Rear Adm. Charles Richard will be assigned as Director of the Undersea Warfare Division, N97, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert announced yesterday. Richard is currently serving as commander of Submarine Group Ten at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. Rear Adm. Randy Crites will be reassigned from his current position as Director of Maritime Headquarters (N03), U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to serve as commander of Submarine Group Ten. Rear Adm. Joe Tofalo currently serves as Director of Undersea Warfare, and has been selected for promotion to the rank of vice admiral and for the position of commander of U.S. Submarine Forces.
Navy Names New Director of Undersea Warfare
Australia lands purchase order from Electric Boat
The Australian government July 29 announced Australia’s Bisalloy Steel received a $2 million purchase order from U.S. submarine shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat, the first time an Australian company received such an order under the tripartite AUKUS agreement. The agreement covers an order for HY80 steel plate to support production and construction of Virginia-class submarines […]