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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Add Anti-Ship Missiles To LPDs
The Navy and Marine Corps are trying to quickly add new capabilities to help support Navy sea control and power projection missions, particularly arming amphibious vessels with anti-ship weapons. Marine […]
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Navy/USMCNext Destroyer Envisioned With Lasers, Hypersonic Missiles, And Upgradeable
Top Navy officials this week explained the next class of destroyers, called DDG(X), will have the energy and space capabilities to field lasers, hypersonic missiles, sophisticated radars, and future upgrades. “This […]
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Navy/USMCNew Frigates To Start With Single Crews, LCS Study Underway
While the Navy is looking into using a dual crew model for the new Constellation-class frigates, the first few vessels are expected to operate with single crews to start. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Advancing Effort To Arm DDG-1000 With Hypersonic Missiles, Develop Larger VLS
A Navy official recently confirmed the service is advancing efforts to arm the three-vessel Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers with hypersonic weapons, as directed by Congress. The fiscal year 2021 Defense Authorization […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Releases Navigation Plan, Cites Frigate Example For New Ships
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy is learning from its mistakes in the past in how to build new ships while arguing for divesting from […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Unmanned Campaign Plan To Be Released Within Weeks
A new Navy campaign plan that combines all unmanned system development is expected to be released within “just a few weeks,” the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) said Monday. This […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Delivers HELIOS To Navy, Boasts Additional Capability
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Monday it has delivered its production unit 100-kW-range High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) to the Navy for installment on a destroyer […]
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Navy/USMCNew Arctic Strategy Says Naval Presence Necessary To Counter Russia And China
A new Navy and Marine Corps arctic strategy released this week emphasized the need to increase presence in the Arctic to compete with Russia and China amid melting sea ice. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Chief Argues Against Delaying Next-Gen ICBM
The commander of U.S. Strategic Command said Tuesday the Pentagon must continue to replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a next-generation system and it cannot undergo further […]
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