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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCZumwalt Installs Of Hypersonic Weapon Tubes On Pace, Testing For IOC Unclear
The Navy’s three Zumwalt-class destroyers are proceeding roughly on time to install the missile tubes and systems that will allow them to be the service’s ships to field hypersonic weapons, […]
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Navy/USMCHanwha And HavocAI To Develop 200-Foot Autonomous Ship Aimed At Navy MASC
Korean conglomerate Hanwha’s U.S. defense business last week announced it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with American autonomy developer HavocAI to jointly develop a 200-foot autonomous surface vessel (ASV) […]
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Missile DefenseNew PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say
Defense Department and Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials confirmed specific measures around cash flows and accounting for inflation are key to a new framework agreement that aims to more than triple […]
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Missile DefenseDoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production
The Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday announced a new seven year-long framework agreement aimed at pushing annual production of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment […]
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Navy/USMCGD and HII To Work On Trump’s New BBG(X) Battleship Design For Six Years, Analysts See $10-15 Billion Cost
The Navy plans to award a sole source contract to the service’s two largest shipbuilders, General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works and HII [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding, for the Trump administration’s […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Sales Of Three P-8A Poseidon Aircraft To Denmark, Training And Logistics Support To Poland
The State Department on Monday approved two possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, $1.8 billion in Boeing [BA] P-8A Patrol Aircraft and related equipment for Denmark and $200 million in […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Awards $3.3 Billion In Polar Icebreaker Contracts To Bollinger And Rauma
The Coast Guard on Monday announced it awarded two contracts covering up to six new Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) icebreakers to Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions and Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards, the […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Give Navy Flexibility On Carriers And Sub Procurements, But Mandates Outside Manager For LSM And Oiler
The fiscal year 2026 defense authorization bill is giving the Navy some flexibility in how it buys the next two aircraft carriers (CVNs) and Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Sells U.S. Navy One Tsunami USV For AUKUS Testing
Textron Systems [TXT] on Wednesday announced it sold a single 21-foot version of its new Tsunami unmanned surface vessel (USV) to a U.S. Navy warfare center to participate in an […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Nabs $931 Million Contract To Extend Life Of 60 More Super Hornets
The Navy on Tuesday awarded Boeing [BA] a $931 million contract to provide service life modifications (SLM) for up to 60 more F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets. The SLM process is […]
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