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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Testing Dozens Of Maintenance Technologies On Test Ship
The Navy kicked off an exercise, the Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX), testing over 60 maintenance technologies aboard its Self Defense Test Ship on Aug. 22. The REPTX will run Aug. […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Chooses Serco For Phase 2 NOMARS USV Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it selected Serco Inc. to move forward with the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) X-ship medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) program. NOMARS […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Boeing Full-Rate Production Of HAAWC Torpedo Air Launch Kits
The Navy on Aug. 19 awarded Boeing [BA] a full-rate production contract for the High-Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC), which allows P-8As to launch torpedoes from high altitudes. The […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Navy MSC Ship Conducts Maintenance In India
The Navy’s first Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship completed maintenance work at a shipyard in India this month, after both governments said they would consider this cooperation in April. MSC’s […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS Laser To Navy
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Thursday it delivered to the Navy the 60+ kW-class high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS) system set to be installed on a destroyer. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases List Of 39 Ships To Decommission In 2023
The Navy released its annual inactivation schedule message last week, listing 29 ships it plans to inactivate and decommission in fiscal year 2023, barring intervention from Congress. The list includes […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Trainer Aircraft Crashes In Texas
A Navy T-45C Goshawk trainer jet aircraft crashed on Aug. 16 in Texas, the service said Tuesday, at least the third such crash in the region in under two years. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Finishes Pacific Dragon Exercise, Included SM-3 Intercept Test
The U.S. Navy completed the biennial Pacific Dragon 2022 exercise off the coast of Hawaii this week, which included a Standard Missile (SM-3) intercept test. This multinational air and missile […]
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Missile DefenseMDA: NGI Can Only Move So Fast, PDRs In Second Half of 2023
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently noted that while the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) competition is proceeding well, the agency is limited in how […]
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Missile DefenseHill: ‘High Confidence’ Long-Delayed Poland Aegis Ashore Operational By 2023
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week said the agency is now confident the Poland Aegis Ashore site will be operational by next year. […]
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