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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Chooses HII For Lionfish SUUV Program
The Navy recently announced it plans to procure the Lionfish Small Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (SUUV) from Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]. On March 18, Naval Sea Systems Command issued a presolicitation notice […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And HII Reach R&D Agreement For USV Threat Detection System
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] recently agreed to a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for an autonomous threat tracking […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Sale Of Ballistic Missile Defense Radar, C2BMC to U.K.
The State Department approved a potential $700 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of a Ballistic Missile Defense Radar (BMDR) and Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) systems to […]
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![The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) was launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding Division in Pascagoula, Miss in March 2020 (Photo: U.S. Navy by Huntington Ingalls Industries).](https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/lpd-28-launching-2020-300x200.jpg)
Navy/USMCBerger: Slow Russian Progress In Ukraine Gives China Pause In Taiwan, Validates USMC Direction on Modernization
The Commandant of the Marine Corps this week said Russia’s slow progress of its invasion of Ukraine should cause China to reevaluate any plans to militarily take over Taiwan. “Without […]
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InternationalBoeing Starts Building First New Zealand P-8A
Boeing [BA] team employees laid the keel beam for the first of four New Zealand P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft, the company said on March 17. This keeling occurred at Spirit […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And Marine Corps Exercise Manned And Unmanned Helicopter Teaming
The Navy and Marine Corps recently conducted a new manned-unmanned teaming exercise to demonstrate how a different combination of helicopters could be used in a potential littoral environment, the service […]
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BudgetFinal FY ‘22 Budget Requires Some Buy America Parts In New Navy Ships
The final fiscal year 2022 spending bill inserted some “Buy American” requirements in new Navy ships going forward with the next set of frigates, fleet replenishment oilers, cable laying and […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Sale Of Eight MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters To Spain
The State Department on Tuesday approved a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of eight Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters to Spain at a cost of $950 million. Besides the helicopters, […]
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InternationalAquilino: Shortening AUKUS From 10 To Eight Years Would be ‘Herculean’
The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command last week said the AUKUS Australia nuclear submarine effort is not expected to be a fast effort and shaving even two years off would […]
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New LPD and SSN Delivered To the Navy
The Navy recently accepted delivery of both the future USS Ft. Lauderdale (LPD-28) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship and the future USS Montana (SSN-794) Virginia-class attack submarine, the service […]