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Rich Abott
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Nabs Another $500 Million For X-Band Radar R&D
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $500 modification on Sept. 23 to continue research and development work on the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) […]
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Navy/USMC8 Companies Win $968 Million Shore-Based C4ISR Contract
The Navy awarded eight companies a shared multiple award contract (MAC) on Sept. 19 to provide worldwide installations for all shore-based command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) […]
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Navy/USMCPerspecta Gets Another $657 Million NGEN Extension
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) awarded Perspecta a $657 million modification on Sept. 20 to extend the existing Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract for four more months. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Tests Mine Countermeasures On ESB-4
The Navy tested a mine countermeasures (MCM) mission package (MP) on the expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB-4), the service said Sept. 19. T-ESB-4 spent three days in […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing’s MQ-25 Model Conducts First Test Flight
Boeing [BA] and the Navy completed the first test flight of the company’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler test asset on Aug. 19. The Boeing test asset, named T-1, conducted […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Wins $1 Billion Missile Defense Target Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Orbital Sciences Corp. (OSC) a $1.1 billion contract on Friday to provide missile defense targets. Under the contract, OSC will specifically […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Nabs Two Destroyer Tandem Repair Contracts
BAE Systems won two Navy contracts on Sept. 7 worth $171 million total to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers at its San Diego shipyard, […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Shuffles Organization, Leadership
Northrop Grumman on Wednesday announced changes to its organization and leadership it argued will better align portfolios. The company said there will be four modified operating sectors: Aeronautics Systems, Defense […]
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CongressNDAA Conferees Meet This Week, House Announces Members
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced Wednesday each chamber’s conferees for the Fiscal Year 2020 defense authorization bill will formally start meeting on Thursday. The Thursday meeting is […]
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PentagonEsper: Realigning DoD Resources For NDS Priorities, More Night Courts
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Wednesday said the Defense Department is realigning its resources and activities to support its highest priorities under the National Defense […]