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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedBoeing Wins $427 Million Legacy F-18 Maintenance Contract
Boeing [BA] won a $427 million Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract for consumable material for F/A-18 A-4 Hornet depot maintenance, the company said last Thursday. The sole source award lasts […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Readiness Mark Pushes Surface Force Changes
The House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness addressed several issues raised by reviews of Navy destroyer collisions in the Pacific last summer in its mark of the FY ’19 National […]
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BudgetHASC Readiness Mark Pushes Surface Force Changes
The House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness addressed several issues raised by reviews of Navy destroyer collisions in the Pacific last summer in its mark of the FY ’19 National […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Subcommittee Mark Includes Subs And Multi-Year F-18 Pacts
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) seapower and projection forces panel conducted a markup of its portion of the FY ’19 National Defense Authorization Act Thursday, adding several ships to […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Pushing Navy For Three LCSs And Procuring Frigate Technical Data Rights
The House Armed Services subcommittee on seapower’s mark of the FY ’19 defense authorization bill authorizes three Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) and would push the Navy to procure the technical […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Subcommittee Authorizes CVN-81
The House Armed Services subcommittee on seapower approved construction of the fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, CVN-81, in its mark of the FY ’19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). […]
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Navy/USMCSpencer: Marinette Should Talk With Navy About How Its LCS Price Can Get More Competitive
The Navy Secretary said on Tuesday the leaders of Fincantieri Marinette Marine should talk with the Navy about how their Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) variant can have a more competitive […]
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Navy/USMCGD Delivers DDG-1001 To Navy
The Navy officially accepted a hull, mechanical and electric (HM&E) delivery of the future Zumwalt-class destroyer USS. Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) from builder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) [GD] today. […]
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UncategorizedMDA Tests THAAD And Patriot Interoperability
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Army jointly successfully tested a missile defense tracking exercise the week of April 1 to demonstrate the interoperability between the Terminal High Altitude Area […]
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Greaves Sees F-35 Helping Missile Defense, Hypersonic Threat Coming From Iran And North Korea
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) told Congress the week of April 8 that he sees F-35 aircraft helping aid missile defense activities in the six to seven-year […]