Reporter: Navy/Missile Defense
Defense Daily
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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Gets Another $1.8 Billion For F-35 Block 4
The Navy on Friday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.8 billion contract to continue design maturation and development of F-35 Block 4 capabilities. This award specifically is in support of […]
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Missile DefenseGAO: Poland Missile Defense Site Delayed 18 Months, Still Cuts Testing
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) expects delays in building the Poland missile defense site in the European missile defense program, pushing completion by 18 months to May 2020. MDA also […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Cycling Four New Missile Defense Destroyers To Spain
The Navy announced Tuesday it plans to rotate out the four destroyers currently based in Spain with newer ships and add a helicopter squadron. Four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers have served […]
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Missile DefenseGAO Details RKV Issues Add $600 Million In Cost
An annual Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on missile defense revealed design issues with the Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) are expected to increase costs by almost $600 million. GAO said […]
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Navy/USMCU.K. Carrier Deploying To East Coast Again
The United Kingdom’s newest aircraft carrier is set to sail to the U.S. eastern seaboard for the second year in a row to train with U.S. forces, the U.K. government […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Pushes New Navy MSP-Type Tanker Program
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces authorized a new Tanker Security Fleet program of 10 civilian-operated petroleum tankers in its markup of the FY ’20 defense […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Seapower Authorization Markup Has Sealift and Frigate Amendments
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee voted Tuesday to send its mark of the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to the full committee with […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Finishes First Dual-Target Test Of Ford Defense System
Raytheon [RTN] and the Navy conducted a dual-target test as part of the last developmental test of the latest generation of the Ship Self Defense System (SDSS) used by the […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Looks To End Ford Carrier Cost Cap
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee is looking to repeal the cost cap imposed on the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, contending they have not actually constrained […]
