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Rich Abott
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InternationalState Department Approves $369 Million Sale For U.K. Tomahawk Support
The State Department approved a potential $368.5 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the United Kingdom for Tomahawk Weapon System follow-on support. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress […]
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UncategorizedMDA Decides On Guam Defense Architecture
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Monday revealed the architecture to defend Guam against ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles will consist of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aegis combat system, Raytheon Technologies […]
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Missile DefenseMDA And Army Complete Interception Flight Test With THAAD-Patriot Integration
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Army, and Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully conducted an interception flight test on Tuesday using the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system integrated […]
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Navy/USMCNavy FY 2023 Budget Request Seeks 96 Aircraft, Keeps NGAD Classified
The aviation portion of the Navy fiscal year 2023 budget request is seeking $16.8 billion to procure 96 total aircraft across the Navy and Marine Corps but is still keeping […]
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Navy/USMCNavy FY ‘23 Budget Looks To Retire 24 Ships, Reducing Total Fleet Size In Near Term
The Navy’s fiscal year 2023 budget request is seeking to buy nine more ships in 2023, but also wants to retire 24 other ships in an act that would reduce […]
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Navy/USMCGreece Finalizes Contract For Three Naval Group Frigates
Greece signed contracts with Naval Group on March 24, finalizing plans to buy at least three Defense and Intervention Frigates (FDI) for the Hellenic Navy (HN). The agreement calls for […]
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Navy/USMCSSC Hovercraft Transports CH-46 Helicopter
A Textron [TXT] Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) landing craft helped move a Boeing [BA] CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., to Eglin Air Force […]
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Missile DefenseVanHerck ‘Comfortable’ With Current Missile Defense Capability Vs. North Korea After Test
The commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) on Thursday said he believes current U.S. missile defense systems can still defend against North Korean nuclear missiles amid a new test launch, […]
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Navy/USMCCrowley Wins Contract To Operate Tanker, Acquires Sealift Vessel For MARAD
This week Crowley announced it was awarded a charter contract for the Military Sealift Command to operate a tanker for the Defense Department and managed the acquisition of a vehicle […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Nominee: Force Structure Assessments Coming Soon, Confirms Need to Modernize And Clean Audit
The nominee to be the next Under Secretary of the Navy Tuesday said the service’s new force structure reviews should be coming out in the “very near future,” and he […]
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