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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Business/FinancialDoD Directs $187 Million DPA Funds For Shipbuilding and Aviation COVID-19 Actions
Last week, the Defense Department announced several Defense Production Act (DPA) Title II actions to help the industrial base deal with disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly focusing on […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Electric Boat $869 Million Columbia Mod And $9.5 Billion Options For First Two Subs
The Navy on Monday awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] an $869 million modification for continued Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) procurement work with an added price option for the […]
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Business/FinancialBath Iron Works Union Goes On Strike
The largest union at General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW), Local S6 of the Machinists Union, voted on June 21 to go on strike for the first time in […]
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Missile DefenseHASC STRATCOM Mark Directs Missile Defense Oversight, Hypersonic Initiatives
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee mark for their portion of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill directs several missile defense oversight measures and a hypersonic missile program for […]
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UncategorizedMDA Working With Japan Aegis Ashore Concerns
The Defense Department is working with the government of Japan to address its concerns after it suspended the planned two Aegis Ashore system deployments due to technical and cost issues. […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Considering Land-Based Hypersonic Weapons
The Marine Corps is in discussions with the Defense Department’s research community to potentially field land-based hypersonic weapons in the future, according to a senior official. “I haven’t given up […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Denies Second NGEN-R Protest
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday denied Perspecta’s protest of Leidos’ [LDOS] Navy Next Generation Enterprise Network Re-compete (NGEN-R) contract win, clearing the final protest and allowing the new work to […]
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Navy/USMCHII Nabs Another $146 Million For LHA-9 Lead Time Material
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] another $146 million undefinitized contract action to procure long-lead time material for the amphibious assault ship LHA-9. The Navy first awarded HII a […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Delivers First Block III Super Hornets To Navy For Tests
Aircraft builder Boeing [BA] delivered the first two Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet test aircraft to the Navy for flight testing, the company said Wednesday. The two aircraft consist of […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Fully Maritime BALTOPS Concludes
The 2020 annual NATO Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) naval exercise concluded on June 16 after a week and a half of exclusively maritime exercises. Due to restrictions to limit exposure with […]