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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMC
Navy Railgun Research To Reach 10 Rounds Per Minute In 2018
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is proceeding in its electromagnetic raingun research and expects to reach a capacity of 10 rounds per minute with a 32 Mega-Joule muzzle […]
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Army
Army 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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Navy/USMC
BAE Wins $4.6 Million DARPA Contract To Improve Submarine Tracking
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded BAE Systems a $4.6 million contract for a program to allow submarines to detect other submarines at longer distances, the company said […]
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Navy/USMC
Defense Department Names Another Batch Of Navy Appointments
Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced three more presidential naval flag officer nominations on Friday. Vice Adm. John Aquilino was reappointed as vice admiral and assigned commander of United States […]
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Navy/USMC
GAO Finds Quality Problems in Navy Ship Deliveries
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last Thursday found a sample of Navy ships showed how ships delivered to the fleet are provided with incomplete work and quality problems. […]
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Uncategorized
U.S. Deploys Patriot To Lithuania During NATO Exercise
The United States military deployed a Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system to Lithuania for the first time during a NATO exercise, the Lithuanian defense ministry said July 11. The […]
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Uncategorized
Navy Posts RFI With Details Of New FFG(X) Guided Missile Frigate
The U.S. Navy posted a Request for Information (RFI) on July 10 with details what capabilities it is seeking in its future frigate program, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)). Naval […]
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Uncategorized
U.S. Deploys Patriot To Lithuania During NATO Exercise
The United States military deployed a Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system to Lithuania for the first time during a NATO exercise, the Lithuanian defense ministry said July 11. The […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Posts RFI With Details Of New FFG(X) Guided Missile Frigate
The U.S. Navy posted a Request for Information (RFI) Monday with details what capabilities it is seeking in its future frigate program, the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)). Naval Sea Systems […]