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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy’s LRASM Significantly Breached Nunn-McCurdy In 2018
The Navy’s air-launched Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) sustained a significant Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breach compared to the acquisition program’s baseline (APB), the Pentagon announced last Thursday. The Navy is developing […]
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Navy/USMCLHA-7 Delivery Delayed To Late 2019 or Early 2020
The next America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Tripoli (LHA-7), will be delivered later than planned, in late 2019 or early 2020, the shipbuilder revealed Aug. 1. Mike Petters, […]
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Navy/USMCHII Gets Another $291 Million In Stennis Refueling Prep Work
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $291 million modification to add Year Two preparation work for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS […]
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Navy/USMCGilday Confirmed As New CNO
The Senate confirmed Vice Adm. Michael Gilday by voice vote to become the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Thursday, a day after his confirmation hearing in the Senate […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Press Gilday On Ford Carrier Problems
The nominee to be the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) promised the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) that he would report the status of the USS Gerald R. Ford […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $1.5 Billion In Sales To South Korea, Egypt, And Canada
The State Department recently approved over $1.5 billion in three Foreign Military Sales to South Korea, Egypt, and Canada, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Tuesday. The largest sale […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. And Israel Finish Successful Arrow-3 Intercept Tests
The U.S. and Israel successfully finished a flight test campaign for the Arrow-3 missile defense interceptor in which it defeated several target missiles in the past month, the U.S. and […]
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Navy/USMCGeurts Warns Window For Acquisition Innovation Closing
The Navy’s top acquisition official said on Wednesday that the window for innovating in Defense Department acquisition is “closing,” so officials should push to change the culture and value those […]
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Navy/USMCSuccessful LCS SSMM Test Leads To Developmental Testing
Last month, the Navy successfully completed a structural test firing of a Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) on an Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Navy said last Thursday. Following the […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Wins AN/SPQ-9 Radar Design Agent Award
The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a follow-on contract to be the design agent for the AN/SPQ-9B surface search and fire control radar, the company said Thursday. Under the engineering […]