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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Navy/USMCNavy May Procure Frigates Faster, Maybe More Over INFSA
Navy officials told Congress last week the Navy is trying to procure FFG(X) future frigates faster than currently planned and, as the service’s new force structure assessment plans over 355 […]
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Navy/USMCGD Protests Leidos NGEN-R SMIT Win
General Dynamics’ [GD] Information Technology subsidiary filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on March 4 over Leidos’ [LDOS] February win of the Navy’s Next Generation Enterprise Network […]
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Navy/USMCNAVSEA: Good Reason LSC Slowed, Wait To See If Copy FFG(X) Procurement
SAN DIEGO— A top Navy official said the service’s future Large Surface Combatant (LSC) had its timeline pushed back for good cause and it is too early to tell if […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Official Says NGAD Cannot Afford F-35 Timeline
SAN DIEGO — The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) head said he does not expect the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft to take as long as the multi-decade F-35 Joint […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard: Navy ‘Blocks Out The Sun’ In Depot Availabilities, Seeks Better Balance
SAN DIEGO — A top Coast Guard official said the service is trying to balance and coordinate depot availabilities with Navy ships at private shipyards as the Navy has started […]
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Navy/USMCGilday Defends OFRP, Though Open To Tweaks
SAN DIEGO— Top Navy officials defended the service’s carrier strike group readiness generation model after the Secretary of Defense dismissed its usefulness, but said they are open to modifying it. […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Wins $22 Million For Counter-Mine USVs After Milestone C
The U.S. Navy awarded Textron’s [TXT] AAI Corp. unit a $22 million modification for low rate initiation production (LRIP) for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) days after the system […]
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UncategorizedAmphibious Assault Ship LHA-7 Delivered To The Navy
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Tripoli (LHA-7), an America-class amphibious assault ship, from shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] on Feb. 28. Known as a “large […]
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Navy/USMCModly Reveals Next Force Structure Assessment Details, Working Toward 390-Ship Fleet
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly disclosed more details about the Navy’s new integrated Force Structure Assessment (FSA) Friday including that it moves toward a fleet size closer to […]
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Navy/USMCNorway Ambassador Braithwaite Officially Nominated As Navy Secretary
After a delay, the White House on Feb. 28 officially announced President Trump intends to nominate Kenneth Braithwaite, the current Ambassador to Norway, as the next Secretary of the Navy. […]