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Rich Abott
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Missile DefenseGD and Raytheon Win $502 Million Contract To Operate Pacific Missile Defense Test Site
A joint venture by General Dynamics [GD] Information Technology (GDIT) and Raytheon [RTN], Range Generation Next (RGNext), won a $502 million award to operate the Army’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile […]
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Navy/USMCCVN-77 Arrives In Norfolk For 28-Month Drydock Maintenance Work
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) on Thursday in advance of a 28-month long dry-docking planned incremental availability (DPIA). This […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Industry Days To Refine Unmanned Vessel Architecture
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) issued a request for information (RFI) on Wednesday, proposing a set of industry days to get feedback for the in-development Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture […]
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Navy/USMCFleet Forces Creating Analytics Office To Help ‘Revolutionize’ Readiness
SAN DIEGO – The head of U.S. Fleet Forces Command announced a new “revolutionize readiness campaign plan” that will create a fleet analytics office and possibly a new officer on his […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Build Land-Based Carrier Elevator Test Site
A top Navy official Tuesday said the Navy plans to build a new land-based test site for the Gerald R. Ford-class advanced weapons elevator (AWE) for future training, maintenance, and […]
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Navy/USMCMoore Blames Contracting On Late DDG-51 Maintenance Deliveries; Does Not See Eisenhower Delay Repeating
SAN DIEGO – The commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said Thursday while the Navy is only delivering 30 percent of its destroyers out of maintenance on time, he […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Rely on Other Anti-Sub Technology After Canceling SSTD
SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s top acquisition official confirmed the service is canceling the over $700 million Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) system due to poor performance in favor of […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts New Connecting Innovation Cell, NavalX
SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s top acquisition official said on Thursday he is standing up a new innovation cell that is meant to act as a connector for innovative ideas rather […]
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GeneralDefense Watch: Inhofe on OCO, McSally Challenger, MQ-1 Mishap Report
FY ’20 OCO. SASC Chair Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters Tuesday that he could support DoD requesting about $174 billion in overseas contingency operations funds in the FY ’20 budget […]
