Reporter: Navy/Missile Defense
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Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
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Missile DefenseGriffin Prepares To Halt RKV Work Due To Technical Issue
The Department of Defense is preparing a stop-work order on activity for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Redesigned Kill Vehicle (RKV) program after assessing the current plan is “not viable” […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Establishes Surface Development Squadron For DDG-1000, Unmanned Systems
The Navy established a new surface squadron on May 23 focusing on experimentation with new surface warfare capabilities, unmanned vessels, and new warfighting concepts. Vice Adm. Richard Brown, Commander of […]
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Navy/USMCHII Starts Construction On Columbia Subs
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) held a ceremony on May 23 for its first cut-of-steel event to mark the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class ballistic […]
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Navy/USMCSASC Bill Adds Advanced Procurement To Navy’s Shipbuilding Funds
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) draft FY 2020 defense authorization bill would authorize a moderate amount of funds over the Navy’s shipbuilding request for additional advanced procurement funds. According […]
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ArmyFive Companies Win Stryker 30mm Design Integration Study
Late on Wednesday the Army announced five winners for the design integration study to design a weapon station using a 30mm medium caliber weapon system (MCWS) gun on its Double […]
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Navy/USMCHAC Favors Old Sub Maintenance Over Third New Attack Sub
The House Appropriations Committee FY 2020 defense appropriations bill moves hundreds of millions of dollars from funding for a third Virginia-class submarine to conduct maintenance work on three older boats. […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Lodges Protest Over HII’s LCS Planning Yard Services Win
Austal USA filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week against a recent Navy $932 million award to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) […]
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Navy/USMCElectric Boat Wins $497 Million Mod For Sub Industrial Base
The Navy on Monday awarded General Dynamics’s [GD] Electric Boat (GDEB) a $497 million modification for a submarine industrial base development and expansion to support the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And BAE Test Vulcano Precision-Guided Navy Munition
Last summer the Navy and BAE Systems conducted a set of tests demonstrating the company’s 5-inch Vulcano precision-guided munition (PGM) fired from the Mk 45 naval gun, the company said. John Perri, […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Recommends Three More P-8As For Navy Reserve
House appropriators recommended the defense appropriations bill add $469 million for three P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the FY 2020 Navy budget to help recapitalize Navy Reserve forces, according to the […]