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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $2.2 Billion Mod For Columbia Work
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] won a $2.2 billion contract modification from prime contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] to help build the first two Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), the […]
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Navy/USMCSLUAS Providing ‘Awesome Capability’ To Submarines
A Navy official said they have now developed and demonstrated the utility of a submarine-launched unmanned aerial system (SLUAS) to help target torpedoes. The Navy used authorities under a middle […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Confident They Can Build 3 Virginia SSNs Per Year, But Studying Capacity Needs
The program executive official for submarines on Nov. 18 said the service is confident it can ramp up to building three Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) per year if a plan […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Outlines Virginia Block VI Improvements, To Preview SSN(X) Capabilities
A Navy official last week outlined the new features in the upcoming Block VI Virginia-class attack submarines, which will help serve as the backbone of the following next-generation vessels. Block […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looking To Extend Ohio SSBNs To Add To Columbia-Class Margin
This week Navy officials said they are trying to extend the lives of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) beyond the current 42-year service life to provide more schedule margin for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Hypersonic Weapons On SSGN Subs By 2025
A top Navy official said the service plans to deploy the first conventional hypersonic weapons on Ohio-class submarines by 2025 before adding them to newer Virginia-class vessels starting in 2028. […]
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Missile DefenseSM-3 IIA Successfully Intercepts ICBM Target, Proving Potential Underlayer For Homeland Missile Defense
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy successfully intercepted an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)-type target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. […]
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Missile DefenseSenate Panel Would Redirect HBTSS Funding From SDA Back To MDA
A Senate panel would move funding control for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) back to the Missile Defense Agency from the Space Development Agency (SDA), despite administration […]
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Navy/USMCSecNav Promotes New First Fleet At Indian And Pacific Oceans
Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite on Tuesday said he wants to stand up a new numbered fleet, U.S. 1st Fleet, at the border of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Examining Three SSN(X) Hull Options
The Navy’s commander of the submarine forces said the service is looking at three tracks for SSN (X), the next generation attack submarine: using the Virginia-class attack submarine, Columbia-class ballistic […]
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