Cubic Global Tracking Solutions, the asset management and visibility solutions provider of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (NYSE: CUB), has been awarded three U.S. Army and GSA Schedule orders totaling approximately $4.8 million to expand its wireless mesh asset tracking technology to two U.S. bases in Afghanistan.

The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) North Island and Miramar announced Jan. 2 that it received the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) 2012 Achievement Award for providing outstanding volunteer support to multiple San Diego organizations.

Guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) will depart San Diego Jan. 3, to conduct a hull swap with USS Cowpens (CG 63) and become part of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) operating out of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

A veterans group has replaced s Purple Heart and other medals stolen from a World War II machine-gunner in San Diego County.

Schoville & Arnell LLP partner Dennis A. Schoville, a highly decorated Army helicopter flight section commander during Vietnam, has joined the board of directors of the Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation.

As part of The Daily Transcript's special report on San Diego’s economy, we polled a number of local business leaders, each of whom participated in a roundtable discussion in 2012. We asked each business leader the following questions:

San Diego attorney Dennis A. Schoville, a highly decorated Army helicopter flight section commander during Vietnam, has joined the board of directors of the Fort Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation.

Most active-duty service members will see a 4 percent increase in 2013's basic allowance for housing rates, according to the Department of Defense.

A report released Wednesday by the San Diego Association of Governments indicated that 13 local specialized industry clusters are powering the regional economy.

San Diego's Achates Power Inc., a developer of fuel-efficient and clean-burning internal combustion engines, has been selected to help design and construct the U.S. Army's next-generation combat engine for the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center.

Security is what keeps the top officials at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar up at night.

Officials say a Navy helicopter has made a “hard landing” at North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado, injuring four crew members on board.

Dec. 7, 1941: the day that will live in infamy. Millions of lives were altered, but none so drastically as those aboard ships in picturesque Pearl Harbor that Sunday morning. Richard Peña, who has called Bonita home for more than 50 years, was one such sailor whose “good life” prior to 8 that morning changed in the blink of an eye.

With the 71st anniversary of Pearl Harbor on Friday, many of San Diego’s active and veteran military members and patriotic citizens alike are preparing to commemorate an event that changed the course of world history.

A prominent face both in San Diego military and sustainability circles, retired Rear Adm. Len Hering Sr. has been named the new executive director of the California Center for Sustainable Energy, CCSE announced Thursday.

While most companies are gearing up for their festive holiday parties this time of year, defense contractors are prepping for a Scrooge-worthy event.

Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) will hold a ground breaking ceremony for its new helicopter maintenance, overhaul and repair facility on Dec. 10.

General Dynamics NASSCO hosted a keel laying ceremony for the second Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) ship Wednesday in San Diego.

Qualcomm Inc. and Manpower San Diego will award 20 post-9/11 military veterans with scholarships to Manpower’s training and job placement program.

The Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigate USS Curts (FFG 38) returned to Naval Base San Diego on Monday, concluding its final deployment prior to decommissioning.