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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCDDG-121 Finishes Acceptance Trials
The future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) finished its acceptance trials on Sept. 16, the Navy said on Friday. During the trials, the Navy’s Board of […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Awarded $41 Million Contract For 16 AARGM-ER Missiles
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Northrop Grumman’s Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC [NOC] a $41 million contract for 16 low rate initial production (LRIP) Lot One AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-25 Test Aircraft Conducts First F-35C Refueling
Boeing’s [BA] MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tanker test asset, called T1, conducted the first unmanned aerial refueling with a Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35C Joint Strike Fighter for the Navy on […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Nabs $2 Billion F-35 Logistics Contract
The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $2.014 billion contract definition award on Sept. 13 to provide logistics support for domestic and international customers of the F-35 Joint Strike […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards $500 Million Design Contract For Pacific Shipyard Modernization
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded the Honolulu, Hawaii-based WSM Pacific SIOP, A Joint Venture a $500 million architect-engineer design contract on Sept. 7 for Hawaii and Washington-based […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Tests New Three-Stage Booster For Missile Defense System
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Sunday conducted the first flight test of a new three-stage booster for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System’s Ground Based Interceptor (GBI), demonstrating variable […]
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Navy/USMCNew 5th Fleet Task Force To Test Unmanned Systems
The Navy’s 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59 was stood up on Sept. 9 to help test and integrate unmanned systems into the service, following previous ongoing efforts. The new task […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Creating Navy Task Force To Push Unmanned Integration Within Decade
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy is creating a new unmanned task force to quicken the pace of integrating unmanned systems into the fleet. Speaking […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Establishes New Portsmouth Shipyard Construction Leader
The Navy established an Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC) for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine on Sept. 1 as the service starts infrastructure improvement work in […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Awarded MDA Boost Vehicle Contract
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $422 million maximum ceiling value contract for six more Boost Vehicles and related components for the Ground Based Interceptors (GBIs). This […]
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