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Rich Abott
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Missile DefenseMDA Completes Construction, Initially Fields LRDR in Alaska
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it completed construction and installation of radar arrays for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) and started initial fielding during a ceremony on Monday. […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-25 Boards CVN-77 For Non-Flight Tests
The Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray test asset arrived on the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) aircraft carrier for non-flight handling tests on Nov. 30, the Navy said last week. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host Workshop To Explore UUV System Capabilities
The Navy is planning to host a workshop in February with industry and academia to explore and better understand the state of unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) system capabilities and identify […]
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InternationalCanada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement
The government of Canada confirmed it has rejected Boeing [BA] as a finalist in the government’ project to replace its 76 aging CF-18 Hornet fighters. The government is seeking to […]
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Navy/USMCGD NASSCO Starts Building ESB-7
Construction of the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB-7) Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base ship began with a ceremony on Dec. 1 at General Dynamics’ National Steel and Shipbuilding […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards $1.7 Billion In San Diego Ship Maintenance And Modernization Contracts
The Navy awarded four lots of contracts totaling over $1.7 billion for repair, maintenance and modernization requirements work on non-nuclear surface vessels based or visiting the San Diego Navy port. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Accepts DDG-121 Destroyer
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer on November 30 from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]. HII built […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Receives $153 Million In Contracts For AARGM Lots 10 and 11
As of November, the Navy awarded Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] $153 million total in contracts for full-rate production of Lots 10 and 11 of the AGM-88E2 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) […]
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Navy/USMCNavy and Raytheon Conduct First StormBreaker Test On F-35B
The Navy and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] conducted the first weapon drop of the StormBreaker bomb from an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, the company said Monday. During this test based at […]
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Missile DefenseGuam Needs SM-6 For Hypersonic Defense, Official Says
Any Guam missile defense system would need the Navy’s SM-6 missile for its utility in hyperosnic missile defense, a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) official said last week. SM-6 is a […]
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