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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps May Use Shore-Based Naval Strike Missile
The Navy’s top acquisition official this week said the Navy and Marine Corps are seriously considering using the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as a Marine Corps shore-based anti-ship battery. “Just […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Planning To Upgrade Old Destroyers with SPY-6 Radars
The Navy is studying how to backfit older Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 Flight IIA destroyers with a variant of the new AN/SPY-6 radar, officials said Wednesday. “We’re working hard – it’s […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Pushes LSC Back Again To Late 2020s
A Navy official said the service is pushing back acquiring the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC) again to the late 2020s. Officials had previously said they hoped to have the […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: Ship Count Will Not Include Unmanned; Bigger Topline Needed For Fleet Goal
The Chief of Naval Operations said the upcoming integrated Force Structure Assessment (FSA) will not count unmanned vessels in the battle force ship count and that the service needs a […]
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Navy Improving LCS Lethality, Integrating Combat System
The Navy has started a two-phase Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) lethality and survivability program to improve the capabilities of both ship variants. “We are going into a lethality and survivability […]
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Navy/USMCLeonardo Wins New Navy Trainer Competition
In a hotly contested competition, the Navy on Monday selected Leonardo’s AgustaWestland to produce and deliver the new TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training Systems as the new Navy trainer. Other competitors […]
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InternationalSikorsky Submits CH-53K Bid To Germany
Sikorsky [LMT] and German partner Rheinmetall formally submitted their bid on Monday to produce and operate the CH-53K King Stallion as the next Germany Air Force heavy lift helicopter. Sikorsky’s […]
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Navy/USMCModly Starts Summit To Push CVN-78 Faster
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly convened a “Make Ford Ready” summit on Jan. 9 to help get the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) transitioned to fleet operations as fast as […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $2.8 Billion Sale Of 12 F-35Bs To Singapore
The State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of up to 12 F-35B Joint Strike Fighters to Singapore for $2.75 billion this week. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]
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CongressMaine Senators Oppose Possible Shipbuilding Cuts In Esper Letter
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) are “deeply concerned” with reports the Defense Department may reduce planned ship procurement in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, according […]