufacturing; gov-
ernment projects; life sciences; microelec-
tronics; mining; oil and gas; operations
and maintenance; power; telecommuni-
cations; and transportation infrastructure.
Active across six continents, Fluor works
with governments and multinational
companies to design, build and maintain
many of the world’s most complex and
challenging projects.
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 351-1204
POINT OF CONTACT: Karolyn Stuver,
director of strategy
WEBSITE: www.fluor.com/business_
segments/government
FY 2015 REVENUE: $18.1 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Fluor has
customers within the DoD, DHS and Depart-
ment of Energy, and is a top provider for
delivering complex projects and contingency
operations in remote and austere environ-
ments. Fluor delivers mission-critical logis-
tics support services, contingency response,
critical infrastructure, site management, and
facility operations and maintenance to the
U.S. government at sites around the world.
Fluor provides base operations support and
other services for the DoD, DHS and Jobs
Corps. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers, Fluor restored power in Iraq, deliver-
ing new power-generation plants and adding
500 megawatts to the power grid in just 90
days. Fluor continues to support the Army
Corps of Engineers in Iraq with operations,
maintenance and life-support services, and,
through the U.S. Army’s LOGCAP Program
IV contract, delivers construction, operations
and maintenance, logistics and life-support
services to troops throughout Afghanistan.
For the U.S. Navy, Fluor provided infrastruc-
ture improvements, including new telecom-
munications facilities and roads, to centralize
Pearl Harbor Naval Base operations in
Hawaii. Fluor is rated among the best in
Ethisphere magazine’s Government Con-
tractor Ethics Program and has been named
one of G.I. Jobs’ Top 100 Military Friendly
Employers nine years in a row.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Fluor’s
broad resource base allows it to offer cus-
tomers a complete range of services for every
stage of a project’s life cycle. These include
project management, conceptual and feasi-
bility studies, site selection, master planning,
project development, architectural and engi-
neering design, construction management,
procurement, construction, maintenance and
technical services.
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GE MARINE
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1 Neumann Way
Cincinnati, OH 45215
VICE PRESIDENT, MARINE OPER-
ATIONS: Brien Bolsinger
FOUNDED: 1882
LINES OF BUSINESS: Aviation, indus-
trial, transportation, health care, finance,
infrastructure
PHONE NUMBER: (513) 552-5400
WEBSITE: www.geaviation.com/marine
POINT OF CONTACT: Dave DePauw,
director of sales and market development
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: about 300,000
worldwide
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: GE is a
glo­bal infrastructure, finance and media
com­pany. From aircraft engines and power
ge­neration to financial services and medical
imag­ing, GE operates in more than 100
countries.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: GE
Marine is one of the world’s leading man-
ufacturers of marine propulsion systems,
products and services, including aero-
derivative gas turbines ranging from 6,000
to 57,300 shaft horsepower.
worldwide. The company’s Aircraft Systems busi-
ness unit is a designer and manufacturer of RPA
systems, including Predator A, Predator B/MQ-9
Reaper, Gray Eagle, and the new Predator C Aveng-
er and Predator XP. It also manufactures a variety
of solid-state digital ground control stations (GCS),
including the next-generation Advanced Cockpit
GCS, and provides pilot training and support ser-
vices for RPA field operations. The Mission Systems
business unit designs, manufactures and integrates
the Lynx Multi-mode Radar and Claw sensor con-
trol and image analysis software into both manned
aircraft and RPA. It also focuses on providing inte-
grated sensor payloads and software for ISR aircraft
platforms and develops high-energy lasers, electro-
optic sensors and meta-material antennas.
Gibbs & Cox Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2711 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22202
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 416-3600
WEBSITE: www.gibbscox.com
Chris Deegan, president and chief executive
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Gibbs & Cox
is an independent naval architectural and marine
engineering firm that provides naval architect,
engineering and computer-aided design services to
U.S. and international navies, government agencies,
shipyards, commercial companies and owners.
Glenair Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1211 Air Way
Glendale, CA 91201
PHONE NUMBER: (818) 247-6000
WEBSITE: www.glenair.com/
GENERAL ATOMICS
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
3550 General Atomics Court
San Diego, CA 92121
CEO: J. Neal Blue
FOUNDED: 1955
LINES OF BUSINESS: General
Atomics (GA) specializes in diversified
research, development and manufacturing
in defense, energy and other advanced
technology arenas.
RECENT MAJOR DEFENSE CON-
TRACTS: Long-lead materials procure-
ment for Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch
System and Advanced Arresting Gear for
CVN 79 carrier; railgun power supply mod-
ules; safe Lithium-ion Fault-Tolerant bat-
tery systems and Aluminum Power System.
PHONE NUMBER: (858) 455-3000
WEBSITE: www.ga.com
POINT OF CONTACTS: Meghan Ehlke,
strategic communications, Electromagnetic
Systems; Lisa Petrillo, strategic communica-
tions, Energy and Advanced Concepts.
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 2,100
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: GA has been
recognized for its ability to meet major mul-
tidisciplinary technical challenges, resulting
in world-class, first-of-a-kind equipment for
critical defense and energy requirements.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Electro-
magnetic aircraft launch system, advanced
arresting gear, electromagnetic railgun
technologies, hazardous waste and weapons
destruction, signature control, power invert-
ers, pulsed power systems, fault tolerant
high-energy lithium ion battery systems
being reintroduced to the fleet and innova-
tive fuel cell power systems with in-situ gen-
eration of hydrogen along with specialized
energy and power storage solutions.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Glenair Inc.
began operations in 1956 as the first company
specifically founded to produce electrical connector
accessories. Building on that foundation, it now
offers a dozen full-spectrum product lines designed
to meet every interconnect requirement, including
a broad range of military-qualified and commercial
connectors, including the MIL-DTL-38999 Series III
and ultralight Series 80 Mighty Mouse.
Grant Thornton Public Sector
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
333 John Carlyle St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 837-4400
WEBSITE: www.grantthornton.com/publicsector
Carlos A. Otal, managing partner
FY 2015 REVENUE: $190 million
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Grant Thornton
Public Sector helps executives and managers at all
levels of government maximize their performance
and efficiency in the face of ever-tightening budgets
and increased demand for services. The company
gives clients creative, cost-effective solutions that
enhance their acquisition, financial, human capital,
IT data analytics and performance management.
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GENERAL DYNAMICS
CORPORATION
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100
Falls Church, VA 22042
CEO: Phebe N. Novakovic
FOUNDED: 1952
LINES OF BUSINESS: General Dynam-
ics is an aerospace and defense company
that offers a broad portfolio of products and
services through its Marine Systems, Infor-
mation Systems and Technology, Combat
Systems and Aerospace groups.
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 876-3000
WEBSITE: www.generaldynamics.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Lucy Ryan
FY 2015 REVENUE: $31.5 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: General
Dynamics delivers products and services in
business aviation; combat vehicles, weap-
ons systems and munitions; C4ISR solu-
tions and IT services; and shipbuilding.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Gen-
eral Dynamics operates globally through
four business groups. General Dynamics’
Marine Systems group designs, builds and
supports nuclear-powered submarines,
surface combatants and auxiliary and
combat-logistics ships for the U.S. Navy,
and Jones Act ships for commercial cus-
tomers. The group is a key player in the
following U.S. Navy programs: Virginia-
class submarines, the next-generation
ballistic-missile submarine to replace the
Ohio class, Arleigh Burke-class and
Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers,
and Expeditionary Mobile Base auxiliary
support ships. The Information Systems
and Technology group provides technolo-
gies, products and services that address a
wide range of military, federal/civilian and
commercial information systems require-
ments. The group is providing advanced
fire-control systems for Navy submarine
programs; combat and seaframe control
systems and lead systems integrator for
Independence-variant LCS; electronic sys-
tems for the EPF; Advanced Mission Com-
puters in the Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet and
AV-8B Harrier aircraft; full-system life-cycle
support for Navy cyber operations; and
ruggedized computing and networking
equipment under the CHS-4 and NET-
CENTS programs. Combat Systems’ prod-
ucts include wheeled combat and tactical
vehicles; main battle tanks and tracked
combat vehicles; weapons systems, arma-
ment and munitions; and maintenance
and logistics support and sustainment
services. The Aerospace group designs,
manufactures and outfits a comprehensive
family of Gulfstream business jet aircraft,
and provides aircraft services and performs
completions for aircraft produced by other
original equipment manufacturers.
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 2206, M/S A-01
Savannah, GA 31407
PHONE NUMBER: (912) 965-3000
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HEWLETT PACKARD
ENTERPRISE
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
3000 Hanover St.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
CEO: Meg Whitman
FOUNDED: 2015
LINES OF BUSINESS: Applications
services, business process outsourcing, IT
outsourcing and industry solutions
PHONE NUMBER: (800) 474-6836
WEBSITE: www.hpe.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Marilyn
Crouther, senior vice president and gener-
al manager, HPE, Enterprise Services, U.S.
Public Sector
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 240,000
FY 2015 NET REVENUE: $103.4
billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: HPE is
the provider of technology solutions cus-
tomers need to optimize their traditional
IT while helping them build the secure,
cloud-enabled, mobile-ready future that
is suited to their needs. It offers servers,
storage, networking, converged systems,
software and services, combined with its
financing solutions. Additionally, HPE
develops solutions that will help the
Navy reduce network vulnerabilities,
drive standardization through network
consolidation.
WEBSITE: www.gulfstream.com
Mark L. Burns, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Gulfstream
Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gen-
eral Dynamics, designs, develops, manufactures,
markets, services and supports technologically
advanced business jet aircraft. Gulfstream has
produced more than 2,000 aircraft for customers
around the world since 1958. It offers a compre-
hensive fleet, comprising the wide-cabin, high-
speed G150; the large-cabin, mid-range G280;
the large-cabin, mid-range G350; the large-cabin,
long-range G450; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range
G500; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range G550; and
the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650. Gulf-
stream also offers aircraft ownership services via
Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales. The company
employs more than 11,500 people at 11 major loca-
tions, including Appleton, Wis.; Brunswick, Ga.;
Dallas; Las Vegas; Lincoln and Long Beach, Calif.;
West Palm Beach, Fla.; Westfield, Mass.; Luton,
England; and Sorocaba, Brazil.
Harris Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1025 W. NASA Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32919
PHONE NUMBER: (800) 442-7747
WEBSITE: www.harris.com
William M. Brown, chairman, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Ultra-reliable,
secure communications products, systems and ser-
vices for U.S. and international naval forces.
HONEYWELL
INTERNATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
115 Tabor Road
Morris Plains, NJ 07950
CEO: David M. Cote
FOUNDED: 1885
LINES OF BUSINESS: Honeywell is
one of the largest U.S. defense contractors,
with content on aircraft, helicopters, sub-
marines, aircraft carriers and surface ships,
precision-guided munitions, tanks and
landing craft. It is a world leader in facility
infrastructure improvement and guaranteed
energy efficiency solutions, navigation, flight
controls and management systems, cockpit
products and systems, advanced electronics,
and power and landing systems for military
and commercial aircraft worldwide. From
aircraft carrier and amphibious strike groups,
and ballistic missile defense to biofuels,
performance-based logistics, condition-based
maintenance, fielded systems support
services and energy savings performance,
Honeywell has the diversity and breadth of
product lines, support services and experi-
ence to provide the performance solutions
today’s Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard
and Merchant Marine customers require.
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 662-2639
WEBSITE: www.honeywell.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Michael Seifert,
director, Navy Programs
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 127,000
FY 2015 REVENUE: $38.5 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Honeywell
International is a Fortune 100 diversified
technology and manufacturing leader,
serving customers worldwide with aero-
space products and services; control tech-
nologies for buildings, homes and indus-
try; automotive products; turbochargers;
and performance materials.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
Honeywell is a leading global supplier of
aircraft components, engines, avionics and
related products and services for military,
commercial, and business aircraft and
spacecraft as well as biofuels for DoD and
commercial use. Honeywell also has con-
tent on and supports aircraft, helicopters,
submarines, aircraft carriers and surface
ships, precision-guided munitions, tanks
and landing craft.
Hutchinson Aerospace & Industry
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
82 South St.
Hopkinton, MA 01748
PHONE NUMBER: (508) 417-7000
WEBSITE: www.hutchinsonai.com
Bob Anderson, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Hutchinson
(formerly Barry Controls) was founded in 1943 to
solve shock and vibration problems for the U.S.
military. Since that time, Hutchinson has evolved
into a world leader in development of unique
and custom solutions for shock attenuation and
vibration isolation mounting systems. Hutchinson
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INGALLS
INDUSTRIES
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
4101 Washington Ave.
Newport News, VA 23607
CEO: Mike Petters
FOUNDED: 2011
LINES OF BUSINESS: Shipbuilding,
engineering and manufacturing
RECENT MAJOR DEFENSE CON-
TRACTS: Selected to perform the major-
ity of the contract design work for the U.S.
Navy’s amphibious warfare ship replace-
ment, or LX(R), as part of the contract to
build the amphibious assault ship LHA 8;
contract to purchase long-lead materials
for a ninth U.S. Coast Guard NSC; con-
tract for nuclear propulsion and complex
modernization work on the aircraft carrier
USS Harry S. Truman; contract for advance
planning for the construction of the
third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
Enterprise; contract modification to fund
construction of the Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer DDG 123
PHONE NUMBER: (757) 380-2000
WEBSITE: www.huntingtoningalls.com
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 35,000
2015 REVENUE: $7 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Huntington
Ingalls Industries (HII) is America’s largest
military shipbuilding company and a provid-
er of engineering, manufacturing and man-
agement services to the nuclear energy, oil
and gas markets. For more than a century,
HII’s Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding
divisions in Virginia and Mississippi have
built more ships in more ship classes than
any other U.S. naval shipbuilder.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Build-
ing the next generation of aircraft carri-
ers, the Gerald R. Ford class; refuel and
complex overhaul of all nuclear-powered
Nimitz-class aircraft carriers; inactivation
of aircraft carriers; Virginia-class nuclear
attack submarines; DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-
class Aegis guided-missile destroyers; LPD
17 San Antonio-class amphibious transport
dock ships; LHA-class amphibious assault
ships; and Coast Guard Legend-class NSCs.
carries an extensive line of COTS and modified
COTS products, but also provides unique solutions
to challenging aerospace and military application
ranging from turbine generators; torpedo ejection
systems; guidance units; targeting and missile warn-
ing systems; aircraft avionics; missile launch and
transportation/storage systems; and ground vehicle
drive trains, suspension and cooling systems.
IBM
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1 New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504-1722
PHONE NUMBER: (914) 499-1900
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WEBSITE: www.ibm.com
Virginia M. Rometty, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Consulting ser-
vices, software and hardware solutions.
IHS
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
110 N. Royal St., Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22312
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 683-3700
WEBSITE: www.ihs.com
Scott Key, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: IHS is the source
of mission-critical information to the U.S. Navy, Coast
Guard, Marine Corps, Maritime Administration, Office
of the Secretary of Defense and contractors worldwide.
IHS offers information and expert analysis to multiple
functional groups including the intelligence communi-
ty, strategy, business development, design and supply
chain, and environmental health and safety profes-
sionals, as well as information products, advisory and
software solutions to the defense, national security,
law enforcement, energy and transport sectors. IHS is
a world leader in news, insight and analysis of global
energy, aerospace, defense and maritime markets.
Some legacy brands include “Jane’s Fighting Ships,”
Fairplay’s commercial ship monitoring, CERA’s energy
data and global economic data from “Global Insight.”
IXI Technology
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
23231 La Palma Ave.
Yorba Linda, CA 92887
PHONE NUMBER: (714) 692-3800
WEBSITE: http://ixitech.com
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: IXI’s focus is
on providing products and systems that offer state-
of-the-art computer technology solutions for the
military and defense, industrial controls and factory
automation industries. Whether called on to update
or replace legacy systems, or design and manufac-
ture new specialty data communications solutions,
IXI’s goal remains the same: providing cutting-edge
technology that solves difficult design challenges.
Jeppesen Sanderson Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
55 Inverness Drive E.
Englewood, CO 80112
PHONE NUMBER: (303) 799-9090
WEBSITE: www.jeppesen.com
Mark Van Tine, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Jeppesen offers
the military industry a Total Mission Solution, a com-
plete software suite specifically developed to stream-
line the mission planning and execution process. The
modular design of the Total Mission Solution allows
users to adopt new technology at their own pace,
within their own budget and specific to the unique
requirements of their operation. These solutions
include Jeppesen’s military-focused flight planning
system, its navigation chart service, comprehensive
document management service, and aircraft perfor-
mance and weight and balance systems. This solu-
tion set includes its cross-platform electronic flight
bag tool and an advanced air refueling capability that
enables mid-mission air refueling replanning.
Johnson Controls
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
5757 N. Green Bay Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53209
PHONE NUMBER: (414) 524-2733
WEBSITE: www.johnsoncontrols.com
Alex A. Molinaroli, president and CEO
FY 2015 REVENUE: $37.2 billion
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Johnson Con-
IXBLUE INC.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
34, Rue de la Croix de Fer
F-78110 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
France
CEO: Philippe Debaillon-Vesque
FOUNDED: 2000
LINES OF BUSINESS: iXblue is a
global leader in the design and manufac-
turing of innovative solutions for naviga-
tion, positioning and imaging markets.
PHONE NUMBER: +33 1 30 08 88 88
WEBSITE: www.ixblue.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Claire André,
communications manager
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 650
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Using
its unique technologies, iXblue offers
its defense and civil customers turnkey
high-technology solutions, enabling them
to address increased challenges and carry
out their maritime, land and space opera-
tions with optimum efficiency and safety.
iXblue is recognized for its pioneering
work on the development of fiber-optic
gyroscope technology, which has revolu-
tionized the maritime and naval inertial
systems in the last decade, providing
unequaled performance and cost of owner-
ship benefits. Underpinned by 30 years of
expertise, iXblue currently is conducting
business in more than 30 countries world-
wide. All of its systems are produced inter-
nally, from design to manufacturing.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Inertial
solutions, underwater acoustic solutions,
photonics, mechatronics, energy and
offshore construction, naval and land
defense, geosciences and aerospace.
trols is a global diversified technology and multi-
industrial leader serving customers in more than 150
countries. Its 117,000 employees create intelligent
buildings, efficient energy solutions, integrated infra-
structure and next-generation transportation systems
that work seamlessly to deliver on the promise of
smart cities, communities, bases and installations.
Johnson Controls is committed to creating greater
value for all stakeholders through strategic focus on
its buildings and energy growth platforms.
Kongsberg
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 1000
N-3601 Kongsberg, Norway
PHONE NUMBER: (+47) 32 28 82 00
WEBSITE: www.kongsberg.com
Geir Håøy, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Founded in
1814, Kongsberg creates and delivers high-
technology solutions for customers who operate
under challenging conditions on the oceans, in the
deep sea and in space. Kongsberg Defense Systems
is a world leader in anti-surface warfare missiles.
The AGM-119 Penguin missile is in production for
the helicopter market, the Naval Strike Missile is in
production for the Royal Norwegian Navy and the
fifth-generation Joint Strike Missile is being devel-
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L-3
COMMUNICATIONS
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
600 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10016
CEO: Michael T. Strianese
FOUNDED: 1997
LINES OF BUSINESS: L-3 Commu-
nications is a leading provider of maritime
services, systems, subsystems, components
and equipment for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast
Guard, allied foreign navies, and commer-
cial and offshore customers worldwide.
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 412-7190
WEBSITE: www.L-3com.com
POINT OF CONTACT: Vice Adm.
William D. Sullivan, USN (Ret.), vice pres-
ident, maritime programs
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 45,000
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: L-3 is a
prime contractor in aerospace systems and
national security solutions and a leading
provider of a broad range of communica-
tion and electronic systems and products
used on military and commercial platforms.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: L-3
designs, manufactures and integrates rugged
and reliable products and services for a wide
range of applications, including automation
and control systems; communications; train-
ing and simulation; dynamic positioning and
vessel management; navigation systems; EO/
IR sensors and photonic mast systems, power
generation, conversion and distribu­tion; elec-
tric propulsion drive systems; displays and
integrated communication systems; safety,
security and monitoring systems; underwater
ranges and ocean sciences; anti-submarine
warfare and mine warfare systems; and data-
links, fuzes and GPS systems. Additionally,
L-3 supports the U.S. Navy with engineering,
technical and information management
services and program support for a variety
of ISR, aircraft and IT projects. L-3 also pro-
vides logistics and contract field team sup-
port for many naval aviation programs.
oped for air-, surface- and sub-surface launch. The
portfolio of sea service products includes MSI-90U
for submarines, the Sea Command for surface ves-
sels, mine countermeasures systems, ship self-
protection systems, tactical bridge systems, underwa-
ter surveillance and protection, Sea Protector Remote
Weapons Station and the TOPAS sub-bottom profiler.
LMI Government Consulting
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
7940 Jones Branch Drive
Tysons, VA 22102
PHONE NUMBER: (800) 213-4817
WEBSITE: www.lmi.org/en/Home
Nelson M. Ford, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: LMI is a con-
sulting firm dedicated to improving the manage-
ment of government.
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LEIDOS
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
11951 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
CEO: Roger Krone
FOUNDED: 1969
LINES OF BUSINESS: Advanced solu-
tions, defense, civil, health, intelligence
and homeland security
PHONE NUMBER: (877) 652-4099
WEBSITE: www.leidos.com
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 33,000
FY 2015 REVENUE: $10 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Leidos is
a global science and technology solutions
leader working to solve the world’s tough-
est challenges in the defense, intelligence,
homeland security, civil and health markets.
The company supports vital missions for
government and commercial customers.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: C4ISR,
cyber, systems engineering, large-scale
software development, data analytics,
enterprise IT modernization, operations
and sustainment.
Marinette Marine Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1600 Ely St.
Marinette, WI 54143
PHONE NUMBER: (715) 735-9341
WEBSITE: www.marinettemarine.com
Jan Allman, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Marinette Marine
Corp. was founded in 1942 along the Menominee
River to meet America’s growing demand for naval
construction and has grown into a world-class ship-
builder, having designed and built more than 1,500
vessels. It now is part of Fincantieri Marine Group,
a U.S.-based subsidiary of Fincantieri with multiple
shipyards and facilities based in the Great Lakes area.
Fincantieri is the fourth largest shipbuilder in the
world with 21 shipyards on four continents. Mari-
nette Marine is internationally recognized for innova-
tive and highly efficient, modular, subassembly and
assembly-line manufacturing techniques. Its portfolio
includes the U.S. Navy’s LCS, the improved Navy
Lighterage System, mine countermeasure vessels and
ocean tugs, as well as U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers,
buoy tenders and response vessels.
Matson Navigation Company Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
555 12th St.
Oakland, CA 94607
PHONE NUMBER: (510) 628-4000
WEBSITE: www.matson.com
Matthew J. Cox, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Matson’s trans-
portation offerings span the globe and encompass
everything from providing a vital lifeline to the
island economies of Hawaii, Guam and Micronesia
to delivering a wide range of multimodal services
throughout North America. Matson continues to
strengthen its ocean transportation services through
fleet enhancements, industry leading on-time arrivals
and award-winning customer service. Matson Logis-
tics extends the reach of the company’s transporta-
LOCKHEED MARTIN
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
6801 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
CEO: Marillyn A. Hewson
FOUNDED: 1995
LINES OF BUSINESS: Lockheed Mar-
tin is organized around four core business
areas: Aeronautics, which includes tactical
aircraft, airlift, and aeronautical research and
development lines of business; Missiles and
Fire Control, which includes the Terminal
High Altitude Area Defense System, PAC-3
Missiles and energy programs; Rotary and
Mission Systems, which includes naval sys-
tems, platform integration, simulation and
training, and Sikorsky rotorcraft; and Space
Systems, which includes space launch, com-
mercial satellites, government satellites and
strategic missiles lines of business.
PHONE NUMBER: (301) 897-6000
WEBSITE: www.lockheedmartin.com
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 98,000
FY 2015 REVENUE: $46.1 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Lockheed
Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture,
integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: As a
global security and aerospace company, the
majority of Lockheed Martin’s business is
with the U.S. DoD and federal government
agencies. The remaining portion of Lock-
heed Martin’s business comprises interna-
tional government and some commercial
sales of products, services and platforms.
tion network, offering domestic and international rail
intermodal service, long-haul and regional highway
brokerage, supply-chain services and less-than-truck-
load transportation services, as well as third-party
logistics services that include warehousing, distribu-
tion and international freight forwarding.
MBDA Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 550
Arlington, VA 22209
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 387-7121
WEBSITE: www.mbdainc.com
John Pranzatelli, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: MBDA Inc.
leverages the best of MBDA Missile Systems’ global
expertise, products and technical innovation to meet
the unique needs of the U.S. warfighter. With prod-
ucts like the Brimstone Missile, Viper-E munition,
and Diamond Back Wing Kits for the Small Diame-
ter Bomb, MBDA Inc. provides integrated solutions
from systems engineering through full production.
Mercury Systems
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
201 Riverneck Road
Chelmsford, MA 01824
PHONE NUMBER: (866) 627-6951
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Mark Aslett, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Mercury Sys-
tems is a leading supplier of very-high-performance
image, signal and sensor processing solutions for
the defense industry and the intelligence commu-
nity. With extensive experience in radar, electronic
warfare, signals intelligence, EO/IR and C4I appli-
cations, it has a long history of innovation and reg-
ularly invests back into research and development
on technologies such as Digital Radio Frequency
Memory, RF subsystems and components, RF
tuners, General-Purpose Computing on Graphics
Processing Units, Intel processors and packaging
solutions. Mercury is a critical supplier on several
key programs including F-16, E-2D Hawkeye, the
Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program,
Aegis and the F-35.
MTU
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
MTU America Inc.
39525 MacKenzie Drive
Novi, MI 48377
PHONE NUMBER: (248) 560-8000
WEBSITE: www.mtu-online.com
Mike Rizzo, program manager, sales, MTU Govern-
ment, Naval
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: MTU is the
leading provider of high-speed diesel engines and
generator sets to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard,
powering such high-profile projects as the LCS,
EPF, NSC, Fast Response Cutter and the Coast
Guard Training Barque Eagle. MTU offers a com-
plete line of power solutions, from 30 to 13,410
brake horsepower (20 to 10,000 kW) for applica-
tions in the marine, rail, power-generation, oil and
gas, agriculture, mining, construction and industri-
al, and defense markets.
National Defense Industrial
Association
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22201
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 247-2571
WEBSITE: www.ndia.org
Gen. Craig R. McKinley, USAF (Ret.), president
and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The National
Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is America’s
leading nonprofit defense association providing a
legal and ethical forum for networking and know­
ledge exchange between the DoD, DHS, all branch-
es of the U.S. military and industry. NDIA has local
chapters, 37 divisions for corporate involvement,
and numerous conferences and trade shows. NDIA
has roots dating back to 1919.
National Shipbuilding Research
Program (NSRP)
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
315 Sigma Drive
Summerville, SC 29483
PHONE NUMBER: (843) 760-3366
WEBSITE: www.nsrp.org
Chuck Mayer, executive director
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The NSRP is a
collaboration of U.S. shipyards working together to
reduce the cost of building, operating and repairing
Navy and other government vessels by improving
productivity and quality through advanced technol-
ogy and processes. NSRP leverages public/private
cooperation to manage cost-shared research and
development based on a consensus Strategic Invest-
ment Plan.
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NORTHROP
GRUMMAN
CORPORATION
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2980 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
CHAIRMAN, CEO AND PRESIDENT:
Wes Bush
FOUNDED: 1939
LINES OF BUSINESS: Three business
sectors comprise Northrop Grumman:
Aerospace Systems, Mission Systems and
Technology Services.
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 280-2900
WEBSITE: www.northropgrumman.com
FY 2015 REVENUE: $23.5 billion
CORPORATE OVERVIEW: Northrop
Grumman is a leading global security com-
pany providing innovative systems, prod-
ucts and solutions in autonomous systems,
cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and
modernization to customers worldwide.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
is a premier provider of military aircraft,
autonomous and space systems and next-
generation solutions to assist customers
worldwide, preserve freedom and advance
human discovery. Northrop Grumman
Mission Systems is a leading global pro-
vider, manufacturer and integrator of
advanced, secure and agile software-
defined systems and solutions. Its differ-
entiated C4ISR and cyber solutions deliver
timely, mission-enabling information and
provide superior situational awareness
and understanding to protect the United
States and its allies. Northrop Grumman
Technology Services is a global provider of
innovative, cost-effective solutions. From
sustainment and modernization, supply-
chain management, training and simula-
tion, and high-technology services, the
company offers a full spectrum of support.
Navy Federal Credit Union
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
820 Follin Lane SE
Vienna, VA 22180
PHONE NUMBER: (888) 842-6328
WEBSITE: www.navyfederal.org
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Navy Federal
Credit Union serves all U.S. Navy, Marine Corps,
Army and Air Force, active-duty, retired, Reserve,
DoD civilians and their families. It offers incom-
parable loan and savings rates and service at more
than 200 worldwide branches, many on or near
military installations.
Oceaneering Advanced
Technologies
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
7001 Dorsey Road
Hanover, MD 21076
PHONE NUMBER: (443) 459-3800
WEBSITE: oceaneering.com
John Kreider, senior vice president
FY 2015 REVENUE: $317 million
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The Advanced
Technologies (ADTECH) group of Oceaneering
is an industry leader in enabling humans to work
safely and effectively in harsh environments rang-
ing from the depths of the sea to the outer reaches
of space. ADTECH specializes in the support of
manned systems and the development and appli-
cation of practical, cost-effective robotic systems in
multiple industries.
Orbit International Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
80 Cabot Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788
PHONE NUMBER: (631) 435-8300
WEBSITE: www.orbitintl.com
Mitchell Binder, president
FY 2014 REVENUE: $27 million
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The Orbit
Electronic Group-OEG (ORBIT Instrument/Tulip
Development Labs/Integrated Combat Systems) spe-
cializes in the design, development and production
of human interface systems for military, aerospace
and industrial applications.
Orbital ATK
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
45101 Warp Drive
Dulles, VA 20166
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 406-5000
WEBSITE: www.orbitalatk.com/
David W. Thompson, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: As a global
leader in aerospace and defense technologies, Orbit-
al ATK designs, builds and delivers space, defense
and aviation-related systems to customers around
the world both as a prime contractor and as a mer-
chant supplier.
Panavision Federal Systems
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
9340 DeSoto Ave.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
PHONE NUMBER: (818) 594-8000
WEBSITE: www.panavision.com
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Panavision’s
leading-edge optics technologies are an excellent fit
for the demands of ISR applications. Its first prod-
uct was a very-long-range zoom lens that combines
wide-area scanning with the ability to zoom in as
much as 15 kilometers to activities of interest.
Physical Optics Corporation
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1845 W. 205th St.
Torrance, CA 90501
PHONE NUMBER: (310) 320-3088
WEBSITE: www.poc.com
Joanna Jannson, president, chairman and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Physical Optics
is a systems integrator of advanced technology
serving the military, defense and security markets.
Thrust areas include next-generation avionics sys-
tems such as flight data recorders and advanced
data transfer systems for military and commercial
aircraft. Other products include integrated wearable
networks, surveillance systems, agile RF filters for
electronic warfare and weather sensor systems.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1800 Tysons Blvd.
McLean, VA 22102
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 918-3000
WEBSITE: www.pwc.com/publicsector
Scott McIntyre, U.S. advisory public services leader
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PENTAGON
FEDERAL CREDIT
UNION
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2930 Eisenhower Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22314
PRESIDENT: James Schenck
FOUNDED: 1935
PHONE NUMBER: (800) 247-5626
WEBSITE: www.penfed.org
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Pen-
Fed is one of the largest credit unions in
the country, serving more than 1.2 million
members. Its longstanding mission has
been to provide superior financial ser-
vices, responsive to members’ needs in
a cost-effective manner. It offers market
leading mortgages, automobile loans,
credit cards, checking and a wide range of
other accounts.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Pricewater-
houseCoopers’ Public Sector Practice helps federal
agencies solve complex business issues, manage
risk and add value through comprehensive service
offerings in financial management; program man-
agement; human capital; enterprise effectiveness;
governance, risk and compliance; and technology,
all of which are delivered seamlessly throughout
the world.
RETLIF TESTING
LABORATORIES
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
795 Marconi Ave.
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
PHONE NUMBER: (631) 737-1500
WEBSITE: www.retlif.com
Walter Poggi, president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Retlif is an
independent testing and engineering organization
founded in 1978. It provides electromagnetic inter-
ference, environmental simulation, acoustic noise,
lightning, high-intensity radiated fields and power
simulation testing and engineering services to a
wide selection of industry sectors including: aero-
space, military, rail, maritime, commercial aviation
and automotive.
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Riverside Research
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2900 Crystal Drive, 8th Floor
Arlington, VA 22202
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 908-2106
WEBSITE: www.riversideresearch.org/
Steven R. Omick, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Riverside
Research is a not-for-profit organization chartered to
advance scientific research in the public interest and
in support of the U.S. government.
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RAYTHEON
COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
870 Winter St.
Waltham, MA 02451
PRESIDENT: Thomas A. Kennedy
PHONE NUMBER: (781) 522-5880
WEBSITE: www.raytheon.com/
FY 2015 REVENUE: $23 billion
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Ray-
theon is a technology and innovation leader
specializing in defense, civil government
and cyber security markets throughout the
world. With a history of innovation span-
ning nearly 100 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems
integration and other capabilities in the
areas of sensing; effects; and command, con-
trol, communications and intelligence sys-
tems, as well as cyber security and a broad
range of mission support services.
Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1875 Explorer St., Suite 200
Reston, VA 20190
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 621-2731
WEBSITE: www.rolls-royce.com
Marion Blakey, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Rolls-Royce
operates across five businesses: Civil Aerospace,
Defense Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power
Systems. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than
120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines
and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000
marine customers including 70 navies, and more
than 5,000 power and nuclear customers. Capa-
bilities in North America include: manufacture,
assembly and testing of advanced gas turbine and
diesel engines, marine propellers and water jets,
propulsion and power train systems, underway
replenishment systems, deck winch machinery
and handling equipment, as well as a center of
excellence for the manufacture of precision engine
components.
Saab North America Inc.
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
2101 L St. NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20037
PHONE NUMBER: (703) 406-7900
WEBSITE: www.saabgroup.com/us
Michael Andersson, head of market area
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Saab provides
a full spectrum of integrated products, systems and
solutions for use in the naval or maritime domain.
Its capabilities include advanced C4I solutions, mis-
siles and other weapon systems, electronic warfare
systems and radar, and more. Saab also is part of
the Austal team for the Navy’s newest LCSs, and is
onboard and working to support the mission.
SAIC
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
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Collins is a pioneer in the development and
deployment of innovative communication
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tronics, mission communications, informa-
tion management, control technologies, and
simulation and training. Its global service
and support network crosses 27 countries.
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deck avionics, cabin electronics, mission
communication, information manage-
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Anthony J. Moraco, CEO
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services and solutions in the technical, engineer-
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Washington, DC 20005
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Matthew Paxton, president
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Siemens Government
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Arlington, VA 22202
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Software Engineering Institute
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Paul Nielsen, director and CEO
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federally funded research and development center.
The SEI advances software engineering/assurance,
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SourceAmerica
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Steve Soroka, president and CEO
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Through its work, it makes the American dream
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Southern Recycling
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and rigs.
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Promotions
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9246 Boivin, Lasalle
Quebec H8R 2E7 Canada
PHONE NUMBER: (888) 254-2002
WEBSITE: www.spartapewter.com
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laser-engraved knives.
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Hillsboro, OR 97124
PHONE NUMBER: (503) 924-5300
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Steve Larson, chairman and CEO
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high-assurance identity management programs and
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ments for military, government, nonprofit and com-
mercial organizations.
SynQor Inc.
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155 Swanson Road
Boxborough, MA 01719
PHONE NUMBER: (978) 849-0600
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Martin F. Schlecht, chairman, CEO and president
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: A leading sup-
plier of power conversion solutions to the commu-
nications, computing and industrial markets.
SynQor’s innovative products are designed to
exceed the demanding performance, quality and
reliability requirements of today’s power electronic
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structure hardware.
TE Connectivity
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
1050 Westlakes Drive
Berwyn, PA 19312
PHONE NUMBER: (610) 893-9800
WEBSITE: www.te.com
Terrence Curtin, president
Tom Lynch, chairman and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: The company’s
connectivity and sensor solutions are essential in
today’s increasingly connected world. TE collabo-
rates with engineers to transform their concepts into
creations — redefining what is possible using intelli­
gent, efficient and high-performing TE products
and solutions proven in harsh environments. The
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TECRO Defense Mission
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
5010 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016
PHONE NUMBER: (202) 244-8283
WEBSITE: www.taiwanembassy.org/us
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Taipei Econom-
ic and Cultural Representative Office in the United
States (TECRO) is the Republic of China’s principal
representative office in the United States. As such,
TECRO is responsible for maintaining and devel-
oping bilateral relations between Taiwan and the
United States.
TELEPHONICS CORPORATION
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
815 Broad Hollow Road
Farmingdale, NY 11735
PHONE NUMBER: (631) 755-7583
WEBSITE: www.telephonics.com
Joseph J. Battaglia, CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Since being
founded in 1933 as a manufacturer of audio head-
sets, Telephonics has grown into a broad-based,
advanced technology company specializing in
cutting-edge radar technology and communication
systems. A subsidiary of Griffon Corp., Telepho-
TEXTRON SYSTEMS
HEADQUARTERS ADDRESS:
40 Westminster St.
Providence, RI 02903
CEO: Ellen Lord
FOUNDED: 1996
LINES OF BUSINESS: Aerospace,
defense and homeland security
PHONE NUMBER: (401) 421-2800
WEBSITE: www.textronsystems.com
TOTAL EMPLOYEES: 4,600
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Systems’ businesses develop and integrate
products, services and support for aero-
space and defense customers, as well as
civil and commercial customers including
those in law enforcement, security, border
patrol and critical infrastructure protection
around the globe. Harnessing agility and a
broad base of expertise, Textron Systems’
innovative businesses design, manufacture,
field and support comprehensive solutions
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of its Advanced Information Solutions,
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Lycoming Engines, Marine & Land Sys-
tems, Support Solutions, TRU Simulation +
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systems, advanced marine craft, armored
vehicles, intelligent battlefield and surveil-
lance systems, intelligence software solu-
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nics’ high-tech engineering capabilities provide
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The company is organized into three operating
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Michael Sheehan, president and CEO
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: Thales is a
global leader in defense and security technologies.
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sonar, radar, combat management, EO/IR and
C4ISR systems.
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In the Energy Mix

New business for maritime industry is in the wind

By EDWARD LUNDQUIST, Special Correspondent

turbines to the power grid ashore.

Fledgling Power Source A variety of vessels are required
for construction and maintenance.
Offshore wind farms are popular in Europe, but are just beginning
But there are no fuel costs for wind
to emerge off of America’s coastlines.
energy, nor does it consume water
n Wind energy is becoming more viable and economical, and can for generation.
contribute to America’s energy mix. “We have a substantial resource
out there. It is worth developing.
n Just as with offshore oil and gas, a specialized maritime capa-
It will add to the energy diversity
bility is needed for generation of offshore wind energy.
that we have as a nation,” said Jim
n Some ports are finding that outsized wind shipments are big Bennett, chief of renewable energy
business. programs for the Bureau of Offshore
Energy Management. “And as long
as it’s in the realm of economic via-
bility, it’s worth pursuing. There are

A
round the world, wind turbines are creating
clean electrical power to reduce the reliance reduction and replacement of fossil fuels.”
of fossil fuel generation.
This growing trend involves the maritime domain
in several ways. Offshore wind requires specialized
construction techniques and vessels for construction
and maintenance. In addition, a significant amount
of wind-generation equipment arrives in the United
States by sea, and U.S. ports have managed the trans-
shipments of these components from ships to trucks or
rail, or, in some cases, back to sea.
Offshore wind farms are popular in Europe, but they
have yet to catch on off of America’s coastline. That
may change as the first offshore wind farm, Deepwater
Wind off Block Island, R.I., now has “steel in the water” rience in Europe and other developments.”
and expects to soon be generating power. Construction
was completed on the project in mid-August.
Wind is a free resource, but it can be an expen-
sive proposition to put it to work. There are many
challenges to developing wind energy, to include
construction, maintenance and operation, and are
compounded when in the maritime environment. The
turbines either are fixed to foundations in the water or
mounted on floating platforms tethered to the bottom.
Special underwater cabling is required to connect the
also obvious environmental benefits related to carbon
Bennett said the wind industry can leverage the
experience and expertise from the oil and gas industry.
“We’ve had the better part of a century with struc-
tures in the Gulf of Mexico in the oil and gas industry,”
he said, “particularly from an engineering standpoint,
where we’ve made tremendous strides on that front.
And a lot of that technology is transferrable to wind.
“Offshore wind energy is becoming more and more
viable and economical, and is an industry that can
provide something very substantial to the nation and
to our energy mix,” Bennett said. “The technology is
changing through the execution of pilot projects, expe-
The Virginia Offshore Wind Technology Advancement
Project is a development project supporting offshore
wind generation, to be located about 27 miles from shore
off the southeastern corner of Virginia. The demonstra-
tion project will consist of two 6-megawatt turbines and
innovative foundations to generate 12 megawatts of
power connected to the grid ashore.
“It’s a research project. It’s not going to make any
profit. But it will certainly provide information that
will be very useful,” Bennett said.

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provide the boost needed to establish a market in the

United States. The Bay State is not alone. New York State
adopted the Clean Energy Standard Order that calls for
half of the state’s energy supply to come from renewable
sources by 2030. The New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority issued the Blueprint for the
New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan in September
with recommendations on how to maximize the poten-
tial for offshore wind in New York.
America’s first true offshore wind farm is the Deepwater
Wind’s project, which includes five turbines. The power
is destined for Block Island, which has been “off the
grid,” and has had to generate its own power for years,
at a rate three times higher than what regular utility cus-
tomers pay. So the Block Island residents had an econom-
ic incentive to support the project. Even more enticing is

B UR EAU OF OC EA N ENER G Y MA NA G EMEN T

the fact that the new wind farm will be connected to the
grid, which means Block Island will be, too.

New Business for Maritime Industry

Although a “one-off” project for the time being, the Block
Island project exemplifies how the U.S. maritime indus-
try can grow with wind. Deepwater Wind is proposing
another project, called the South Fork Wind Farm, which
would have 15 wind turbines off Montauk, N.Y.
For the Block Island project, assembly and fabri-
cation took place at the Port of Providence and Port
Construction recently was completed on the five wind
turbines that comprise America’s first offshore wind
of Davisville, on the site of the former Quonset Point
farm near Block Island, R.I. The Deepwater Wind project Naval Air Station.
expects to soon be generating power. Because the U.S. offshore wind market is not yet
ma­ture, some of the vessels came from Europe, or were
Differing Views modified for the Deepwater Wind project. Offshore
And although renewable energy like wind power is lift boats L/B Paul and L/B Caitlin, of Montco Offshore
undoubtedly green, not everyone loves it. Critics say Liftboats, transported components to the construction
wind is not economically viable without tax credits. Some site. Fred Olsen Windcarrier’s offshore wind instal-
residents have complained of noise, or are bothered by lation vessel Brave Tern brought the nacelles from
the blinking lights at night. Another environmental objec- Europe. Workers were brought to the work site aboard
tion to wind results from the fact that birds and bats can Atlantic Wind Transfer’s Atlantic Pioneer. Cable lay
be killed by the spinning turbine blades. Even the Navy vessel Big Max, a barge modified specifically for the
and other military services have been concerned about job, under contract with LS Marine and subcontractor
the locations of some proposed wind projects because the Durocher Maritime, placed the cable to connect the
spinning blades cause interference with air control radar. wind farm with the grid ashore.
Cape Wind thus far has been thwarted in its attempts Many ports are looking to replicate the success that
to build a 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound off some overseas ports have had in catering to the off-
Massachusetts. Objections have been raised by wealthy shore wind industry.
Cape Cod residents who do not want their ocean views The Port of New Bedford, Mass., the nation’s top fish-
obstructed by turbines. The project has withstood 27 ing port, has invested in infrastructure to support the
lawsuits, and won every one of them. But the project still Cape Wind project with the hopes it also could compete
has not moved forward. Several other companies also for other anticipated wind business, seeking to emulate
are planning wind farms off Cape Cod, and are watching German ports like Bremerhaven, which has added hun-
Cape Wind’s progress with great interest. dreds of offshore wind industry jobs. The New Bedford
The Massachusetts legislature passed a comprehensive Marine Commerce Terminal has been designed and
energy bill in August that requires utilities to contract for built-for-purpose to support the construction, assembly
11,600 megawatts of offshore wind power, which may and deployment of offshore wind projects.

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Twin mobile harbor cranes discharge wind turbine blades at the Port of Vancouver USA in Washington. The port, located
on the Columbia River, has been handling wind energy components for 15 years.
“We want to establish ourselves as the go-to port for
wind energy assembly,” New Bedford Mayor Jonathan
F. Mitchell told The Boston Globe in August 2012.
In addition to Cape Wind, a number of other com-
panies have lease areas off Southeastern Massachusetts.
Danish company DONG Energy is planning the
1,000-megawatt Bay State Wind wind farm about 15
miles off the southern coast of Cape Cod. The R/V
Ocean Researcher has been surveying the Bay State
Wind lease area to help determine how to build the
foundations for the turbines.
Project Cargo
Almost everything involved with wind is big. Some
U.S. ports have adapted their facilities to be able to
transship the outsized wind generation equipment
components from ships to trucks or rail, or even other
ships or barges.
While some ports have successfully managed one-
off projects such as the movement of large wind sys-
tems, some ports are building a niche market.
“We specialize in high-value, over-dimensional
break-bulk cargo such as wide-body aircraft compo-
nents for Boeing, agricultural equipment and wind
energy components,” said Lisa Lefeber, chief of pol-
icy and communications for the Port of Everett in
Washington.
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Although Everett is an important rail terminus, the
busy container trains continue to Seattle and Tacoma.
“We’re not a consumer port — we don’t bring in con-
sumer goods for the big box stores,” she said. “We’re a
manufacturing and industrial port.”
Everett handles large-scale wind energy equip-
ment, which are then delivered to their destination by
truck, such as a recent shipment from Asia destined for
Vancouver, British Columbia.
“We have a quick and easy connection to the road
network, and we’re currently improving the grade and
turning radius for access to Interstate 5 from the port,”
Lefeber said.
She said the port has three inbound ships with wind
components for a project, and with the renewal of wind
energy tax credits, business is expected to pick up.
Other ports have seen their wind-related business
grow, too.
Steve Mickelson, sales director at the Port of Vancouver
USA, also in Washington, said some of the reasons ship-
pers choose the Port of Vancouver USA to handle their
wind energy projects include a highly trained labor force,
equipment and other assets.
“We have two Liebherr mobile harbor cranes and
a labor force that’s specially trained to handle wind
components using the most productive and safe prac-
tices available.
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“We’ve been handling wind energy components for
15 years. Long-term relationships with our customers
have helped us to develop our facilities to meet their
needs,” he said. “We’ve invested in the right equipment
and training to respond to the modern challenges of
moving wind energy cargo.”
The Port of Vancouver USA, located on the Columbia
River, offers an efficient, direct and uninterrupted
route between the Pacific Rim and the U.S. midconti-
nent and Ca­na­da.
“We’ve nearly completed a $250 million rail expansion
called the West Vancouver Freight Access Project which
substantially increases the port’s rail capacity and efficien-
cy. The finished project will increase the port’s internal rail
track from about 17 miles to 54 miles,” Mickelson said.
Interstate 5, the main north/south West Coast freight
route between Canada and Mexico, is located just two
miles from the port. Interstate 84, a major regional east/
west freight route, is just 10 miles from the port. The
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway and
Union Pacific Railroad provide access to the Canadian
National Railroad and Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Maggie Iglesias-Turner, manager of business develop-
ment for wind energy and project cargo with the Port of
Corpus Christi, Texas, said traffic is growing.
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The port began service the wind industry in 2006
with the Papaloti Creek 1 and 2 projects in Taft, Texas.
“It was in our backyard. Today, we handle compo-
nents from all the major suppliers,” she said.
South Texas is a region known for wide open country,
and wind. The area’s many wind farms have accounted
for much of the port’s business. Today, the shipments
might be for one of the many local wind farms, or as far
as the Pacific Northwest. The cargo arrives by sea and
moves onward by truck or rail.
“We’re served by BNSF, Union Pacific and Kansas City
Southern,” Iglesias-Turner said. “The tracks come direct-
ly to our docks. We have shipments from Brazil that are
more economical to come to Corpus Christi and proceed
from there by rail rather than transit the Panama Canal
and up the Pacific Coast and then return empty.”
The port is adapting to industry trends.
“The blades are getting bigger,” Iglesias-Turner said.
“Where one blade would ship on two rail cars, today
two blades can be carried on two cars.”
“We’ve been told we’re the No. 1 port in the U.S.
Gulf for wind,” Iglesias-Turner said. “The industry has
thousands more wind turbines under constructions or
planned, so we expect to remain busy. Wind energy
cargo is here to stay for the immediate future.” n
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THE FLEET

Efficiency Advantage
Mission mandates the Navy embrace new energy sources

By EDWARD LUNDQUIST, Special Correspondent

that began in November 2011,

Energy Goals Makin Island was able to save 4
million gallons of fuel and remain
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in 2009 said he aimed to
on station longer between refuel-
increase the use of alternative energy across the Department of
ings than traditional LHDs.
the Navy and, by 2020, 50 percent of total energy consumption
Using the hybrid drive 50 percent
would come from alternative sources.
of the time increases time on station
n By 2020, the department would produce at least 50 percent by as much as two and a half days
of shore-based energy requirements from alternative sources; 50 between refuelings, and by as much
percent of Navy and Marine Corps installations will be net-zero. as four days using it 75 percent of
the time. The Navy plans to upgrade
n The department would demonstrate a Green Strike Group in
18 Arleigh Burke-class guided-
local operations by 2012 and sail it by 2016, which it accomplished.
missile destroyers with hybrid drive.
n By 2015, the department would reduce petroleum use in the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
commercial fleet by 50 percent, which it also accomplished. Navy (Energy) Joseph M. Bryan told
Seapower the driving force behind
n The Department of the Navy has issued policy guidance con-
the department’s renewable energy
cerning the use of energy-related factors in acquisition planning,
goals is not environmental steward-
technology development and source selections for platforms and
ship, although that is important.
weapons systems.
“We’re transforming how we use
energy because it matters so much
to the mission. We want to be able

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or a nation and a Navy that relies on petroleum, to go farther on a tank of gas and stay on station longer
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has estab- without having to refuel. We also want to diversify our
lished ambitious goals to reduce that depen- energy sources to provide as much operational flexibil-
dency. And not because it’s the “green” thing to do. It ity as we can get,” he said.
is about the mission. According to the Navy’s Renewable Energy Program
Speaking at the World Energy Innovation Forum in Office, the service currently produces about 22 percent of
Fremont, Calif., in March, Mabus said, “Optimizing its total annual facility electricity from renewable sources. 
our energy use is a force multiplier, increasing our There are a variety of materials that can be converted
capabilities, our impact and our endurance across plat- to fuel, such as corn, sugar cane, sugar beets, sawgrass,
forms and disciplines. Factoring energy use into our pond algae or leftover cooking oil from fast food restau-
planning and execution gives us a combat advantage, rants. Some of these fuels are no longer experimental.
enabling us to gain the most effect from every gallon of The Navy recently purchased 77 million gallons of
fuel or watt of electricity.” blended military-standard F76 fuel — used for ship pro-
Energy efficiency can be engineered into systems. For pulsion — at the same price as conventional fuel ($2.05
example, the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island per gallon), which was made cost-competitive thanks to
(LHD 8) has a hybrid propulsion system that uses elec- a 15-cent per gallon “commodity credit” contribution
tric motors for propulsion at low speeds and gas tur- from the Department of Agriculture. Bryan said the “bio”
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During last summer’s Rim of the Pacific Exercise,
three fleet oilers delivered a total of 6.8 million gallons
of 90/10 advanced alternative fuel blend in 27 under-
way replenishment-at-sea events to 23 U.S. and partner
nation ships.
Alternative JP-5 aviation fuel producers also are able
to bid on Navy bulk fuel contracts. The Navy describes
qualified alternative fuels as “drop-in” fuels, because no
changes are required to carry, store or use them, and they
perform the same as traditional fuels. Because airlines
are using similar advanced biofuels in their aircraft, the
product is becoming more widely available.
“Interoperability is critical to operational flexibility.
We need to test and qualify fuels entering the commer-
cial supply chain so we can use them if we need to.”
Bryan said.
The Navy has some power generation for its shore
bases. But mostly the department relies on the public
utilities grid. Bryan said the Navy is looking for ways
to find alternative sources of power “behind the meter.”
Powered by Nature
“We need to make sure our power to bases, shipyards
and facilities stays up and running, so we are working
with the private sector to develop renewable energy facil-
ities on underutilized land inside the fence line. Many
of these projects provide power to the grid and include
improvements designed to enhance energy security and
resiliency at our installations,” Bryan said.
In some cases, the systems are built, operated and
maintained by developers, with long-term power pur-
chase agreements with the Navy.
Some of the Department of the Navy’s more remote
installations often are good candi-
dates for trying new energy sources.
Solar systems can be placed into
existing footprints on top of build-
ings and carports, and generate
power and heat water.
But some systems require a lot
of space. The Department of the
Navy’s bases in the West — such as
China Lake, Lemoore, Twentynine
Palms and Barstow — have plenty
of sun and wind, and room to build
the necessary infrastructure to har-
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such as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is able to generate 3.5
megawatts from wind turbines, enough for 2,500 homes.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va., burns
trash to produce electricity and steam from municipal
waste. Methane, created by the decomposition of buried
contents at a landfill, also can be used as a fuel. Marine
Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Ga., is developing a
1.9-megawatt plant that runs on gas from a nearby
municipal landfill.
Bryan Law, regional energy program manager from
Navy Region Hawaii, said Hawaii is the most petro-
leum dependent state.
“About three-quarters of electricity produced by the
utilities, which powers our shore facilities in Hawaii,
is generated from petroleum-based fuels. This depen-
dency on imported petroleum fuel has great impacts on
the costs of operating our facilities, and presents a risk
to Navy missions in case of supply chain interruption.
Renewable energy affords the Navy with an off-ramp to
petroleum, while increasing energy security.”
A recent partnership signed between the Navy and
Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) will result a 28-megawatt
direct current solar farm at the West Loch Annex at Joint
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and help both the Navy and
the state of Hawaii achieve their renewable energy goals.
With many facilities on the water, the Navy also is
looking at wave, tidal, ocean current and ocean thermal
technologies to determine if they are technically and
economically feasible.
One recent success is the opening of deep-water
berths at the Wave Energy Test Site (WETS). Located
on the windward side of Oahu off of Marine Corps
Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay, the WETS grid-connected,

ness those resources. The Marine

Corps Air Ground Combat Center
has an 11-megawatt solar volta-
ic ground-mounted system, and a
World War II aircraft hangar on Ford
Island in Pearl Harbor is covered
with solar panels that generate more
than 300 kilowatts. A remote base
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JDS Sami­dare,
left, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale receive an advanced
bio­fuel mixture from the fast combat support ship USNS Rainier during a
replenishment-at-sea Feb. 22 in the Philippine Sea. Stockdale is part of Destroyer
Squadron 21, one of the components of the John C. Stennis Strike Group that
operated as part of the Great Green Fleet on a deployment to the Seventh Fleet
area of responsibility earlier this year.

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Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC) managed the deployment of the Fred
Olsen Ltd. “Lifesaver” Wave Energy Conversion device between March 22 and 25 to the Navy’s Wave Energy Test
Site (WETS). NAVFAC EXWC established and still manages the WETS facility located off Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
open-ocean site is available for testing and demonstrat-
ing full-scale wave energy conversion (WEC) systems
that have potential for Navy energy applications.
According to Law, the capability originally was estab-
lished in 2001 with one berth at the 30-meter (98-foot)
water depth to support point absorber-type WEC tests.
“Today, with the addition of two deep-water berths
that support both point absorber and oscillating water
column WEC testing at 60-meter [197-foot] and
80-meter [262-foot] water depths, a total of three WETS
berths are operational as the first U.S. grid-connected
facility of its kind.”
To further study wave energy as a renewable
resource, the Navy, Department of Energy (DOE) and
industry have teamed up for the Wave Energy Prize.
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division,
Md., is testing different prototypes for WEC devices
that capture energy from ocean waves, using its unique
Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin.
Participants are designing, building, numerically
modeling and testing 1/50th- and 1/20th-scale devices
in different stages of the program, with a grand prize of
$1,500 from DOE at stake.
“No one has a facility this large that can generate
waves of this size to get the appropriate scale for the
devices,” said Dave Newborn, an ocean engineer with
Carderock’s Maritime Systems Hydromechanics Branch.
“The DOE came to us because of the big tank, the big
waves we can make and the expertise we have here.
With a vital program like this one, the data has to be as
thorough and accurate as possible.”
Saving Energy
Investing in efficiency — such as retrofitting or updating
conventional boilers, lighting or heating, ventilation and
air conditioning systems — can pay long-term dividends.
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Conservation efforts, replacing incandescent and
fluorescent lighting with LED lighting, and using
electric vehicles can save money and reduce pollu-
tion. Solar systems heat water, and geothermal sys-
tems help manage thermal loads in buildings. New
buildings are being designed to maximize natural
light during the daytime to reduce the electrical load
for work spaces.
Energy savings can have second- and third-order
effects, not the least of which is more money that can
be spent on other priorities. In Texas, it can save water.
A study published in August by CNA Analysis &
Solutions, for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
on behalf of the Texas Army National Guard, found that
the Guard’s growing energy demands also stressed local
water resources. The common use of coal, oil or even
nuclear plants, which use steam turbine generators,
consume significant amounts of water. Augmenting or
replacing those sources with solar or wind generation
could reduce energy costs and protect water resources,
the study said.
Military services have been struggling with how to
reach their renewable energy goals, said EDF’s Kate
Zerrenner, the study’s author.
“There are mandates in place, but energy managers
see one thing, and acquisition and procurement special-
ists see something else. The model gives them something
to show that an investment in clean energy is a good
business decision. They can use the study’s findings to
show how they can ensure energy security and protect
water supplies, and do it at a lower cost.”
The study’s model looked at factors such as price,
demand and availability of different energy sources.
The model could be used to make data-based invest-
ment decisions about procuring new wind or solar
systems for military facilities everywhere. n
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Pushing to the Pacific

Royal Canadian Navy to rely on allies as it expands operations

By DAVID PUGLIESE, Special Correspondent

A greater Pacific presence for

Building Presence the RCN is seen as a way to both
contribute to security in the region
Canada is focused on the Asia-Pacific region because of its grow-
and improve relations with nations
ing impact on the country’s economy.
there, RCN officers said.
n A greater Pacific presence for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Lloyd said he has been consult-
is seen as a way to contribute to security in the region and improve ing with his colleagues in the U.S.
relations with nations there. Navy for advice and support about
increasing operations in the Asia-

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n Vice Adm. Ron Lloyd, RCN commander, has been consulting
Pacific region. Among the topics
with his colleagues in the U.S. Navy for advice and support about
that Canada has inquired about
increasing operations in the region.
include joint exercises, how to main-
n Area air defense and refueling and resupply are two areas tain and sustain ships in the region
where the RCN will need to rely on allies until it can close the and which nations could provide
capability gap with new ships. support for naval operations.
“The Americans have a signifi-
cant amount of experience operat-
ing in that region, and they’ve been

T
he Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) plans to
increase its operations in the Pacific region
and will look to its U.S. counterparts for
advice on how to accomplish that, says the Navy’s
recently appointed commander.
Vice Adm. Ron Lloyd, who took command of the
RCN in late June, said Canadian Defence Minister
Harjit Sajjan and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon
Vance have made it clear to military commanders that
Canada will expand its presence in the region.
The RCN, which has had a limited Pacific presence
over the years, is moving ahead on those orders.
“We’re going to be operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific and the confidence that we have in each other,” Lloyd
more often,” Lloyd said in an interview with Seapower.
Like many countries, Canada has focused on the
region because of its growing impact on the country’s
economy. In late August, Canadian Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau visited China to discuss economic rela-
tions and announce $1.2 billion in new trade deals. On
Sept. 22, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang came to Canada,
with the two nations announcing the start of explor-
atory talks on a free-trade agreement.
very forthcoming in terms of being able to provide us
assistance as we learn to conduct operations in a region
of the world where typically it’s been more transitory in
nature” for Canada, Lloyd said.
He said the defense relationship with the U.S. Navy
is “absolutely foundational from our perspective.”
The two services are closely integrated and coop-
eration reaches all levels. Lloyd noted, for instance,
that the relationship is at the point where a Canadian
Halifax-class frigate can seamlessly integrate into a U.S.
Carrier Strike Group on short notice.
“I think that speaks volumes in terms of the trust
said. “I think it speaks volumes in terms of the part-
nership that we’ve established over many years and
decades of operating together.”
Lloyd said that under his watch he will continue
with the recently establish RCN priorities, including
promoting excellence at sea. The service plans to keep
its ships at sea longer in forward deployments as it
maintains its global presence and contributes to inter-
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The Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Calgary steams alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS
John C. Stennis Aug. 1 during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Royal Canadian Navy officials have been consulting with U.S.
Navy counterparts for advice and support about increasing operations in the Asia-Pacific region.
The strategy, originally put together by Lloyd’s
predecessor, Vice Adm. Mark Norman, would see
an increased use of the Halifax-class frigates and the
Victoria-class submarines. The platforms would be
kept in forward operating locations on international
missions for longer periods.
To do that, the RCN intends to swap crews, allowing
the warships to continue to operate thousands of miles
from Canada without interruption.
Another theme Lloyd will pursue is overseeing the
RCN’s transition to future fleets.
The service is operating 11 recently modernized
frigates, but is without its own at-sea resupply capabil-
ity and, with the impending retirement next year of the
destroyer HMCS Athabaskan, it will be without area air
defense for its task groups, Lloyd said.
But new ships are on the horizon.
Construction has started on the new Arctic Offshore
Patrol Ships or AOPS. The first of those ships is expect-
ed in 2018, Lloyd noted. Six AOPS will be delivered
and training already has begun for the first ship’s com-
mand team.
The vessels will carry Canada’s new Cyclone mari-
time helicopter, built by Sikorsky, and provide a capabil-
ity not only for the Arctic, but also for longer missions
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in domestic and international waters, such as counter-
narcotics and humanitarian assistance, Lloyd said.
Two new Joint Support Ships, to provide fuel and
resupply at sea for naval task groups, are expected
sometime after 2020. Construction of the first of those
vessels is expected to begin in 2018.
Starting in 2024, the RCN also expects to receive
a new type of vessel dubbed the Canadian Surface
Combatant, or CSC.
The CSC will consist of two variants. The first of these
will be the Area Air Defense and Task Group Command
and Control variant to replace the Iroquois-class destroy-
ers, of which HMCS Athabaskan is the last. The second
group of ships will be a General Purpose CSC variant
designed to replace the Halifax-class frigates.
Construction is to begin sometime after 2020 and
the RCN originally wanted 15 of the new ships.
But Lloyd said it still is in the early days of the
project and a design, to be based on an existing off-
the-shelf warship, has yet to be selected. Once further
details are known about the design, numbers can be
worked out, he added.
During the transition period to the new vessels, the
RCN will need help from its allies, in particular Chile,
the United States and Spain.
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To fill the gap in area air defense capability to deal
with longer-range threats left by the removal of HMCS
Athabaskan from service, the RCN will be relying pri-
marily on the U.S. Navy in a coalition group, Lloyd said.
The other capability gap that the RCN needs help
from allies to fill centers on at-sea refueling and supply,
he added.
Canada has taken out of service its two aging supply
vessels, HMCS Protecteur and HMCS Preserver, both of
which are more than 40 years old.
Protecteur was severely damaged by a fire while sail-
ing off the coast of Hawaii in February 2014. An exten-
sive assessment of the ship concluded it was damaged
beyond economical repair.
Preserver was being taken out of service because
corrosion degraded the structural integrity of the ship
below acceptable limits, the RCN noted.
Both of the supply vessels carried fuel, food and
ammunition for warships. They also provided medi-
cal services and helicopter support and maintenance
facilities.
To fill the gap, the RCN is leasing supply ships at par-
ticular times from the Spanish and Chilean navies, Lloyd
said. That process began in 2015 and continued this year.
He said the RCN once again is looking to use the
Chilean and Spanish supply ships in 2017 and will
Vice Adm. Ron Lloyd, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, middle, speaks with Cmdr. Clive Butler, left, commanding
officer of the Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver, while sailing during the Rim of the Pacific exercise July 17.
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decide then on whether it will need access to the ves-
sels beyond that period.
In addition, the RCN will receive in the fall of 2017
what is known as an interim supply ship, he said.
That vessel is a commercial tanker being converted for
military use and leased from a Canadian firm, Federal
Fleet Services.
Under a lease arrangement, replenishment-at-sea
systems such as fuel lines would be installed, along
with RCN communications systems to be operated by
Navy personnel onboard.
Contractors would operate the ships for at least the
first year, but they would eventually be replaced by
RCN personnel.
The lease would run for five years, with an option
after that to extend on a yearly basis for a total of anoth-
er five years. The conversion project and lease of the
vessel is estimated to cost about 700 million Canadian
dollars ($530 million).
Federal Fleet Services has offered a second ship
for conversion, but the Canadian government has not
acted on that proposal at this point.
Lloyd said the RCN still is trying to determine
where to station the interim supply and refueling ship
but it is leaning toward having the vessel on the west
coast of Canada to support its Pacific operations. n
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The Washington ‘Patent Slip’
Provided Dry Dock Option
By DAVID F. WINKLER
I t might be one of the most historically significant
sandwich shops in the nation. When a patron orders
a ham and cheese on rye at “William the III” at the
Washington Navy Yard, that person is standing in a
19th-century structure that still contains the winch
for the first marine railway in the western hemisphere.
Though the U.S. Navy traces its birth to a procure-
ment authorization from the Continental Congress
dated Oct. 13, 1775, the creation of the Navy Department
came 23 years later thanks to legislation passed by the
new federal Congress. Appointed as the first Secretary
of the Navy, Georgetown merchant Benjamin Stoddert
directed the growth of the new organization. Whereas
the first six frigates were built in nonfederal yards, to
save taxpayer dollars Stoddert envisioned future con-
struction at U.S. Navy-owned facilities.
With a 12-acre site on the Eastern Branch of the
Potomac River — today known as the Anacostia —
approved for use by the Navy by President John Adams
in 1798, Congress subsequently passed legislation
to build two dry docks and a ship at the Southeast
Washington location.
These dry docks would never be built. Instead,
President Thomas Jefferson envisioned an 800-foot-
long, 175-foot-wide dry dock that could, through
a series of locks, raise the entire frigate fleet out of
water for long-term preservation in times of non-
confrontation.
The dry-docking facility, designed by Benjamin H.
Latrobe, would not receive funding from Congress.
During the first decade of the 19th century, a wharf
would be constructed to allow for the maintenance and
overhaul of naval vessels.
To keep operating costs down, by late 1804 the
frigates Constitution, United States, President, Congress,
Constellation and New York had been taken out of
service and placed “in ordinary” at the yard. Jefferson
instead invested in building a fleet of gunboats, with
the prototype built on the banks of the Eastern Branch.
With the United States declaring war on Great
Britain in 1812, work proceeded at the Navy Yard
on the frigate Columbia and the sloop of war Argus.
Construction was well along when the ships’ builders
had to burn them to prevent capture by the British
in August 1814. With much of the rest of the yard
burned, the Navy started to rebuild.
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
In addition to rebuilding the incinerated stores and
machine shops, the Navy built facilities to manufacture
the Navy’s anchors, chains and ballast blocks. Ship con-
struction resumed, and in 1819, the Washington Navy
Yard launched a 74-gun ship of the line Columbus.
However, the Navy still had no dry docks in its indus-
trial infrastructure. Instead, it borrowed an innovation
that had been introduced in Scotland a year before
Columbus was launched. Unable to afford the construc-
tion of a dry dock for his shipbuilding facility in Leith,
Scottish shipwright Thomas Morton would haul up
vessels on greased inclines to conduct hull repairs and
cleanings — a very unsafe and time-consuming process.
So in 1818, he introduced a device called the “pat-
ent slip,” which consisted of a wheeled cradle that
would be lowered down rails that were placed on a
slight incline into a waterway. The vessel slated for
work would be placed on the cradle and pulled up the
incline, leaving the vessel high and dry.
The concept, which became better known as a
marine railway, was quickly copied by other shipyards in
Scotland, England, Ireland and Russia. In Washington,
Commodore John Rodgers demonstrated the concept in
1822 to President James Monroe, members of Congress,
foreign dignitaries and the public when 140 yard work-
ers hauled the newly constructed frigate Potomac out of
the water on a wooden-planked incline.
Impressed, Congress provided funding for the more
permanent structure that remains intact today. In addi-
tion to the incline, the authorization enabled the Navy
to pay for a large shed enclosure over the incline so
that repair work would not be hindered by inclement
weather. The shed would last into the 20th century.
By that time, the Navy Yard had focused its mission
away from shipbuilding and ship repair to the produc-
tion of armaments. Still, the incline remained in use
through World War II to repair small craft. Eventually
the Navy would construct a dry dock at Portsmouth,
Va., that would enter service in 1834. n
Source: The Washington Navy Yard: An Illustrated History,
Edward J. Marolda, Naval Historical Foundation, Washington
DC, 2013.
Dr. David F. Winkler is a historian with the Naval Historical
Foundation.
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Navy Ball Honors America’s

‘Tough, Bold and Ready’ Sailor
By AMY L. WITTMAN, Editor in Chief

W ashington-area Navy personnel and their guests

celebrated “America’s Sailor: Tough, Bold and
Ready” at the 241st Navy Birthday Ball Oct. 7 at the
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at
National Harbor, Md., hosted by Navy League National
Headquarters.
“It is an honor to be here this evening among the
world’s greatest, most dedicated volunteer force to cel-
ebrate the world’s most powerful Navy,” Navy League
National President Skip Witunski said in welcoming
the audience.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, whose tenure is
coming to a close, was the keynote speaker. Other spe-
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cial guests included Adm. John Richardson, chief of

naval operations (CNO); Maritime Administrator Paul
Jaenichen; Adm. Charles Michel, vice commandant of the
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson presents
Coast Guard; Vice Adm. Robert Thomas, director of Navy a token of appreciation to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus
Staff; Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Christopher Owens; and during the 241st Navy Birthday Ball Oct. 7 at National
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Steven Giordano. Harbor, Md. Mabus was the keynote speaker at the event.
Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben, chief of chaplains
of the Navy, offered the invocation. Colors were pre-
sented by the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard and the U.S.
Navy Ceremonial Band and Sea Chanters performed.
Remarks preceded the dinner, after which Mabus
joined Richardson, Giordano and the youngest Sailor
to attend the ball, Seaman Harley Sarmiento, to cut
the birthday cake with the ceremonial sword. Dancing
rounded out the evening, with music provided by NYX
Entertainment.
Richardson noted during his remarks that he’s had
the opportunity in the past year, his first as CNO, to get
out and meet with Sailors, calling those “the best days
of this last year.” In introducing Mabus, Richardson
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said the secretary took advantage of that opportunity

as well. Mabus, the CNO said, “has traveled 1.3 million
miles around the world, and every one of those miles
has been out there not only advancing the Navy’s inter-
ests, but mostly — and most effectively — connecting
with our Sailors in literally every corner of the world.”
He said Mabus, who is the longest-serving Navy
secretary since World War I, embodies the theme of the
evening — “tough, bold and ready” — “in every way.”
Mabus, who first put on the uniform of a midship-
man as a freshman at the University of Mississippi 50
years ago and came back to the Navy family seven and
a half years ago as secretary, told the audience that the
From the left, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Steven Giordano, Seaman Harley Sarmiento, Richardson
and Mabus cut the Navy birthday cake with the ceremonial
sword. Sarmiento was the youngest Sailor to attend the ball.
Navy League is “like no other private organization. You
support our Navy and our Sailors and families, and con-
nect our Sailors and the Navy to the American people.”
As he looked out over the sea of uniformed person-
nel in the audience, Mabus said the Navy-Marine Corps
team is America’s expeditionary fighting force.

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“We are the only ones capable of

providing the type of presence that
gives America a strategic advantage.
We’re just not there when we’re
needed, we’re there all the time. We
uniquely operate around the globe,
around the clock. We ensure stabil-
ity, we deter potential adversaries,
we reassure allies,” he said.
“We provide our nation’s leaders
with options in times of crisis,”
Mabus said. “We get there fast-
er, we stay on station longer, we
bring everything we need with us,
and, because we’re operating from
sovereign American territory, we
don’t have to ask any other nation’s
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permission to get the job done. The

Navy-Marine Corps is America’s
away team. We never get a home Navy Birthday Ball attendees rounded out the evening by dancing to music
game; we don’t want a home game. provided by NYX Entertainment.
But equally, in times of peace and
in times of war, Sailors and Marines are not just at the
right place at the right time, but the right place all the
time. There is no ‘next best thing to being there.’”
The secretary said presence is critical, and the Navy
achieves presence through people, platforms, power
and partnerships.
“We’ve got the best force we’ve ever had in terms
of people,” he said, noting the Navy’s continued com-
mitment to improving the certainty of deployment
cycles, offering professional development and educa-
tion opportunities, improving diversity, and eradicat-
ing sexual assault and suicides.
“If we continue to act the same way, think the same
way, come from the same backgrounds, we’re in trouble,
because a predictable force is a defeatable force,” Mabus
said. “Every time we open it up, not diversity for diversity’s
sake, but just diversity of experience, diversity of thought, being protected and the people doing the protecting
diversity of where you’ve come from, what you’ve been
through, makes us a better warfighting force.”
In terms of platforms, the Navy will “get back to 300
ships by the end of this decade and 306 ships, which
is our current force structure-assessed need, by 2021.
We’re going to have the ships we need to do every mis-
sion that we need to do.”
Power, he said, can be used as a weapon.
“Look at what Russia did to Crimea, what Russia did
to Ukraine. One of the things I don’t want to do is have
it used as a weapon against us.”
Toward that end, Mabus in 2009 came up with the
goal that by 2020, at least half of all Navy power afloat
and ashore would be derived from fuel sources other
than fossil fuel.
“We got there last year on our bases; we’re five years
early. And we’re going to get there, we’re at 30 percent
at sea now. We’re going to get to 50 percent, at least,
by 2020,” he said.
Referring to the fourth “P” — partnerships —
Ma­bus said his goal in traveling 1.3 million miles, visit-
ing 152 countries and territories, going to Afghanistan
12 times, was to connect directly with Sailors and
Marines where they’re deployed, “listen to them while
they’re standing the watch. Sailors and Marines will
tell you what’s going on, they will tell you what their
concerns are.”
The most important partnership the Navy has is
with the American people and connecting them with
those Sailors and Marines.
“It’s dangerous in a democracy when the people
get too far apart,” he said. “And that’s why things like
the Navy League, the people that are here tonight, are
so very important to make that connection with the
American people.”
Over the course of 241 years, the Navy has the same
mindset today as in 1775, Mabus said, “wanting to
know what’s over the horizon, willing to go over that
horizon and meet whatever is there on behalf of this
country. Willing to leave home and family far behind.
Willing to sail and fly and submerge, on behalf of the
United States of America. It is as true today as it was
when President George Washington said, ‘It follows
then, as certain as night as succeeds day, without a
decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and
with it, everything honorable and glorious.’” n

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Massachusetts Bay Helps Mark

Boston Light’s Tricentennial
By PETER ATKINSON, Deputy Editor

T he Massachusetts Bay Council

assisted the Tricentennial
Celebration of Boston Light on
Sept. 14. The Coast Guard, along
with the National Park Service and
Boston Harbor, marked Boston
Light’s 300th year of service with
ceremonies at Boston’s Long Wharf
and on Little Brewster Island in
Boston Harbor.
The celebration included remarks
from U.S. Coast Guard Commandant
Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, as well as
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh.
“For 300 years and to this very
day mariners have relied and will
continue to rely upon Boston
Light,” Zukunft said, according to
a report from Coast Guard First
District Public Affairs. 
Navy Leaguers Krystyna Maksymowicz, Stephen Schnitzer and Iris Schnitzer,
“Think about the sheer number
at left, and Ivan Samuels, Tom Hennessey, Reid Oslin and Al Prudhomme, right,
of lives that this lighthouse has flank Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul F. Zukunft and his wife, Fran, at
saved over the centuries,” added Boston Light on Little Brewster Island Sept. 14 for a celebration to mark its
Walsh. “You will realize the tre- 300th year of service.
mendous service this lighthouse
has given us.”
Ceremonies on Long Wharf were
immediately followed by a perfor-
mance by the Coast Guard Honor
Guard and Drill Team, according to a
report from Ivan Samuels, the coun-
cil’s vice president for Membership
and Industrial Relations. Invited
guests then boarded a harbor cruise
boat for the nine-mile ride to Little
Brewster Island, home of the only
Coast Guard-staffed lighthouse in
the country.
Boston Light was the first light-
U.S. COAST GUARD

house in the United States, con-

structed in 1716 and later rebuilt
after the British destroyed it during
the Revolutionary War. It contin-
ues to serve as a major aid to nav- Boston Light lighthouse keeper Sally Snowman presents a copy of her book to
igation as both a light and a fog Zukunft during the Tricentennial Celebration. The commandant earlier present-
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In advance of the Tricentennial

Celebration, the Coast Guard
un­der­
took a $1.1 million project
to repair and renovate structures at
the landmark, according to the First
District report. During the ceremo-
ny, Zukunft and Rear Adm. Steven
Poulin, the First District com-
mander, unveiled a 300th anniver-
sary commemorative plaque at the
lighthouse. Zukunft also presented
lighthouse keeper Sally Snowman
the Coast Guard Commanders
Award for Civilian Service.

Battle Creek-Kalamazoo
Honors St. Joseph
Coast Guard Station
Members of the Battle Creek-
Kalamazoo, Mich., Council honored
the U.S. Coast Guard Station at St.
Joseph and hosted a picnic for the
local station keepers on Sept. 13.
Following the picnic and cere-
monies, during which the council
presented certificates of appreci-
ation to station keepers, coun-
cil members were treated to an
exciting ride on the station’s new
45-foot Motor Lifeboat, according
to Council President T.R. Shaw.
The boat is a high-performance
twin jet-powered craft capable of
high speeds and shallow-water
navigation. Council members got
to take the helm and drive the boat
on Lake Michigan.
Station St. Joseph is an adopted
unit of the council. Other adopt-
ed units include Navy Operational
Support Center Battle Creek and
the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Windward Division.
Shaw praised the efforts of the
Windward Division cadets during
a recent Talons Out Honor Flight,
in which World War II veterans in
and around Southwest Michigan
are flown to Washington to visit
the World War II memorial.
Shaw joined the crowd of about
2,000 people at the Kalamazoo Air
Zoo — an aviation and science
center and museum — that wel-
Battle Creek-Kalamazoo Council President T.R. Shaw, along with council
members Doug Ivey and Karl Loomis, present a certificate of appreciation to
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Brigitte Baskin and Fireman Jacob Marlow of U.S.
Coast Guard Station St. Joseph Sept. 13.
comed the veterans home after the
whirlwind trip and saw the cadets
in action.
“One thing that really impressed
me … is our Windward Division
of Naval Sea Cadets, who played
a huge role in this event,” he
said. “They were up very early on
Saturday morning to help get the
heroes off and were there when they
returned. I was touched to see all
the Sea Cadets push the wheelchairs
of these heroes as they made their
grand entrance into the Air Zoo.
“None of the youth organizations
present played a bigger role and
more visible role in this event than
our Sea Cadets. We all should be
very proud of the outstanding young
people. Bravo Zulu to the Windward
Division and their leadership, Lt.
John Abel and staff, for the efforts in
this great event.”
Bremerton Salutes
John C. Stennis Standouts
Four Third Quarter 2016 Sailors
of the Quarter (SOQs) from the
Bremerton, Wash.-based aircraft
carrier USS John C. Stennis were rec-
ognized by the Bremerton-Olympic
Peninsula Council during a Sept. 13
luncheon held at the Bangor Plaza
on Naval Station Kitsap-Bangor.
Each awardee was presented a soar-
ing eagle statuette engraved with
their names by Council President
Tim Katona, with assistance from
Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent.
The carrier’s Commanding
Officer, Capt. Greg Huffman, Com­
mand Master Chief Benjamin Rush­
ing and the awardees’ respective
Department Leading Chief Petty
Officers (DLCPOs) were present
to honor the standouts for their
hard work and individual efforts.
Huffman also was the guest speaker
and enlightened the audience regard-
ing achievements and challenges
from the ship’s recent deployment.
The Senior SOQ is Aviation
Structural Mechanic 1st Class
Jason Knopes, who was joined at
the luncheon by his wife, Christina.
Knopes previously had earned one
Blue Jacket of the Month selection,
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K EV IN TOR C OLINI
Third Quarter 2016 Sailors of the Quarter (SOQs) from the Bremerton-based aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis were
recognized by the Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council during a luncheon on Naval Station Kitsap-Bangor. Pictured
from the left are Capt. Gregory Huffman, the carrier’s commanding officer; Council President Tim Katona; Command
Senior Chief Weba Roberts; Senior SOQ, Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Jason Knopes; Master Chief Aviation
Boatswain’s Mate Jack Hudson; Command Master Chief Benjamin Rushing; Blue Jacket of the Quarter, Aviation Support
Equipment Technician Airman Darrell Farnham; Master Chief Ship’s Serviceman Warren Brown; Junior SOQ, Aviation
Boatswain’s (Handling) 3rd Class Justine Rolava; and SOQ, Ship’s Serviceman 2nd Class Montrell Thomas.

selection and one Junior Sailor of
the Quarter selection.
Knopes was introduced by his
DCLPO, Command Senior Chief
Weba Roberts. In addition to being
an outstanding leader, she said
Knopes was an exceptional metal
artist whose mentoring of junior
Sailors has kept morale high during
the ship’s latest deployment.
Knopes, in turn, praised the
chain of command on the ship, as
well as the Sailors who work for
him. He also thanked the Navy
League for putting together the rec-
ognition event.
Ship’s Serviceman 2nd Class
Montrell Thomas is the ship’s
Third Quarter SOQ. His planning
and foresight contributed to the
division earning the Commander,
Naval Air Forces Dorie P. Miller
Award for the best wardroom oper-
ation in the fleet.
Thomas was introduced by
his DCLPO, Master Chief Ship’s
Serviceman Warren Brown from the
Supply Department. He described
Thomas as a vital part of the Supply
Team while serving as the Leading
Petty Officer of the Hotel Services
Division on the carrier.
“[Thomas] is the type of leader
who makes his Sailors better. I
always see him motivating them.
With over 400 spaces of the ship
to take care of, it’s a hard job. But
I always see his Sailors smiling and
doing a great job taking care of the
crew,” Brown said.
The Junior SOQ was Aviation
Boatswain’s (Handling) 3rd Class
Justine Rolava, originally from
Grobina, Latvia.
Master Chief Aviation Boat­
swain’s Mate Jack Hudson, Rolava’s
DCLPO, introduced her prior to
receiving her award. Hudson
re­counted how Rolava excelled at
performing a job in the carrier’s
control tower usually staffed by a
Second Class Petty Officer. Hudson
also noted how Rolava speaks four
languages — Latvian, Russian,
German and English — which has
come in handy many times during
her service.
Aviation Support Equipment
Technician Airman Darrell Farn­
ham is the Blue Jacket of the
Quarter. In addition to contrib-
uting to his division’s 98 percent
support equipment availability rate
in support of Carrier Air Wing
Nine operations and Air, Supply
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readiness, Farnham is an assis-
tant command fitness leader who
oversaw the training of personnel
enrolled in the command’s Fitness
Enhancement Program.
Farnham was introduced by
Roberts, who also is his DCLPO.
Roberts recalled how both Farnham
and she were from New England,
but references to Tom Brady and the
Patriots received mixed reactions
from the Seattle-area audience.
Yuma Council
Adopts Yuma, Crew
At Ship’s Christening
A group of 33 Navy Leaguers and
community members from Yuma,
Ariz., braved the flood waters of
western Louisiana and humidity
of Mobile, Ala., to participate in
the christening of the Navy’s new
Spearhead-class expeditionary fast
transport USNS Yuma, Aug. 20 at
Austal USA in Mobile.
The group attended a reception
Aug. 19, during which the council
formally adopted Yuma and its crew.
The reception included key mem-
bers of Austal USA, the U.S. Navy
and Military Sealift Command,
according to a report in the coun-
cil’s Rope Yarn Gazette newsletter.
Yuma Mayor Douglas J. Ni­cholls
spoke while participating in a “step-
ping the mast” ceremony, after
which the ship and plank-owner
crew were adopted by the coun-
cil. Participating in the event was
the ship’s bow. Napolitano current-
ly serves as the president of the
University of California.
Austal officials, naval guests,
civic leaders, community members
and Austal employees attended the
ceremony beneath the hull of the
ship in Austal’s final assembly bay.
Mobile, Ala., Council President
Terry Gillbreath also was among
the attendees.
Yuma was launched Sept. 17.
It is the eighth of 10 expedition-
ary fast transport vessels (formerly
joint high speed vessels) under
Austal USA’s $1.6 billion block-buy
contract with the U.S. Navy. The
ship is scheduled to be delivered to
the Navy early next year.
Richmond Council
Views Air Show Preview
A busload of Richmond, Va., Coun­cil
members and guests traveled to Naval
Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Va., Sept.
L UCIA FANNI N G
9 to watch practice maneuvers by
the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration
Squadron’s Blue Angels, a day before
the 2016 NAS Oceana Air Show.
Practice day offers a run-through
of the full slate of show perfor-
mances, but with access limited to
military families, school groups and
invited guests, including the Navy
League contingent, according to a
report in the October edition of the
council newsletter, The Lucky Bag.
The group was able to see both civil-
ian and military aircraft perform,
including an air-power demonstra-
tion and simulated air-to-ground
bombing runs by F/A-18s and an
Air Force F-22 Raptor being accom-
panied by a vintage P-51 Mustang.
The Blue Angels capped the
program with their carefully cho-
reographed but awe-inspiring aeri-
al heroics.
“The stunning colors of blue
with gold-accent stripe jets flying

council representative Dean Hager,

Nicholls and Capt. David C.
Gommo, Yuma commanding officer.
Gommo said he will ensure to
maintain a close relationship with
the city of Yuma as the ship readies
for its transfer to active service by
year’s end, according to the council
newsletter.
The ship’s sponsor, former
Homeland Security Secretary and
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano,
officially christened the ship at the
Aug. 20 ceremony, breaking the
traditional bottle of champagne on
At a Daytona Beach Area, Fla., Council reception at the Halifax River Yacht
Club on Sept. 9, six of the eight cadets in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Daytona Division, who spent a week (in pairs) at U.S. Coast Guard Sector
Headquarters in Jacksonville during the summer, awarded framed certif-
icates of appreciation and $100 to each of their Coast Guard mentors.
Cadets kneeling at the front, from left, are Brandon Sharrow, Corinne Weng,
Devon Timogene, Patrick Wilkie, Mary Welch and John Riamond. In the sec-
ond row, from left, are Seaman Kelsey Rummel, Seaman Aaron Humphreys,
Seaman Ellen Ledbetter, Seaman Victoria Vanderhaden and Boatswain’s
Mate 1st Class Joseph Lyford. In the back is Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas
Pavlik, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Mayport.

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kept everyone’s eyes to the sky,” the
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Jefferson Alexander William Kelley newsletter report said.

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LEAGUE
of the United States
Pamela Ammerman
Roger Bing
Paula Bozdech-
Angie McKinstry
Sheila McNeill
Joan Mitchell
NSCC Seeking
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Veater
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ters in Arlington, Va., probably have
NATIONAL PRESIDENT
Patricia Du Mont
Thomas Pruter
met Henry Nyland, who has been
Skip Witunski William Dudley
David Reilly part of the NSCC staff for nearly 20
Bobby Ferguson
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ADVISORY COUNCIL Ronald Fried
William Stevenson, Chairman Lisa Gallinat
John Rush
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Eleanor Samuels
Theodore Gallinat
Warren Savage
He stepped in to fulfill the duties
NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS Lee Gurke
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Maria-Isabel Dickey
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Thomas Hoffman
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Thomas Jaffa
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Thomas Winant
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IN MY OWN WORDS
Cmdr. William Woityra
Program Manager
Domestic and Polar Icebreaking Mission
Coast Guard Headquarters
Washington
U.S. C OA S T G UA R D
Cmdr. William Woityra, right, then-operations officer aboard
the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, meets Stefan Schwarze,
captain of the German icebreaker Polarstern, at the North
Pole Sept. 7, 2015, on an ice floe between the two ships.
I n high school, I knew I wanted to serve in the mil-
itary but was uncertain of which branch. When I
found out about the Coast Guard’s humanitarian and
environmental missions, I knew that was the right
service for me.
I graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in
1999 and was assigned to the cutter Polar Star, where
I served as a deck watch officer and marine science
officer. I was astounded by some of the wildlife I saw
during my various voyages throughout the country.
I was able to do a few Arctic deployments while on
the Polar Star, and those missions, which focused on
biology and chemistry, really shaped the future of my
Coast Guard career.
“We [the Coast Guard icebreaker Healy ] made it all the way to the North
Pole in 2015, which is a memory I will never forget. It was the first time an
unaccompanied U.S. surface ship had made it to the top of the world.”
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From there, I became the executive officer of Thunder
Bay, a 140-foot icebreaking tug. I then joined the inter-
national ice patrol and became the commanding officer
of Neah Bay, a 140-foot icebreaking tug homeported in
Cleveland. That was an absolutely extraordinary mis-
sion, cutting ice in the Great Lakes area.
I then worked in the U.S. Embassy in Malta, giv-
ing advice on maritime safety and security concerns.
From there, I headed back to Seattle to serve as the
operations officer for the Coast Guard Cutter Healy.
This was a fitting assignment that brought together my
icebreaking experience with my background in ocean-
ography. We made it all the way to the North Pole in
2015, which is a memory I will never forget. It was
the first time an unaccompanied U.S. surface ship had
made it to the top of the world.
I’m currently serving as the program manager for
domestic and polar icebreaking at Coast Guard head-
quarters in Washington. It’s been enlightening to have
a broader perspective, and to see from a whole-of-Coast
Guard and whole-of-government approach how our
missions support everything.
Being here, back in a staff role, has given me a
perspective of all the moving parts that support every
decision. I am now right in the middle of deliberations
I would have never imagined six months ago.
I am thrilled every day that I still have the opportunity
to be part of this organization and having the neat chanc-
es to go to the places and do the things the Coast Guard
has enabled me to do. I never would have imagined when
I was in high school that these opportunities would have
presented themselves to me. I’m really glad these were the
choices I made and look forward to the future.
It’s a really exciting time to be involved in Coast
Guard icebreaking. With the support of President Barack
Obama, and Congress, it looks like we are going to recap-
italize our icebreaking fleet and it’s really exciting to be
at headquarters right now to be part of the teams that are
setting requirements for the acquisition. n
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