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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Talks To Shape Future Surface Combatant
The U.S. Navy intends to hold informal talks in the coming months to explore potential successors to its cruisers and destroyers, including what the future vessels should do and how […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Aims To Protect Sensitive Information On Captured Unmanned Sea Systems
Two months after the Chinese military briefly detained a U.S. Navy unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), the service is taking a close look at how to ensure its unmanned maritime systems […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Test Electromagnetic Railgun’s Firepower, Endurance
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) plans to conduct a series of test-firings of the BAE Systems [BA] electromagnetic railgun this year to help it assess the developmental system’s maturity, the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Seek Bids For Afloat C4ISR Installation Services
The U.S. Navy is launching an industry competition to provide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) installation services for surface ships and submarines. According to an “Afloat Global […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Chief, Sen. McCain Welcome Calls For Fleet Overhaul
A top naval official and a key lawmaker on Feb. 10 both welcomed three newly released studies that urge the Navy to revamp and expand its arsenal of ships. The […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Space & Missile Defense. The U.S. Army taps eight firms to compete for $3 billion in work over nine years to develop space, high-altitude and missile defense hardware and software […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Issues Final RFP For New Over-the-Horizon Missile
The Navy late Feb. 8 issued a final request for proposals (RFP) for the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System (OTH-WS), a new missile intended to give the Littoral Combat Ship and the […]
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Air ForceLeonardo To Compete For Air Force T-X Trainer
Italy’s Leonardo announced Feb. 8 that it plans to join the field of companies competing to develop and build the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer jet. Leonardo will offer its […]
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Missile DefenseNORTHCOM Official Hopes Canada Joins U.S. Missile Defense
A United States Northern Command official (USNORTHCOM) says he is optimistic Canada will decide to participate in the American ballistic missile defense system for North America. “We’re hopeful because I […]
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Missile DefenseMissile Defense May Need More Eyes In Space, NORTHCOM Official Says
The United States should consider fielding more space-based sensors to improve its ability to track ballistic missiles that threaten the homeland, a U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) official said Feb. 7. […]