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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedPratt Awarded $2 Billion Mod For F-35 Engine Equipment
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney a $2 billion modification for engine equipment to support F-35 low-rate initiation production Lot 11 aircraft, the […]
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SOUTHCOM Head Pushes Area As AI Testbed, Dealing With Russia/China Competition
The head of Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is advocating his forces as a place to test new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning while separately dealing with increasing military […]
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Missile DefenseSenate NDAA Draft Requires Space-Based Missile Interceptors
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) draft FY ’19 defense authorization bill would require the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop a space-based missile defense intercept layer regardless of what […]
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InternationalSOUTHCOM Head Pushes Area As AI Testbed, Dealing With Russia/China Competition
The head of Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is advocating his forces as a place to test new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning while separately dealing with increasing military […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Appropriators Match Authorizers To Fund Three LCS
The House Appropriations Committee’s draft FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill funds 12 Navy ships at $22.7 billion, including three Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs). This is nearly a billion dollars more […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Wins GD Contract For Two More Virginia Payload Module Tubes
BAE Systems won a General Dynamics [GD] contract for an undisclosed amount to produce payload tubes for two new U.S. Navy Block V Virginia-class attack submarines, BAE said Tuesday. For […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Considers Offensive Amphib Sea Capability, Using Auxiliaries More, And Extra Marine Capabilities On Surface Ships
The Marine Corps is thinking about how to best use its amphibious and auxiliary support ships as the Navy fleet grows, including by adding offensive weapons, leaders said at an […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Over-The-Horizon Missiles Going On Independence LCS In 2020
The first installation of the Raytheon [RTN] – Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as the Over-the-Horizon (OTH) missile will be on an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) starting in fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCPratt Awarded $2 Billion Mod For F-35 Engine Equipment
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Untied Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney a $2 billion modification for engine equipment to support F-35 low-rate initiation production Lot 11 aircraft, […]
