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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Hosting LDUUV Industry Days In June
The Navy said it plans to host virtual industry days on June 16-17 to brief industry on the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program. A May 21 notice to […]
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Navy/USMCFord Ahead On Maintenance, Reducing Work Needed After Shock Trials
The Navy’s top acquisition official said maintenance work on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is ahead of schedule, which may allow the Navy to reduce work needed […]
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Navy/USMCViasat And Data Link Solutions Win $2 Billion Contracts For Navy Radios
The Navy awarded almost $2 billion total to Viasat Inc. and the Data Link Solutions LLC consortium on May 19 to provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Finished Frigate Debriefs, Geurts Comfortable With Program
The Navy’s top acquisition official on Wednesday said the service completed debriefing all losing competitors for the FFG(X) future frigate competition and responded to concerns about the cost of the […]
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Air ForceF-35A Crash Lands Days After F-22 Crash
An F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) crash landed at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on late Tuesday, days after an F-22 Raptor crashed at the same base, the Air Force […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Finishing Next-Gen Jammer Low Band Tests
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Monday it recently started the final Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET) tests for the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) capability. The NGJ-LB capability […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Details Denial Of Airbus Navy Helo Trainer Protest
This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlined why it denied Airbus’ protest of the Leonardo‘s win to build the next Navy helicopter trainer aircraft while revealing Leonardo’s offer was […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looking Into Grenades For C-UAS
The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) May 15 looking into sources for specific 40mm grenades to be used in counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS). The RFI notice, posted to […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Considering OTA Consortium Manager For Research And Prototyping
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is looking into establishing an agency-wide Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Consortium to help manage research and prototyping efforts. According to a May 12 sources sought […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Hold Industry Day For Next Generation Logistics Ship
The Navy announced a virtual industry day for a new class of the Next Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS) to be held on June 25. The Navy announcement was posted in […]