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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Commissions Sub SSN-793, Completes Refit Of SSGN-727
The Navy recently commissioned the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN-793) and also completed a refit of the guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN-727). SSN-793 was commissioned at a traditional ceremony […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Orca XLUUV To Carry 34-Foot Payload Module, Buying 6th Test Vessel
The Navy’s five Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs) are planned to carry a large payload module once it is active and the service is also buying a sixth […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Explains Why Guam Missile Defenses To Be Mobile
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) earlier this month explained why the Defense Department was planning to use mobile rather than fixed missile defenses in Guam. “First, it […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Unmanned Task Force Using Venture Capital Model For Technology Investments, Seeks To Field New Tech Within Five Years
The Navy’s Unmanned Task Force (UTF) has spent its first months developing a sort of venture capital model to choose promising technologies useful for warfighter problems that can be delivered […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Industry Information For DDG(X) Propulsion System
The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) earlier this month seeking industry information on the propulsion system for its next-generation destroyer, the DDG(X). The Navy plans to succeed the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Conducting More Market Research For New Aerial Delivered Maritime Mines
The Navy is conducting another round of market research on a potential Long Range Air Delivered Maritime Mine (LRADMM) in a Request For Information (RFI) issued on May 20. The […]
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ArmyRaytheon Wins $217 Million In First Multi-Service Tomahawk Contract
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $217 million contract to procure 154 Full-Rate Production (FRP) Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch Systems missiles […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-8C Deployed To Indo-Pacific
The Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout is in its first deployment in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility and second overall operational deployment this month, the company said. MQ-8C is […]
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UncategorizedHill: NGI On Track To Place First New Missile a Year Early
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said the first Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) missiles for homeland-based defense is set to be put in the silos a […]
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Missile DefenseMDA To Decide On NGI Production Number In 2024, May Replace Older GBIs
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently said in 2024 the Defense Department will decide exactly how many new Next Generation Interceptor (NMI) U.S.-based missile defense interceptors it […]
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