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Marc Selinger
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Navy/USMCNavy’s New DDG-113 Destroyer Begins Sea Trials
The future USS John Finn (DDG-113), a DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, completed its first round of sea trials Aug. 30 after spending three days in the Gulf of Mexico […]
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Navy/USMCLCS Woes Spur Navy Review Of Crew Procedures, Training
A recent spate of problems with the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) prompted Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander of Naval Surface Forces, to order all LCS crews to review […]
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UncategorizedU.S., India To Cooperate On Defense Logistics
The United States and India have signed an agreement to expand cooperation on military logistics, the two countries said Aug. 29. The bilateral logistics exchange memorandum of agreement (LEMOA) will […]
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InternationalCanada Becomes First Foreign Buyer Of Insitu’s Blackjack UAS
Canada has signed an agreement making it the first foreign buyer of the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned air system (UAS). One Blackjack system, which consists of five air vehicles, two […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s LCS-4 Sidelined By Engineering Problem
The USS Coronado, a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-4), experienced an “engineering casualty” Aug. 30, four days after leaving Pearl Harbor to deploy to the Western Pacific, the Navy said. The […]
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DOD Eyes More Complex Counter-UAS Exercise
The U.S. military plans to introduce several changes into the 2016 version of the annual Black Dart counter-drone exercise, including making the threat scenarios more complex and more challenging to […]
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Navy/USMCEngine On Navy’s LCS-1 Damaged By Seawater
One of the two main propulsion diesel engines on the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1), the USS Freedom, recently sustained “significant damage” from seawater contamination and will likely have to […]
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Predator UAVs Detect, Track Ballistic Missile In Test
Two Predator B unmanned planes built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) detected and tracked a ballistic missile target during a test in the Pacific in late June, GA-ASI […]
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Missile Defense Chief Not Expecting Big Budget Boost
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) probably will have to live within its current financial means despite calls in some quarters for the agency to get more money, […]
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Missile Defense Agency To Test New Sea-Based Defenses
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to conduct two key intercept tests of sea-based defenses later this year, the agency’s director said Aug. 17. In October, the […]