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InternationalQatar Closes $6 Billion Seven Ship Deal With Italy
Qatar announced the conclusion of a nearly $6 billion deal with Italy to buy seven naval vessels during a visit by the Italian foreign minister in Doha, Qatar. During a […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Northrop Grumman $58 Million Contract For First Full Rate Production Of Counter-IED System
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on Monday awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $58 million for the first full-rate production contract for the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIEDs) Electronic […]
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Navy/USMCFord Launched And Recovered First Fixed Wing Aircraft Using EMALS And AAG
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) launched and recovered its first fixed-wing aircraft on Saturday, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, time while using the advanced arresting gear (AAG) and new EMALS […]
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InternationalMDA Successfully Tests THAAD Against MRBM, South Korea To Install Remaining THAAD Launchers
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted the 15th successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system intercept test, this time against a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target, the agency said […]
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InternationalNavy Awards Lockheed Martin $3.7 Billion In Additional F-35 LRIP Aircraft
The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $3.7 billion modification to a previously awarded Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 11 F-35 advance acquisition contract for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Envisions 2020 Frigate Competition
The U.S. Navy envision a fiscal year 2020 competition for the future frigate Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) program, according to industry day slides released Friday. The Navy posted a request […]
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UncategorizedArmy Working Up To 100 kW Laser Weapons Step By Step
The Army is sequencing tests of directed-energy technologies up towards a 100 kW laser by 2022 for fixed and rotor wing targets, the head of Army Space and Missile Defense […]
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F-35 System Development And Demonstration Phase On Track
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said July 25 its Integrated Test Force Teams are successfully completing the requirements of the F-35 program’s System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase. In recent months, the company […]
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Navy Fires Warning Shots At Approaching Iranian Vessel
A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship fired warning shots at an Iranian naval vessel that was approaching it in an unsafe manner, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on July 25. […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Wins $87 Million LRASM Production Contract, Tests Ship Launch
The U.S. Navy and Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] an $86.5 million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production, the company said Wednesday. The contract is the first production award […]