Northrop Grumman delivered PCU New Mexico to the Navy 4 months early.

Easy to dismiss but it could potentially happen. Open for thoughtful consideration and discussion.

It is increasingly likely that in 2010, defense contractors will have to compete to build a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) submarine for the first time ever.

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Fleet Ballistic Submarine at Keyport's Naval Undersea Museum.

Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53) arrived in Mombasa, Kenya, Nov. 18, beginning a nearly two-month long international outreach and maritime security mission.

Raytheon awarded a $2.6 million contract to LaBarge to provide wiring harnesses for the MK 48 and MK 54 torpedoes - the first time LaBarge has supplied parts for the two torpedo programs.

The last Missouri, a legendary battleship, saw action in World War II, the Korean War, the Persian Gulf War, and was also the site where Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and many other U.S. and Allied officers accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese at the end of World War II Sept. 2, 1945.

Hydrovolts developed a new clean technology to generate renewable energy from canals, waterways, spillways, rivers, streams, and tidal currents.

Bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions will protect waterside assets in Washington State.

The beaked whale is the target of a new undersea glider trying to track the deep-diving mammals by their high-frequency clicks and squeals.

The International Seabed Authority reports that Mexico and Ireland implemented Article 76 Paragraph 9 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The U.S. released millions of recovery dollars for projects that support efficient marine navigation and the creation of maritime jobs.

Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oahu using manned submersibles.

The University of Washington received the largest-ever federal award to construct an ocean observatory off the Pacific Northwest.

The Okeanos is the only U.S. government ship dedicated solely to exploring unknown parts of the ocean. It is a former Navy surveillance ship that was obtained by NOAA in 2005 and converted at a shipyard in Seattle into a deep-sea research vessel.

You are invited to attend a live demonstration of the SeaBotix Inspection Class ROV product line. View a demonstration, fly it yourself, and meet with one of the founders of SeaBotix.

Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro secured a major contract to develop a tidal energy pilot project for a public utility provider in Washington.

Intellicheck Mobilisa received a $4.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy for wireless security buoys that can detect water quality, oil spills, and maritime threats.

Sea Grant programs in Washington, Oregon and California have released a NOAA-funded report, West Coast Regional Marine Research and Information Needs. The report stems from nearly three years interstate collaboration and analysis involving maritime stakeholders representing private and public interests in all three states. The ocean and coastal environments provide critical services to more than 35 million people who live and work in coastal counties of the Western U.S., and support an ocean economy approaching $32 billion annually.

The Naval Research Laboratory is studying undersea lasers for submarine communications.

Canada is the first country in the world to use Explorer AUVs for Arctic research.

The Navy Times recently reported that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Secretary of the Navy released statements suggesting that women should serve aboard U.S. Navy submarines. But will the cost of reconfiguring submarines prohibit integration of the force?

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA) deploy world's first underwater webcam for scientific research.

National Science Foundation and Consortium for Ocean Leadership sign cooperative agreement for vast undersea observing network.

Cable laying operation in California.