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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Protests Lockheed Martin’s SSDS Navy Contract
Last week Raytheon [RTN] filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) against Lockheed Martin [LMT] winning the Navy’s Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) combat systems engineering contract. The Navy awarded […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Requesting FFG(X) Warranty Pricing After GAO Recommendation
The Navy plans to request pricing for an unlimited warranty on the future guided missile frigate, FFG(X), before it exercises the first ship option, an updated Government Accountability Office (GAO) […]
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Navy/USMCNavalX Creates 5 Regional Tech Bridges
The Naval Expeditions (NavalX) office is starting five regional “tech bridges” to further encourage collaboration and connections between different Navy and private sector groups, the service said Tuesday. The Navy […]
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Missile DefenseRKV Death Sets Back GMD ‘A Few Years,’ No Money Back To Feds
The cancellation of the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) has set back updates to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) missile defense system by several years, a top Defense Department official said. […]
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Missile DefenseNeutral Particle Beams Shelved, Says DoD Research Chief
The Defense Department is shelving its work on neutral particle beams as it advances other directed energy weapons, the Department of Defense’s top research official said on Wednesday. Given limited […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Anticipates CH-53K Lot 5 and 6 Contract
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) expects to negotiate a sole source contract with Sikorsky [LMT] for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of Lot 5 and 6 of the CH-53K King […]
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Navy/USMCHII Finishes First Sea Trials Of Sub SSN-791
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) finished initial sea trials on the newest Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Delaware (SSN-791), the company said Aug. 31. The Delaware spent […]
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Missile DefenseFirst THAAD Intercept Test With Remote Launcher
The U.S. government conducted its first successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system intercept on Friday while using a remote launcher kit. In the test, designed Flight Test THAAD […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin and Dynetics Named Prime Contractors For Army Hypersonic Weapon
The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Dynetics two Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contracts worth over $300 million each for work on the long-range hypersonic weapon (LRHW). Lockheed Martin won […]
