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UncategorizedFormer Nuke Weapons Plant Disinfected; DoE Limits Travel to ‘Mission-Critical’ Trips on Virus Fears
An office building used by one of the main contractors for the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state has been disinfected after an employee was tested for the […]
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UncategorizedNavy Not Extending All DDG-51 Destroyers Anymore, Officials Say
Last week, top Navy leaders told Congress they no longer plan to extend the service lives of all DDG-51 Aegis-class destroyers to reach 355 ships. “Service life extensions can be […]
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UncategorizedTextron Says First Ship-to-Shore Connector Delivered in February
Textron Systems [TXT] on Tuesday said it delivered the first Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) next-generation air cushion vehicle, LCAC-100, in February. The company said before delivery “Craft 100 underwent integrated testing […]
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UncategorizedAir Force Requests More Than $50 Million for C-5 Avionics-Related Upgrades
The Air Force’s fiscal 2021 budget requests more than $50 million in avionics-related upgrades for the service’s fleet of 52 Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-5M Super Galaxy transports, including 36 in […]
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UncategorizedNorthrop Grumman Partners with DARPA for Robotic Servicing Mission
SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman [NOC], has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as its commercial partner for the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program. Northrop […]
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UncategorizedAmphibious Assault Ship LHA-7 Delivered To The Navy
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Tripoli (LHA-7), an America-class amphibious assault ship, from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] on Feb. 28. Known as a “large […]
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UncategorizedPentagon Wants To Ramp Up Investment in 5G
The Pentagon fiscal year 2021 budget requests $449 million in research and development for the 5G next generation information communications technology program, $249 million more than provided by Congress last […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Say Navy Budget Requests Too Few Ships and Subs
Lawmakers are strongly opposing the Navy’s plans to fund eight new ships in fiscal year 2021, including only one Virginia-class submarine, a decrease from 12 in FY ’20. When the […]
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UncategorizedAfter Slips, First Versions of Refurbed Nukes Coming in 2022, 2021
After delays attributed to unsuitable electrical components, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) now plans to manufacture the first refurbished B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb and W88 Alt-370 submarine-launched ballistic-missile warhead […]
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UncategorizedDOT&E Reports MQ-8C Fire Scout Not Operationally Effective
The Defense Department’s top weapons tester said the Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout is “not operationally effective, not operationally suitable, and not cyber survivable” and the service established a “Tiger Team” […]