Month: May 2025


  • Navy exec pays visit to Austal USA submarine-production facilities

    Navy exec pays visit to Austal USA submarine-production facilities

    MOBILE –Rear Admiral Jonathan Rucker, the Navy’s program executive officer for attack submarines, on Thursday visited Mobile where he addressed more than 200 members of the Austal USA and General Dynamics Electric Boat submarine manufacturing team. Rucker emphasized the importance of their work on the Virginia- and Columbia-class submarine programs before touring Austal’s ship manufacturing…

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  • Army to roll out 40 Delta, its first enlisted Space Ops MOS

    Army to roll out 40 Delta, its first enlisted Space Ops MOS

    Editor’s note: AlaDefense.com reported in August 2024 a story from the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in which the commanding general of the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command, located in Huntsville, publicly advocated for the development of a space-related MOS. The addition of the Army’s space operations specialist 40D program is expected to…

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