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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCV-22 Official Expects Normal Ospreys Ops Return By End Of 2026 After Fixes
The V-22 Joint Program Office manager expects the Ospreys to finally move back to unrestricted flight operations by the end of 2026 once several component changes to improve safety are […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Billions GD And HII Billions To Finish Last Two Block V Virginia-Class SSNs and Shipyard Support
The Navy on Wednesday awarded Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) builders General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat [GD] and HII Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) [HII] at least $14 billion to build two SSNs […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Outlines LSM Future: First Within Five Years, Sharing Second Test Ship With Australia, Hybrid Crewing T-EPFs
Navy and Marine Corps officials on Wednesday outlined the next steps in the Landing Ship Medium (LSM) program and bridging solutions until it is ready as they redirect away from […]
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Navy/USMCGovini Tapped For Navy Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base Software
Software company Govini on Wednesday said it has been tapped by the Navy to help identify issues across parts of the nuclear submarine industrial base. The company said this means […]
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Navy/USMCEpirus Delivers Prototype Counter-Swarm Energy Weapon To Navy
Epirus, a defense startup, on Tuesday said it delivered its prototype high-power microwave (HPM) Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) weapon to the Navy for testing earlier this year. The ExDECS […]
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Navy/USMCPhelan Pitches Dual-Use Shipbuilding And Investment in U.S. Shipbuilding During Japan Visit
In his first visit abroad as Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan pitched to the Japanese government that the two countries work to cooperate on dual-use shipbuilding and also continue […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Recommend $33.7 Billion For Shipbuilding, Naval Industrial Base Boost In Reconciliation Bill
The Republican heads of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees recommended the reconciliation bill include $33.7 billion in naval shipbuilding and industrial base funding through 2029. The committees’ joint […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $2.2 Billion Netherlands Sale For Tomahawk Missiles
The State Department last Friday approved a potential $2.2 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Netherlands for RTX [RTX] Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Announces Nearly $300 Million In IT And Other DOGE Cuts
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan Thursday night said the Navy canceled almost $300 million in DOGE-identified information technology (IT) contracts as well as grants and awards for “non-essential activities.” […]
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Navy/USMCCG-71 Returns To San Diego After Vigor Modernization
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71) recently arrived at its newest homeport at Naval Base San Diego following the completion of modernization work that will help keep […]
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