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InternationalLockheed Martin Delivers Trainer for New Zealand Frigates
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Canada, which is upgrading the Royal New Zealand Navy’s two Anzac-class frigates, announced March 14 that it has delivered the combat system trainer for the project. A […]
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InternationalNATO Urges Allies To Keep Boosting Defense Budgets
NATO members made progress in 2016 toward increasing their military budgets, but most still have work to do to achieve a goal to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product on […]
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InternationalUK-EU Cyber Defense Ties May Continue After Brexit
The United Kingdom will likely seek to continue its cyber defense cooperation with the European Union after it exits the EU, a British defense official said last week. “I would […]
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InternationalEgypt Needs Help To Counter IEDs, U.S. General Says
Egyptian forces face a growing threat from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the Sinai Peninsula and could use U.S. help to counter them, according to a key American general. A […]
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Missile Defense
Lockheed Receives Two Missile Defense Technology Contracts
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] two contracts totaling $103 million for technology risk reduction work, the Pentagon announced March 9. One contract, valued at […]
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Navy/USMCAir Force, Navy Exploring Joint Effort To Replace Command Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force and Navy have begun studying the possibility of pursuing a cooperative effort to replace their aging command-and-control aircraft. Adm. Bill Moran, vice chief of naval operations, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Building ‘Path’ To Larger Ship Fleet
The U.S. Navy has begun developing a plan to implement its recently unveiled goal of expanding its fleet by dozens of ships, according to a service official. “There are ongoing […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Life-Extended Nuclear Missile Achieves Milestone
The U.S. Navy loaded the first two life-extended Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles on an Ohio-class submarine last month, a service official said March 8. The event was a “significant […]
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Missile DefenseTHAAD Missile Defense System Begins Arriving in South Korea
The U.S. military has begun deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) battery to South Korea to protect against North Korean ballistic missiles. The “first elements” of the […]
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Navy/USMCLittoral Combat Ship Conducts First Hellfire Missile Firings
The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has begun test-firing missiles from its surface-to- surface missile module (SSMM), which is designed to counter small boats. During a Feb. 28 […]