Hurricane deployments stretch US military thin

The extended deployment of military cargo jets and Navy ships to help with Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma relief efforts is causing military planners to scramble and recalculate future deployments all the way from Afghanistan to the Korean Peninsula, according to several defense officials familiar with the current discussions underway inside the Defense Department. Due to security concerns, officials refused to discuss specific changes in deployment timelines or the units involved, but sketched out how they could impact overseas deployments into 2018.

Roswell chooses city administrator finalist

The City of Roswell mayor and council have chosen Gary Palmer, Farragut Tennessee's assistant town manager, as the finalist for Roswell's vacant city administrator position. The mayor and council will formally vote on Palmer's appointment during an Oct. 10 special called City Council meeting, following the 5 p.m. committee meetings.

Suez Canal Orders Two Cutter Suction Dredgers

The Egyptian Suez Canal Authority has placed an order for two custom-built 29,190kW heavy-duty rock cutter suction dredgers . SCA has signed a contract with Royal IHC for the design and construction of two CSDs, which will be built in The Netherlands and are expected to be delivered in 2020 The vessels will have an overall length of 147.4 meters and provide a maximum dredging depth of 35 meters.

Rolls-Royce, Google Cloud Sign Landmark Deal

The maritime industry's exhaustive push toward autonomy just received a boost in the form of a deal signed between Rolls-Royce and Google to develop further its intelligent awareness systems. The agreement was signed at the Google Cloud Summit in Sweden, and it allows Rolls-Royce to use Google's Cloud Machine Learning Engine to further train the company's artificial intelligence based object classification system for detecting, identifying and tracking the objects a vessel can encounter at sea.

CGG Wins Creditor Support for Chapter 11 Plan

CGG SA announces that all creditor classes entitled to vote on the chapter 11 plan proposed in the chapter 11 cases commenced on 14 June 2017 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York by CGG SA's 14 main foreign, direct and indirect subsidiaries, each a borrower or guarantor in respect of CGG Group's funded financial indebtedness, have accepted the plan overwhelmingly. Specifically, all holders who have cast ballots in respect of the Secured Loans, and 97.14% in number and 97.96% in amount of those casting ballots in respect of the Senior Notes, voted in favour of the plan.

Trump-Russia investigation: Four keys to understanding special counsel Mueller’s probe

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller and his team have a big advantage in the Washington debate about the story of the Trump campaign and the Russian government : a wellspring of new evidence gathered by the FBI and the NSA , with warrants approved by the federal courts. Mainstream media news organizations cultivate this relationship.

Royal Navy to investigate – inappropriate relationship’ on board nuclear submarine

The Daily Mirror reported that the Ministry of Defence was probing an "inappropriate relationship" between crew members and that the captain of the vessel, who has not been named, had been relieved of his duties pending the outcome. The MoD refused to confirm the nature of the inquiry but said in a statement: "We can confirm the Royal Navy is undertaking an investigation.

Greece: Joint air force drills with Cyprus, Egypt, Israel

Greece's defense minister says plans are being drawn up for joint air force drills with Cyprus, Israel, Egypt and other European countries as part of efforts to bolster stability in the eastern Mediterranean. Panos Kammenos' remarks Sunday came after a military parade in the Cypriot capital to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the ethnically divided island's independence.

Winter Is Coming. What If Roads And Runways Could De-Ice Themselves?

When Chris Tuan was a Department of Defense contractor in the early 1990s, the Air Force asked him to think of something that could de-ice its airfields around the world. Heavy cargo aircraft were landing on icy runways and skidding off, he says, "so they wanted to find out some innovative way to de-ice the runway."

Rhoads Selected by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for IDIQ Contract

Philadelphia, PA, October 01, 2017 -- -- Rhoads Industries, Inc. , a strategic partner and total solution provider of industrial fabrication, installation and maintenance services and facilities, announced it was awarded a three-year IDIQ contract from the Army Corps of Engineers that will amount to $49 million in Navy work. The contract extends the Company's ten-year relationship with the Navy and will entail supplying skilled labor and custom fabrication to support their activities at the Navy Yard.

Marines: Camp Pendleton water safe, clean

Despite state and federal reports outlining concerns about staffing, equipment and reservoir problems at Camp Pendleton , military officials are telling the troops and their families that the water is safe to drink. On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Marine Corps had entered into a consent decree designed to shore up deficiencies exposed during a weeklong tour of the sprawling base in late June.