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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Reschedules Modular Missile Industry Day
The Navy has rescheduled an industry day for the Naval Modular Missile (NMM) program for Feb. 27, after it was previously postponed in October during the government shutdown, according to […]
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Navy/USMCAppropriators Direct F/A-XX EMD Contract Award While Boosting Funding To Nearly $1 Billion
Appropriators are pushing the Navy to award an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract for the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter aircraft while boosting funding close to $1 billion, according to […]
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Navy/USMCFF(X) Needs Five “Significant” Capability Adds, Navy Starts From Scrapped 11th NSC
The Navy has identified five areas that require design study to add capabilities to the new FF(X) frigate program, according to a budget document released by the House Appropriations Committee […]
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FF(X) Frigate Restricts Engineering To Single Digit Changes Over NSC, Containerize Extra Systems
Navy officials last week said the new FF(X) frigate, based on the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter (NSC) design, will have extremely constrained engineering changes and they plan to primarily […]
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InternationalHII Doubles The Size Of UK Unmanned Vehicle Facility
HII [HII] this week announced it has completed an expansion to double the size of its unmanned vehicle facility in Porchester, United Kingdom, strengthening its capability as a regional hub […]
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Navy/USMCBattleship Solves The Weapons Choice DDG(X) Faced, Navy Official Says
The Navy was facing a choice between either fielding hypersonic weapons or keeping a planned naval gun on the DDG(X) future destroyer program until the Trump administration’s push to supersede […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Seeks Defense Spending Over Four Percent Of GDP, Says Adding Nuclear Power To Battleship Would Delay It
The Navy’s top officer this week argued the U.S. annual defense budget should stick to a “new normal” above four percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to maintain […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Supports Battleship Lasers, Foresees Them Reaching One Megawatt-Power Level
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Wednesday said he strongly supports putting large-power laser weapons on the Trump-class battleship and even foresees lasers reaching upwards of one megawatt in […]
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Navy/USMCZumwalt Installs Of Hypersonic Weapon Tubes On Pace, Testing For IOC Unclear
The Navy’s three Zumwalt-class destroyers are proceeding roughly on time to install the missile tubes and systems that will allow them to be the service’s ships to field hypersonic weapons, […]
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Navy/USMCHanwha And HavocAI To Develop 200-Foot Autonomous Ship Aimed At Navy MASC
Korean conglomerate Hanwha’s U.S. defense business last week announced it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with American autonomy developer HavocAI to jointly develop a 200-foot autonomous surface vessel (ASV) […]
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