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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCMarines Plan To Eliminate RQ-21A Blackjack Drones
The Marine Corps last week confirmed plans to divest of the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the coming years due to relevancy issues. Last year, the Marine Corps […]
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Navy/USMCNavy FY ‘23 Budget Seeks To ‘Eliminate’ Snakehead LDUUV, Decommission 25 EA-18G Growlers, Not Extend CVN-68
According to the recently released Navy Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Highlights book, the service is seeking to end the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program, decommission the 25 […]
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Navy/USMCONR Downs Cruise Missile Substitute In Laser Test
The Navy’s research agency successfully demonstrated a high-energy laser defeating a cruise-missile type target in recent months, the Navy said on April 13. The all-electric high-energy Lockheed Martin [LMT] Layered […]
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InternationalU.S. And India Consider Using Indian Shipyards To Repair U.S. Sealift Ships
This week the U.S. and India said they are starting to consider expanding defense cooperation by potentially using Indian shipyards to repair and maintain U.S. Military Sealift Command ships. The […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Recommends Navy Increase SUPSHIPs Involvement In Shipbuilding Oversight
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report recommends the Navy increase the involvement of the Supervisors of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIPs) to improve shipbuilding oversight and help the Navy […]
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UncategorizedHII Launches Odyssey Autonomy Suite
HII [HII] recently launched its new Odyssey suite of autonomy solutions that it says can be put on any ground, air, surface sea, or undersea vehicle to be made into […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Says Navy’s Unmanned Vessel Plans Need To Better Plan Out Efforts, Not Estimating All Costs
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said the Navy needs to better plan its work to create and transition unmanned systems in the future fleet, ranging from better estimating […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins $14 Million MCM USV Production Contract
In a surprise win, the Navy awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $14 million contract on April 8 for production of the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) over two other […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Argues FY ‘23 Fleet Request Responsible As More Than Just Numbers
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – This week the Chief of Naval Operations defended the Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request fleet additions by comparing his focus on a credible and supportable […]
