Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Navy has awarded a $418.5 million contract to NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services to fully dismantle and recycle the former USS Enterprise, the nation's first nuclear-powered carrier, in Mobile.
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA celebrated the opening of a new steel shipbuilding facility on Tuesday, marking a major expansion for the Mobile shipbuilder that had long worked exclusively with…
Airbus and Lockheed Martin are teaming up for another run at an Air Force tanker contract that could add a new production line at Mobile's Brookley plant, reviving a rivalry…
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA has been awarded a $43.36 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense covering post-delivery services for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship class. The…
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile’s largest industrial employer, Austal USA, will build at least two more Littoral Combat Ships for the U.S. Navy, adding to a run of contracts that has…
Second Lady Jill Biden will speak at the June 13 christening of the Navy's newest Austal-built ship, named for former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
The future USS Jackson, the first littoral combat ship built by Austal as prime contractor, made its way down the Mobile River for sea trials.
With the deadline for bids in the U.S. Air Force’s long-running aerial refueling tanker competition arriving this week, the debate over which manufacturer would build the next generation of tankers…
With the deadline for final bids on the Air Force’s multibillion-dollar aerial refueling tanker contract arriving, much of the public debate around the competition has centered on a familiar question…
A Mobile woman's call for weekly prayer meetings tied to the city's Air Force tanker bid, complete with a warning about rising floodwaters, reached Mayor Sam Jones, who said he…