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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCBoeing Wins $47 Million Contract To Start First MQ-25 LRIP
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $47 million advance acquisition contract on Sept. 28 to prepare to build and deliver the low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot […]
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InternationalGerald R. Ford Set For First Deployment
The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the first-in-class USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is set to deploy in a multinational coalition force in the Atlantic region on Oct. 3, the Navy […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Finds Navy’s XLUUVs Years Behind Schedule And Over Budget
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Wednesday found the Navy’s Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program is at least three years late and 64 percent more expensive […]
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Navy/USMCONR Tests Unmanned Technologies To Help Find Illicit Maritime Cargo
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the SCOUT initiative and recently conducted an experiment to figure out how to better detect illicit maritime cargo and drug-running using unmanned […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Finished Hypersonic Defense System Review And Moves To Preliminary Design
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] said this week it had completed the Systems Requirements Review-Prototype for the Missile Defense Agency’s Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) competition and is next moving on to preliminary […]
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Unmanned SystemsGeneral Atomics Conducts Autonomous AI Flight With MQ-20A
General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted a completely autonomous flight test using an artificial intelligence (AI) pilot on an MQ-20A Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on Sept. 12, the […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Wins $2 Million MDA Study To Integrate Lasers With Missile Defense
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $2 million contract on Sept. 16 to investigate the utility of laser weapon technology for missile defense operations. The award […]
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Navy/USMCHII Delivers Three New REMUS 100 UUVs To U.K.
HII this week said it delivered three new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the U.K. Royal Navy earlier this year. The new UUVs come after the U.K. Ministry […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And Raytheon Test StormBreaker SDM II On F-35B, Moves To Next Phase
The Navy and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] conducted two StormBreaker smart weapon guided test vehicle releases from an F-35B, allowing it to move to the next phase of weapon capability testing, […]
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Navy/USMCBerger: Marine’s LRUSVs “Primarily” For ISR, Unmanned For Logistics
The Commandant of the Marine Corps last week said the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) the service is developing will primarily act as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) […]
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