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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCSSN-763 Submarine Returns To The Fleet
The Navy’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard delivered the Los Angeles-class submarine, USS Santa Fe (SSN-763), back to the fleet last month, following a two-year availability. Navy officials underscored SSN-763 had a […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-79 Finishes Sea Trials, Set To Rejoin Fleet
The USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer completed four days of sea trials in February and returned to Naval Station Norfolk, completing one of the last steps to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Developing New MQ-8C Mine Countermeasure Systems, Demo This Spring
The Navy is developing a new mine countermeasure system sensor suite to be used on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, with a prototype test set for […]
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Navy/USMCFuture USS Oregon Attack Sub Delivered To Navy
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] delivered the future USS Oregon (SSN-793) Virginia-class submarine to the U.S. Navy on Feb. 26, the government and company said on Monday. The Oregon is […]
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Navy/USMCFord Carrier Finishes PIA, Setting Up For First Deployment
The Navy on Tuesday said the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier completed sea trials this week to mark the end of its Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) and is […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Says LCS Needs Comprehensive Plan To Address Deficiencies, Implement Lessons
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said the Navy needs to do more to address deficiencies and implement a better sustainment approach for Littoral Combat Ships. “The Littoral Combat […]
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InternationalIndian Navy Receives 12th P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Boeing [BA] recently delivered the 12th P-8I maritime patrol aircraft earlier this month, the company said on Feb. 24. This aircraft was the fourth of four aircraft delivered to India […]
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InternationalIsrael Completes Live-Fire Tests Of Iron Dome Naval Variant
Israel said this week it successfully completed the first set of live-fire tests for a new naval variant of the Iron Dome defense system, C-Dome. In the tests, the C-Dome […]
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Navy/USMCHII Using Digital Modeling to Start Building CVN-80 In April, Also Used For Some Subs
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] is using new digital model techniques to construct Ford-class aircraft carriers, starting with the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80), which is set to be the first vessel […]
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CyberMDA Plans Cyber Support Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to issue a solicitation to procure cybersecurity compliance and risk management services to support MDA and the Office of Chief Information Officer, according to […]
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