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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Nabs Marine Corps Precision Attack Strike Munition Contract
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) on Friday announced it awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an 86.2 million contract for its Red Wolf launched effects vehicles for the Marine Corps’ Precision Attack […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Ford-Class Carrier Out For Initial Sea Trials
The Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), sailed out to sea for the first time on Jan. 28 for its initial set of sea […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Looks To Sunset Dolphin Helicopter Early, Light and Medium Icebreakers To Be Built in U.S., Commandant Says
The Commandant of the Coast Guard on Thursday said the service is looking to “sunset” its aging HH-65 Dolphin helicopters before 2037 as previously planned and confirmed new small and […]
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Navy/USMCCNO’s New Hedge Strategy Uses “Tailored Forces” To Underpin Upcoming Strategic Guidance
The Chief of Naval Operations (NCO) this week said his upcoming new strategic guidance, dubbed the United States Navy Fighting Instructions, will be a framework guided by his new “hedge […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: F/A-XX Needs To Start Now To Prep For Spreading Advanced Anti-Air In A Decade
The Navy’s top officer on Tuesday said the F/A-XX next-generation fighter aircraft program needs to start now to prepare for proliferating advanced anti-aircraft systems today and what those capabilities will […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Director Outlines Priorities Through 2027
The director for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program last week gave industry another peak into his priorities through next year and elaborated on why they have been so secretive about […]
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Navy/USMCLeonardo DRS Opens New Naval Power And Propulsion Facility
Leonardo DRS [DRS] on Jan. 23 announced the opening of its new $120 million naval power and propulsion manufacturing and testing facility in Charleston, S.C. The new facility stands at […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Names Golden Dome Deputy
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the White House has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Brian Gibson to be appointed as lieutenant general and assigned as military deputy to […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-1000 Finishes HII Builders Trials After Hypersonic Launcher Installed
HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding division this week announced it completed builder’s sea trials for the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) destroyer following the completion of a modernization period that makes it the […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Boost LSM Spending, Confirm Fincantieri As Shipbuilder But Warn On Cost Growth
Congressional appropriators added $800 million to the Navy’s Medium Landing Ship program (LSM) in the latest defense spending bill in order to help shift the shipyard building the two Constellation-class […]
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