ORP (Ohio Replacement Program)
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Navy/USMCNavy Looking For Separate Funding For Columbia Subs
A top Navy official confirmed the service is looking to fund the upcoming Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program (SSBN) separately from the normal shipbuilding budget. Vice Adm. William Merz, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looking For Separate Funding For Columbia Subs
A top Navy official confirmed the service is looking to fund the upcoming Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program (SSBN) separately from the normal shipbuilding budget. Vice Adm. William Merz, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Undersea Warfare Head Sees Columbia Production Line Options And More VPM Loads
The Navy is looking at options to keep the Columbia-class submarine production line hot past a 12th boat and diversify what is loaded into the Virginia Payload Module, the service’s […]
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Navy/USMCWelding Mistake With Columbia Missile Tubes Was Bigger Problem Than BWXT Thought
Botching welds on 12 missile tubes for the Columbia-class submarine earlier this year proved a costly mistake for BWX Technologies [BWXT], which on Wednesday said the problems with its welding […]
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Navy/USMCGD Wins $481 Million Mod For More Columbia Work
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat (GDEB) a $481 million modification on last Thursday for more Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program long-lead time […]
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Navy/USMCColumbia Sub In Good Shape, But May Require More Oversight, CNO Says
The Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine is currently in good shape but the program has little room for error and may require tighter oversight, the Chief of Naval Operations said on […]
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Business/FinancialBWXT Chief Doesn’t Foresee Earnings Hit Over Botched Missile Tubes
Botched welding jobs on 12 missile tubes for the Navy’s next-generation ballistic-missile submarine should not materially affect tube-vendor BWX Technologies’ [BWXT] bottom line this year, the company’s chief executive said […]
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Air ForceTrump Officially Taps Mattis For SECDEF, Promises Best New Equipment For Troops
Aside from officially announcing retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday described with soaring superlatives how he plans to rebuild […]
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CongressOfficials Dispel Rumors on Nuclear Posture, Nonproliferation Changes Under Obama
Top defense and energy officials testified Thursday in defense of current U.S. nuclear modernization priorities and dispelled rumors that President Barack Obama is planning to take nonproliferation steps in the […]