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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCFord Carrier Completes First Shock Trials Event
The Navy revealed last week the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) successfully finished its first scheduled event in the Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST) on June 18. The service noted […]
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Missile DefenseParsons Wins Nearly $3 Billion In MDA Contract Work
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Parsons [PSN] two contracts on June 16 worth nearly $3 billion total in various support services. One contract awarded to Parsons’ Government Services division, […]
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Navy/USMCOfficials Defend Cost Balancing In Cruiser Retirement Plans
Lawmakers on a congressional panel continued pushing back against Navy plans to retire seven Ticonderoga-class cruisers due to cost, including two vessels added to the plan this year, while officials […]
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InternationalBoeing Inks Deal With Two German Firms For Possible Germany P-8A Support
Boeing [BA] signed agreements with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik on June 17 outlining joint efforts to support a potential German P-8A Poseidon selection as the country’s next […]
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Officials Outline Cruise Missile And Guam Defense Progress, Value Of More Hypersonic Defense Funds
This week Defense Department officials told a Congressional panel how it is moving forward on cruise missile defense of the homeland, plans for increasing missile defense of Guam and the […]
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Business/FinancialFincantieri Marinettee Marine Appoints Mark Vandroff As New CEO
Fincantieri’s Marinette Marine announced on June 11 its board of directors chose former Navy Capt. Mark Vandroff to become the Wisconsin shipyard’s next CEO. Vandroff is set to take over […]
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Navy/USMCWittman And Palazzo Push To Hold CAPE Funding Until Amphib Block Buy
Legislation introduced by two Republican representatives this week seeks to hold half of the Defense Department’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office’s budget until the Navy conducts a block […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Unfunded List Leads With More SM-3 IIA Rounds, THAAD Interceptors
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) submitted a $367.5 million unfunded priorities list with the fiscal year 2022 budget request this month, topped with extra missile defense interceptors and more hypersonic […]
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Navy/USMCShip-to-Shore Connector Breaches Nunn-McCurdy With Rising Costs
The Navy said its Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) program breached the Nunn-McCurdy acquisition threshold due to increasing costs, but noted it is not critical and production will continue. The SSC consists […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Delivers First SEWIP Block 3 To Navy
Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered the first AL/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 engineering and development model (EDM) unit to the Navy for land-based testing, the company announced […]
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