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Rich Abott
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InternationalNew Zealand To Buy Four P-8A Poseidon Aircraft for $1.6 Billion
The New Zealand government on Monday approved a plan to acquire four Boeing [BA] P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for $1.6 billion to replace its six legacy P-3K2 Orion aircraft. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Unmanned Helicopter Completes Operational Shipboard Test
The Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) finished the first comprehensive operational test of its new shipboard unmanned helicopter late last month, the service said on Monday. Initial […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Awarded $96.5 Million Counter-IED Production Mod
The Navy late last month awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $96.5 million modification to exercise options for full-rate production of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIEDO Electronic Warfare […]
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UncategorizedNATO ESSM Block 2 Successfully Intercepts Test Target
NATO’s Seasparrow Project Office completed the first successful intercept flight test of the Raytheon [RTN]-built Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 with its new active guidance seeker-head, the U.S. Navy […]
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Navy/USMCEPF-10 Finishes Builder’s Trials
The Navy’s next Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel, the future USNS Burlington (EPF-10), successfully finished its builder’s trials on June 29, the Navy said on Thursday. The ship was built by […]
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Navy/USMCOfficials Says Fully Automated Mine Countermeasure Vessels Still A Long Way Off, Updates Current Progress
Although unmanned programs are developing quickly, the Navy is not close to fully automated systems like a single stride counter-mine vessel, according to a service official. Howard Berkof, deputy program […]
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