HEAT STRESS PREVENTION – HOT DAYS OF SUMMER Keeping Your Cool When It’s Hot It’s summer again in Hampton Roads and the days of 95-degree temperatures and 95% humidity are back. We can’t do anything about the weather, but we can work and play smarter when it’s hot to avoid getting sick. Let’s review […]
Defense contract roundup for March in Hampton Roads
Defense contract awards for Hampton Roads in March included a $95 million multiple-award deal for Navy ship repair services that named 13 companies in the region. Other highlights of the month included additional money for work on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and a Hampton firm that is working on behalf of the […]
Navy submits 30-year ship acquisition plan
Washington – The Department of the Navy submitted the long-range ship acquisition plan to Congress Feb. 12. The 30-Year Ship Acquisition Plan is a Congressionally-mandated report which describes the Department of the Navy’s long-range shipbuilding plans for 2019-2048. This year’s report focuses on meeting the Navy’s baseline acquisition requirements needed to build the Navy the […]
How the new federal budget bill could impact Hampton Roads
By Bill Bartel | The Virginian-Pilot A federal budget deal approved by Congress and President Donald Trump that calls for an extra $80 billion in defense spending over the next eight months and another $85 billion increase in 2019 may bring a boost to Hampton Roads. But it’s too soon to see how the region […]