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Rich Abott
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Missile DefenseHill Touts GBI Life Extension While Waiting For NGI
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) argued service life extension program (SLEP) work on current Ground Based Interceptors (GBIs) in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system will help […]
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Navy/USMCMaine Reps Oppose Reported DDG-51 Cut
Maine’s congressional delegation wrote to President Biden in opposition of reports the forthcoming fiscal year 2022 budget request will recommend procuring only one new destroyer instead of the expected two […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Declares IOC For JPALS
The Navy on Tuesday said it declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) earlier this month. JPALS is a GPS-based system that integrates […]
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InternationalNATO Starts Formidable Shield 2021 Air and Missile Defense Exercise
Naval forces from several NATO members began the Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 21 live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise off the west coast of Scotland on May 15. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Planning Second Test of SM-3 IIA Against ICBM Target
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is planning a second intercept flight test of the Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target following the first successful […]
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Navy/USMCBerger Lays Out Future Marine Corps Priorities, Says Ground-Based Anti-Ship Missile FY22 Priority
Commandant of the Marine Corps David Berger last week outlined several areas he is focusing on through his Force Design 2030 effort and budget planning and called a new ground-based […]
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Navy/USMCBerger Says LAW Focused On Mobility Over Arming
The Commandant of the Marine Corps last week said that potentially arming the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) would be secondary to initially focusing on getting its mobility use ready first. […]
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Navy/USMCNAVSEA Commander Explains Cruiser Maintenance Issues
The commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) this week explained the difficulties the Navy is having in maintaining its cruisers and how that informs service plans for the future […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Head Says NGI Competition Will Quicken Fielding
The director of the Missile Defense Agency said the competition between two teams working on the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) is expected to accelerate the fielding of the new missile […]
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CongressWittman Says Navy Must Balance Legacy Systems With Modernization
The Navy must balance the capabilities of legacy platforms like cruisers while conducting modernization and building new capabilities, House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. […]
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