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Rich Abott
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BudgetSenate Defense Appropriations Bill Adds $4 Billion To Navy Shipbuilding
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2023 defense appropriations bill, released July 28, adds $4 billion over the Navy’s request in shipbuilding. The Navy requested about $17.9 billion in shipbuilding […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Declares Initial Operating Capability For Towed UISS Minesweeper
The Navy declared the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on July 22. “UISS’s declaration of IOC is a monumental achievement for the Navy’s Mine Countermeasures […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Accepts Delivery Of First In New Fleet Oiler Class
The Navy accepted delivery of the USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the first ship in a new class of fleet replenishment oilers on July 26. T-AO 205 previously finished acceptance […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Holds Sea-Based UAS Demo
The Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS program office (PMA-263) held a sea-based Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) wide-area mission demonstration in July to assess potential capabilities to aid the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy IDs Potentially Defective Ejection Part, Grounds Planes
The Navy and Marine Corps said they are replacing a potentially defective part used in pilot ejection in some planes like Super Hornets and training aircraft and grounding some planes […]
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Navy/USMCWittman Outlines AUKUS Organizational, Industrial Coordination Needed
Australian sailors and shipbuilders have to participate in American operations and construction to learn how to build and operate their own nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS agreement, a […]
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Navy/USMCCNO’s 2022 NAVPLAN Argues For Over 350 Manned Ships
The latest Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) released on Tuesday by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday includes recommendations from the Navy requiring over 350 manned vessels. This latest NAVPLAN is […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Conducts Flight Test On Prototype Missile
Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed a third captive flight test of an unnamed internally funded air-launched prototype missile development series last month, the company said on July 25. The test occurred […]
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Missile DefenseSenate NDAA Pushes 64 NGIs, An Increase Over 20 Planned
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) fiscal year 2023 defense policy bill includes a provision that would require the Defense Department to plan for acquiring at least 64 Next Generation […]
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Navy/USMCHII And BIW Win Contracts For DDG(X) Design
The Navy last week awarded contracts to General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) and HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding segment for engineering and design analysis for the next generation guided-missile […]