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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedBAE Wins Two Destroyer Depot Modernization Contracts
The Navy awarded Britain’s BAE Systems two firm-fixed-price contracts for fiscal year 2018 depot modernization period (DMP) availabilities on the USS Howard (DDG-83) and USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Arleigh Burke-class destroyers worth a combined $90 million. A […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Sub Backers Push Appropriators For More Virginia-Class Funding
The co-chairs of the Congressional Submarine Caucus and 33 other House members released a letter to the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on Wednesday urging the fiscal year (FY) 2018 appropriations […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Wins Two Destroyer Depot Modernization Contracts
The Navy awarded Britain’s BAE Systems two firm-fixed-price contracts for fiscal year 2018 depot modernization period (DMP) availabilities on the USS Howard (DDG-83) and USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) Arleigh Burke-class […]
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Navy/USMCSubmarine Tender USS Frank Cable Finishes Repairs And Heads To Guam
The USS Frank Cable (AS-40) submarine tender finished its planned dry-dock repair availability in Portland, Ore., and steamed to its homeport in Guam on Dec. 21, the Navy said Dec. […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman $255 Million Contract For Three More MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft
The Naval Sir Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $255 million modification to produce three Lot 3 low-rate initial production (LRIP) MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-14 Completes Acceptance Trials
The Austal USA-built future USS Manchester (LCS-14) Littoral Combat Ship finished acceptance trials on December 15, the Navy said Dec. 27. The trials for the seventh Independence-variant LCS included intense […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Report: New Columbia-Class Technology Risks May Postpone Deployment Of Lead Submarine
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress found that several technologies for the Columbia-class submarine program need more development and testing to prevent cost and schedule delays that […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Nabs $1.2 Billion Contract For 10 P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing [BA] a $1.2 billion modification to a firm-fixed-price cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to build and deliver ten Lot 9 full-rate production P-8A Poseidon aircraft, […]
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Raytheon Completes Testing For Australian CEC Navy Sensor Net
Raytheon [RTN] finished the design, development, and testing of its Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system and is ready for U.S. Navy certification to use in international installation, the company said Dec. […]
