The future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) has successfully completed alpha trials, the sea service announced Wednesday.

The trials were successfully completed earlier this week, after the ship spent two days underway off of Maine's coast.

They were conducted by the shipbuilder, General Dynamic subsidiary Bath Iron Works, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a statement.

Alpha trials are the first set of builder's trials and are the first of three underway periods the ship will conduct to test and demonstrate its systems.

The trials include testing communication, damage control, navigation and propulsion.

Rafael Peralta is the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built since the program was restarted in 2010 that Bath Iron Works has taken to sea.

It is the 65th ship of its class.

Bath Iron Works is currently in production on future destroyers Thomas Hudner, Daniel Inouye and Carl M. Levin, and is under contract for three more ships.

Swiftships receives $14 million Iraqi navy contract modification
Washington (UPI) Oct 21, 2016 - Swiftships LLC has received a $14 million contract modification for work in support of the Iraqi navy.

The modification to the firm-fixed-price contract covers the accomplishment of continuous life cycle support for the sea service.

It also involves providing technical expertise in preventative and planned maintenance, emergent repairs, and platform overhaul support services for Iraqi patrol boats, off-shore vessels and defender boats.

Work will be performed at Umm Qasr Naval Base in Iraq, and has an expected completion date of March 2017.

The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting entity.

Swiftships has received several contracts in recent years to provide ships and maintenance to the Iraqi navy.

Indra, Navantia updating Indonesian ship
Madrid (UPI) Oct 21, 2016 - A Spanish consortium is teaming with Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL to update the combat system of an Indonesian navy corvette.

The partnering comes for work on the Fatahillah-class corvette -- the Malahayati -- under a contract between Indra and Navantia with PT PAL, which is worth about $18 million.

Indra said the modernization of the combat system involves renovation of the ship's sensors and fire control systems and their integration through a modern combat management system.

"The contract represents fresh deployment of some of the most advanced systems offered by the companies to the naval sector, including Indra's ESM RIGEL electronic defense and DORNA fire control platforms, as well as Navantia's combat management system ...," Indra said.

The two companies have partnered on a number of naval programs, including development of the Spanish navy's future F110 frigate.