Reporter: Navy/Missile Defense
Defense Daily
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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Awarded $77 Million ESSM Block 2 Transition Contract
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $77 million firm-fixed-price contract to transition the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) phase into […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Disestablishes DASN Unmanned Systems
The U.S. Navy has disestablished the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems (DASN UxS) a mere two and a half years after standing it up in October […]
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Navy/USMCGD Bath Iron Works Reaches Two Navy Vessel Milestones
Last week General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) marked milestones for two U.S. Navy vessels: the keel laying of the future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) and […]
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UncategorizedGAO Finds Ballooning Foreign Military Sales Admin Costs
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program administrative account balances have ballooned over the past decade by an order of magnitude due to insufficient […]
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Navy/USMCLCS Missile Test Marks End Of First Missile Module Phase
The Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) conducted a live-fire missile exercise on May 11 that completed the first phase of the LCS Mission Modules (MM) program Surface-to-Surface Mission Module […]
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HASC Missile Defense Mark Authorizes SM-3 IB Multiyear, Pushes Boost Phase and Space Sensors
The House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces markup of its portion of the FY ’19 defense authorization bill focused on SM-3 IB multiyear procurement, requiring the director of the […]
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Lockheed Martin Awarded $145 Million THAAD Interceptor Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $145 million modification on May 3 to produce additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and associated equipment. This […]
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InternationalGAO Finds Ballooning Foreign Military Sales Admin Costs
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program administrative account balances have ballooned over the past decade by an order of magnitude due to insufficient […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Awarded $242 Million RAM Block 2 Contract
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on Thursday awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $242 million contract for a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 guided missile round pack destined for the […]
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BAE Awarded $175 Million Navy Contract For More Laser-Guided Rockets
Britain’s BAE Systems was awarded a $175 million U.S. Navy award to produce 7,000 more Advance Precision Kill Weapio System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets, the company said May 8. This award falls under […]