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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Navy/USMCNavy Explains FSA, 30-Year Shipbuilding Report Delays
Top Navy leadership Thursday told the House Armed Services Committee the 30-year shipbuilding plan is being delayed past the budget release so it can be integrated with the new integrated […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders Admit FY 2021 Shipbuilding Cuts Grow Fleet Slower
Navy leaders on Thursday admitted at a hearing that the FY 2021 shipbuilding budget request numbers slows the service’s goal of reaching 355 ships. The Navy’s FY ’21 shipbuilding request […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Unmanned UISS Reaches Milestone C
The Navy’s Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) granted the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Milestone C, setting up low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the system, […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Aircraft And Equipment Sales To Tunisia, Netherlands and Jordan
The State Department recently approved over $700 million in possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of four AT-6C Wolverine Light Attack Aircraft to Tunisia, 16 MK-48 Mod 7 Advanced Technology torpedo […]
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Navy/USMCManTech Wins $920 Million Order To Modernize Sensors On Navy Recon/Patrol Aircraft
ManTech [MANT] said on Wednesday it was awarded a five-year $920 million task order to modernize sensors for Navy maritime reconnaissance and patrol aircraft in late 2019. Last week, during […]
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Navy/USMCReactor Builder Says Only One Virginia Sub In FY ’21 Could Hit Bottom Line
The Navy’s only manufacturer of nuclear reactors, BWX Technologies [BWXT], said if the Navy only procures one Virginia-class attack submarine in FY 2021 as requested, it could cause a financial […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-119 Finishes Builder’s Trials, Acceptance Trials Next
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) finished builder’s trials on Feb. 22, the Navy said Monday. DDG-119’s shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding Division conducted […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Takes Directed Energy Out of MDA
The Defense Department has moved directed energy (DE) funds out of the Missile Defense Agency and consolidated them under the office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationDoD Plans W93 To Succeed W76 and W88 SLBM Warheads
The Defense Department plans to use the proposed Mk 7 W93 submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead to eventually replace the current W76 and W88 warheads without increasing the size […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky Lands $471 Million Contract For Six More VH-92A Presidential Helos
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin Sikorsky [LMT] a $471 million modification to procure the second set of six VH-92A presidential helicopters in the replacement program. This option awarded from the […]