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Rich Abott
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Missile DefenseGAO: MDA Cancelled Planned 2020 Cybersecurity Assessments To Change Approach
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted none of its planned operational cybersecurity assessments in fiscal year 2020 as it moves to change […]
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UncategorizedMarines Consider Adding Missiles To Light Amphibious Warship
The Marine Corps is considering adding containerized missiles to the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) to help better deter opponents, Commandant Gen. David Berger said in written testimony to the House […]
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Navy/USMCHarker: Navy Could Accelerate Shipyard Infrastructure Plan If Given More Funds
The Navy’s top official said the service would welcome the chance to renew the it’s four public shipyards faster than planned under a current 20-year plan if given more funding. […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps And Raytheon Test Naval Strike Missile Off Ground Vehicle
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] last Wednesday revealed an image of the successful recent live fire test with the Marine Corps of a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) against a sea surface target […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: Hypersonic Weapons To First Go On Zumwalt Destroyers By 2025
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy intends to field hypersonic missiles aboard the Zumwalt-class destroyers by 2025, reversing previous plans to first install the weapons […]
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Bipartisan Bill Pushes For $25 Billion In Shipyard Infrastructure Funds
A bipartisan group of legislators on Wednesday introduced a new bill to provide $25 billion in funds to help recapitalize public and private shipyards supporting the Navy. The Supplying Help […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Picks Martin UAV V-BAT In Prototype Effort
The Navy selected Martin UAV and its V-BAT for a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) prototyping effort as a result of the Mi2 Challenge concluding this month. […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-8B Crashes Into Littoral Combat Ship After Launch
An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter crashed into the side of the littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Charleston (LCS-18) after taking off from the ship on April 26, the U.S. […]
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Navy/USMCUnmanned Systems Aid In Shooting SM-6 In Battle Problem
The Navy used both manned and unmanned assets to have an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer launch and hit a target using a Standard Missile (SM)-6 from over-the-horizon ranges, service officials […]
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