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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Info From Potential LSM Amphib Builders, Wants Four Annually
The Navy is seeking industrial information from potential medium landing ship (LSM) producers on their ability to build the new ships, with a special interest of building up to four […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Wins Up To $3.2 Billion For T-AGOS-25 Ocean Surveillance Ships
Austal USA won a contract potentially worth up to $3.2 billion for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of up to seven of the new T-AGOS(X) ocean surveillance ships, now […]
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Navy/USMCDoD Seeks Authority To Sell Submarines To Australia, Accept Australian Industrial Base Help
The Department of Defense this month submitted proposals to allow it to transfer nuclear-powered attack submarines to Australia as part of the AUKUS agreement, accept Australian funding to improve the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Completes Some Seismic Repairs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Dry Dock, Two More To Go
The Navy finished interim seismic repairs to a dry dock at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) in Bremerton, Wash., with two more left […]
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Navy/USMCVigor Finishes DDG-112 Maintenance On-Schedule After Protest Reversal
Vigor Industrial announced it recently completed a nine-month docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) on time in Hawaii after it previously won […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Delivers LCS-34 To Navy
Austal USA delivered the future USS Augusta (LCS-34) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the Navy on May 12 at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery occurred after […]
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Missile DefenseIsrael David’s Sling Missile Defense Makes First Real World Intercept
Israel’s David’s Sling air and missile defense system successfully intercepted a rocket for the first time outside a test, according to recent Israeli media reports. On May 10 the Times […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Seeks Innovative Missile Defense Concepts For 2045 Threats
The Missile Defense Agency is starting to consider what concepts and capabilities it might need around 2045 in a new request for information (RFI). MDA issued an RFI on May […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Navy Unmanned Battle Problem Focused on Just Unmanned Systems, Integrating Together
The Navy’s second Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) is focused on integrated unmanned systems together rather than working with crewed platforms, a Navy official said this week. U.S. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Sees Counter-Hypersonic Ability In Present Missiles, Multi-Year SM-6 Order For Salvo Defense
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said several current missile defense systems likely have a capability to defend against hypersonic threats and plans to procure hundreds […]
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