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Austal USA’s 13th annual Charity Golf Invitational will take place on March 15 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile. There will be 36 tournament holes, with two groups per hole and four golfers per group. Through this annual event, Austal said it and the many invitational participants have raised…
Austal USA announced the start of design for a new manufacturing facility, part of a major expansion for its shipyard in Mobile. It will sit south of Austal’s current waterfront facility and include a new assembly building, waterfront improvements and a new shiplift system. To begin this summer, it will also include a shiplift that…
IT Solutions Architect Dr. Barbara Turrens of Mobile’sAustal USA has been recognized by Marine Log as one of its “20 Top Women in Maritime.” The publication accepts nominations annually for visionary women in the maritime industry. A panel of judges selected Turrens after receiving nearly 200 nominations this year. Noting her demonstrated leadership, vision, innovation…
Mobile’s Austal USA recently received an $867.6-million undefinitized contract award for final design and construction of three expeditionary medical ships (EMS) from the U.S. Navy. The EMSs will be manufactured in Austal USA’s aluminum manufacturing line following completion of the last expeditionary fast transport, EPF 16. The EMS is an EPF variant medical ship optimized…
Austal USA of Mobile has named Jim Blastos its vice president (VP) of supply chain management. Blastos has overall responsibility for procurement, strategic sourcing, warehousing, logistics, material management and production control activities for the company. He has more than 25 years of experience in developing strategic organizational transformation, collaborative solutions and operational processing. He has…
Austal USA announced that it joined local U.S. Marine Corps Reserves this week to collect toys from the company’s 3,000-plus employees for the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Foundation. A two-day donation event netted more than 20 tall boxes of toys, 25 bicycles and more than $2,000 in monetary donations that will directly support…
Mobile-based Austal USA said the U.S. Navy recently awarded it a $91,535,551 fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price type modification to definitize a previously awarded contract for the detail design and construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 class craft. The contract also includes options for nine additional craft and associated support efforts. LCUs are carried…
Mobile-based Austal USA has announced an onsite hiring event at its facility at 100 Austal Way on July 15 at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Company leaders will be onsite to meet with applicants and discuss a career at Austal. Tours of the facility will be provided to interested attendees. Representatives will be on hand to assist…
Mobile-based Austal USA recently hosted a keel-laying ceremony for the U.S. Navy’s future USS Pierre (LCS 38) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Ship sponsor Larissa Thune Hargens, with the assistance of 13-year Austal veteran A-class welder Hon Tran, authenticated the keel by welding Hargens’ initials into a keel plate that will be welded to the…
Austal USA began construction on the U.S. Navy’s Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM) at the company’s Gulf Coast ship manufacturing facility in Mobile last week. AFDM is the third program to begin construction at Austal’s steel assembly line following the Navy’s Towing, Salvage, and Rescue 11 and 12 ships, the first two of four…
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