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Austal USA’s $3.3 billion contract win last week for the next 11 ships of the Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter (OPC) will lead to growth for the company after work […]

The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) [GD] $600 million in two contract modifications on June 28 to procure long-lead-time material to support construction of two […]

Technologies being developed and deployed to detect, track and counter potential threats posed by small drones to aircraft and airport operations and other critical infrastructures need to be tested in […]

Triad National Security has made the Los Alamos National Laboratory a little safer since taking over as the prime contractor in 2018, but the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) believes […]

The Navy accepted the next Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-104 on June 9. Acceptance came after the vessel finished Acceptance Trials with the Navy’s Board of Inspection […]

General Dynamic’s [GE] Electric Boat held a keel laying ceremony for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine on June 4, named the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826). During a […]

The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said the first Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) missiles for homeland-based defense is set to be put in the silos a […]

The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) seapower panel introduced legislation that would keep the Navy from going below 31 amphibious battle force ships, as is the Marine […]

The Chief of Naval Operations on Thursday said he was unsure if the future force would need a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel at all and separately explained why the fiscal […]

Top Navy officials this week said the service’s budget plan to buy only one more San Antonio-class (LPD-17) Flight II amphibious transport dock ship, LPD-32, and end the program buys […]