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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedBoeing Optimistic For More International Super Hornet Sales
Boeing’s [BA] leader for the Super Hornet and Growler aircraft is optimistic that the company will see more international interest in F/A-18 Super Hornets. In a press event on May […]
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UncategorizedRaytheon Awarded $15 Million Over-The-Horizon Missile Contract
The Navy on Thursday awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $15 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Over-the-Horizon (OTH) missile program for use on Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and the future guided-missile frigate […]
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UncategorizedOrbital ATK Awarded $171 Million Order For U.S. And Australia AARGMs
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Orbital ATK [OA] a $171 million modification on Wednesday, exercising an option to procure full-rate Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) for the Navy and […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-11 Finishes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Sioux City (LCS-11) Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship finished its Navy acceptance trials last week, prime integrator Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Thursday. The trials were conducted from […]
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Missile DefenseGAO Says MDA, Army At Impasse Over $10 Billion THAAD Requirement, Mixed Progress For MDA Deliveries
The Missile Defense Agency has reached an impasse on transferring the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to the Army due to the service’s requirement that it needs another […]
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Navy/USMCInchcape To Pay $20 Million For Overbilling Navy
This article was updated with a statement from Inchcape. Inchcape Shipping Services Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations they knowingly overbilled the U.S. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Commissions Newest LCS USS Manchester
The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Manchester (LCS-14), the newest combat ship and Littoral Combat Ship on May 26 in Portmouth, N.H. LCS-14 is the 12th LCS and seventh Independence-variant […]
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Navy/USMCHII Finishes First SSN-789 Sea Trials
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) finished a successful set of initial sea trials for the latest Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS Indiana (SSN-789), the company said […]
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Navy/USMCSenate NDAA Leaves Out LCS, Does Not Authorize CVN-81
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of its FY ’19 defense authorization bill does not allow additional Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) or authorize CVN-81 ahead of reports on a two-carrier […]
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InternationalBoeing Optimistic For More International Super Hornet Sales
Boeing’s [BA] leader for the Super Hornet and Growler aircraft is optimistic that the company will see more international interest in F/A-18 Super Hornets. In a press event on Wednesday, […]