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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCAdministration Asks Congress for Billions More To Fund Extra Missile Defense, Ship Repairs, And Troops
The Trump administration sent Congress a set of Defense Department Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget amendments on Monday to increase funding for missile defense, repair damaged Navy ships, and increase […]
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Navy/USMCExpeditionary Transport Finishes Acceptance Trials
The ninth Austal USA-built Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel, the USNS City of Bismark (EPF-9), finished acceptance trials in October, the company said last Friday. The trials included “intense comprehensive tests” […]
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UncategorizedForeign Minister: South Korea Not Considering Additional THAADs
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Oct. 30 that the administration of President Moon Jae-in is not considering additional deployments of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile […]
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MDA Awards $10 Million Contract Mod To MTSI For Improved Missile Defense Modeling Tools
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (MTSI) a $10 million modification Oct. 23 to increase a contract ceiling under an effort to develop models of new interceptor and […]
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MDA Awards Raytheon $1.5 Billion To Support AN/TPY-2 and SBX Radars
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $1.5 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity follow-on contract to support the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Model 2 (AN/TPY-2) and Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radars, the […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Aviation Readiness Hearing. Four military service representatives are slated to testify before the House Armed Services Committee Nov. 9 on the state of aviation readiness. The witnesses will be Lt. […]
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Foreign Minister: South Korea Not Considering Additional THAADs
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Oct. 30 that the administration of President Moon Jae-in is not considering additional deployments of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile […]
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BAE Starts Producing LRASM Sensor
Britain’s BAE Systems started producing the sensor technology for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) after winning a $40 million order from prime program contractor the Lockheed Martin [LMT], the company said Nov. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases Comprehensive Review Report On Surface Force Mishaps
The U.S. Navy released the over 170-page Comprehensive Review of surface force incidents and incidents at sea Thursday, a day after releasing separate reports on two specific ship collisions (Defense […]
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Navy/USMCPacific Fleet Head Establishes Organization To Oversee West Pacific Readiness
Adm. Scott Swift, the commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet (CPF), established a new organization to oversee training and certification for forward deployed surface vessels on Tuesday. This CPF Detachment Naval […]