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Navy/USMCAustal USA President Resigns Amid LCS Investigations
Austal USA President Craig Perciavalle resigned amid U.S. and Australian investigations concerning the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the company said Tuesday. Parent company Austal acknowledged separate but related investigations being […]
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Navy/USMCCourtney Wants More Unmanned Vessel Answers Before Full Production
The head of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee said Congress wants to see more prototyping and testing of larger unmanned vessels before they will fully fund […]
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $3 Billion Contract For USS John C. Stennis Refueling And Overhaul
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding [HII] a $3 billion contract on Feb. 19 for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS John C. Stennis […]
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Congress
Courtney and Wittman Continue Submarine and Navy Push
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee today repeated their push for the Navy to buy three attack submarines per year and increase its share of the […]
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InternationalIsrael and U.S. Start Developing Arrow-4 Missile Defense Interceptor
Israel and the U.S. are starting to develop a new Arrow-4 missile defense interceptor as a next-generation part of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS), the governments said Thursday. Development is […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Begins Installing SPY-6 Radar On DDG-125
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] started installing the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar on the Navy’s new Flight III Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 Aegis destroyer, the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125), the company said […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $197 Million RAM Missile Sale To Egypt
The State Department approved a potential $197 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Egypt for 168 RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) Block 2 tactical missiles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]
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Unmanned SystemsDARPA’s UAV LongShot Project Begins To Use Air-To-Air Weapons
The Pentagon is launching a new unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to engage opponents in air-to-air combat with the LongShot program. On Feb. 8, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) […]
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Navy/USMCHII Says Committed To Unmanned Systems
Top Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] officials Thursday said the company is committed to unmanned systems going forward in addition to traditional manned ships. During a quarterly earnings call Feb. 11, […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Examining New Pulsed Laser Directed Energy Project
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is asking industry for pulsed laser prototype ideas a year after the Defense Department moved previous directed energy funds out of the agency. According to […]
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