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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCCNO: F/A-XX Needs To Start Now To Prep For Spreading Advanced Anti-Air In A Decade
The Navy’s top officer on Tuesday said the F/A-XX next-generation fighter aircraft program needs to start now to prepare for proliferating advanced anti-aircraft systems today and what those capabilities will […]
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Missile DefenseGolden Dome Director Outlines Priorities Through 2027
The director for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome program last week gave industry another peak into his priorities through next year and elaborated on why they have been so secretive about […]
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Navy/USMCLeonardo DRS Opens New Naval Power And Propulsion Facility
Leonardo DRS [DRS] on Jan. 23 announced the opening of its new $120 million naval power and propulsion manufacturing and testing facility in Charleston, S.C. The new facility stands at […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Names Golden Dome Deputy
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the White House has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Brian Gibson to be appointed as lieutenant general and assigned as military deputy to […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-1000 Finishes HII Builders Trials After Hypersonic Launcher Installed
HII’s [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding division this week announced it completed builder’s sea trials for the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) destroyer following the completion of a modernization period that makes it the […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Boost LSM Spending, Confirm Fincantieri As Shipbuilder But Warn On Cost Growth
Congressional appropriators added $800 million to the Navy’s Medium Landing Ship program (LSM) in the latest defense spending bill in order to help shift the shipyard building the two Constellation-class […]
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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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Appropriators 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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