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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy: Reducing Super Hornet Life Extension Work Time To Improve Shortfall
The Navy is looking to reduce the time it takes to conduct the Service Life Modernization (SLM) effort for each F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to 12 months by 2024 to help […]
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Navy/USMCCruiser Vicksburg Is Almost Done With Modernization, But Still Set For Decommissioning
A Ticonderoga-class cruiser is almost finished with hundreds of millions of dollars of modernization work, but the Navy is still seeking to decommission it next year. During a House Armed […]
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Navy/USMCHeckl: Reduction Of 31 to 24 Amphibs Adds Risk, Mostly Outside Indo-Pacific Region
A Marine Corps official told a congressional panel Wednesday the Navy’s plans to reduce amphibious warships in the medium term from 24 ships will add risk to the service’s ability […]
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Navy/USMCNavy: Delay From LHA-9 To LHA-10 Will Increase Cost And Impact Industrial Base
Navy officials on Wednesday admitted the Navy’s current plan to procure the future America-class amphibious assault ship, LHA-10, about a decade after LHA-9 would increase costs and impact the industrial […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Finds Navy SIOP Dry Dock Costs Increased Over 400 Percent
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently found the cost for the Navy to renovate its dry docks has grown by over 400 percent as part of a decades-long effort to […]
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Navy/USMCPappano Says Navy Evaluating Up To 5 Ohio SSBN Sub Extensions, Also SSGN Extensions
The Navy’s top officer for procuring and sustaining the Navy’s nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) last week confirmed the service is currently evaluating short-term service life extensions of up to […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Argues Decommissioning Ships Goes To Fund Maximizing Weapons Production Lines
The Navy’s top officer this week argued the service’s fiscal year 2023 request to retire 24 ships aims to redirect resources from expensive ship fixes and operating costs to increased […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Informs Congress Of Nunn-McCurdy Cost Breach Tied To Cutting LCS ASW Modules
The Navy on Friday notified Congress about a significant but not critical cost breach in the Littoral Combat System’s (LCS) module program caused by canceling the anti-submarine (ASW) mission package. […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: Private Sub Shipyards Maintenance Work Over Cost And Schedule
The Navy’s top officer Thursday castigated two companies that build Navy submarines for underperforming on contracted maintenance work on attack submarines. “Based on the fact that we continue to build […]
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Missile DefenseMDA To Downselect Hypersonic Defense Competition
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to narrow down its competitors for hypersonic missile defense later this year, the agency’s director said Wednesday. “We have a Other Transaction Authority agreement […]
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