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Rich Abott
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InternationalState Department OK’s $6.5 Billion Sale Of 34 F-35s To Belgium
The State Department approved a possible $6.5 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Belgium for 34 Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) F-35A variants. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) told […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Release 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan With FY19 Defense Budget, Brings Charges Against DDG Commanders
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) told Congress on Thursday that a new 30-year shipbuilding plan will be delivered to the legislature next month along with the Trump administration’s fiscal […]
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UncategorizedFitz Reaches Mississippi For Repairs, Navy Expects Two Years To Finish
The heavily damaged USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) arrived in Pascagoula, Miss. on Jan. 19, where it will undergo repairs and upgrades at a Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] shipyard. The ship, loaded aboard […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Will Not Take Over GMD Integration From Boeing
The U.S. government notified industry last week it will not assume the prime integrator role for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system after concluding doing so now would add “an […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon Wins $600 Million Missile Defense Test Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to a maximum of $642 million to conduct ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) test activities for radar […]
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Navy/USMCTextron And U.S. Navy To Test Offensive Weapons On Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Textron [TXT] and the U.S. Navy have agreed to develop and integrate new offensive and other payloads on the company’s unmanned surface vehicle, the company told Defense Daily in an […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Aims For $800 Million Future Frigate Cost, Leveraging Modularity and Commonality
A key admiral last week said the service is hoping to keep the new Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) cost at $800 million each and will be leveraging modularity margins in construction. […]
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Navy/USMCGeurts Sees OA Helping the Navy Keep Pace With Technology
The Navy’s new Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (RD&A) James Geurts last week emphasized the importance of open architectures in acquisition for the Navy. While […]
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UncategorizedDDG-51 Flight III Status Update
The DDG-51 program manager said at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium the week of Jan. 7 that the DDG-51 Alreigh Burke class Flight III Baseline’s detail design work is on track […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-51 Flight III Status Update
The DDG-51 program manager said at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium last week that the DDG-51 Alreigh Burke class Flight III Baseline’s detail design work is on track to […]