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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCAustal Delivers Last Independence-Variant LCS To The Navy
Austal USA on Friday delivered the 19th and last Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Pierre (LCS-38), to the U.S. Navy. Austal built them and delivered this one […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Used BALTOPS Exercise To Demonstrate USV Tactics, Evaluating Vessels
The head of a Navy task force focused on evaluating and using lower cost unmanned systems for 6th Fleet said recent testing at the Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS) maritime exercise […]
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Unmanned SystemsSaildrone Envisions European Expansion After Baltic Sea Exercises
The founder and CEO of unmanned surface vessel (USV) company Saildrone said the company is ripe for significant expansion to more European customers following a June NATO test and demonstration […]
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Navy/USMCAuthorizers Support New LSM Plan, Impose Vessel Construction Manager Strategy
The newly released House and Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY 2026 defense authorization bills both support the Navy’s latest strategy to move forward with a non-developmental design for the Medium […]
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WeaponsSixth-Generation Fighter And Munitions Top The Navy’s Unfunded Priority List
The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Ford-Class Carrier Running Another 20 Months Late, Third Adds 10 More Months In Budget Books
The Navy’s fiscal year 2025 budget request shipbuilding budget documents revealed the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers will be another 20 and 10 months late, respectively. The future USS John […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Delivers First SPY-7 Aegis Radar Shipset To Japan
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday announced it delivered the first full Aegis Systems Equipped Vessel (ASEV) shipset of radar panels to Japanese government control, with further testing this year before […]
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Business/FinancialShipbuilder Fincantieri Appoints New CEO For U.S. Subsidiary
Italy’s shipbuilder Fincantieri appointed George Moutafis as the next CEO of U.S. subsidiary Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), effective July 1. Moutafis succeeds Marco Galbiati, who had served as CEO since […]
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Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Wins Another $2.97 Billion Contract To Upgrade Aegis Over Next Decade
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] another 10-year contract to maintain and upgrade the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system in a contract worth up to $2.97 […]
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Navy/USMCHII Looks To Accelerate Shipbuilding With C3.ai Partnership
U.S. Navy shipbuilder HII [HII] and enterprise AI application software company C3.ai, Inc. [AI] announced the expansion of their partnership aimed at accelerating shipbuilding throughput. In a Monday announcement, the […]