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Navy/USMC

Australia Picks BAE For New $26 Billion Frigate Program

Friday, June 29th, 2018

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Australia Picks BAE For New $26 Billion Frigate Program

Rendering of the huture Hunter-class frigate, based on BAE's Type 26 Global Combat Ship. (Image: Australian Ministry of Defence)

Australia said on Friday it selected Britain’s BAE Systems to build its nine next-generation anti-submarine frigates in its SEA 5000 program, a program worth up to $26 billion to design, build, and support the ships.BAE offered a variant of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, the Global Combat Ship-Australia, to be the new frigates and Australia said they will be designated the the Hunter-class FFG. It beat fellow ship designers Fincantieri of Italy with its FREMM frigate and Navantia of Spain offering…

Congress

SASC Cites Concern With Army’s sUAS Approach, Seeks Info On Plans To Scale Fielding

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Army

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