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Navy/USMCCommittee Approves Spencer As Navy Secretary
Following a generally cordial confirmation hearing Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved the nomination of Richard Spencer to be secretary of the Navy on Thursday. The committee approved […]
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Navy/USMC
Spencer Receives Warm Confirmation Hearing, Promises Accountability And Transparency
The Trump administration’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy promised increased accountability and transparency in Naval acquisition issues during a confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Richard Spencer made an overall […]
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InternationalU.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 Tuesday. […]
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Missile DefenseTHAAD Intercepts First IRBM Target In Test
The Defense Department conducted the first successful intercept by the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) target, the Missile Defense […]
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UncategorizedRaytheon Restarts SM-2 Production For International Customers
Raytheon [RTN] is restarting its Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) production line after four international customers pooled $650 million in funds for a bundle purchase in foreign military sales (FMS), the company said […]
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Second New SM-3 Interceptor Test Fails
A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on June 21. The June 21 test, […]
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HII Wins Contract To Incorporate SPY-6 AMDR Radar On DDG-51 Destroyer
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] an unspecified fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract modification on June 27 to incorporate Flight III baseline on to the future DDG-125 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. Flight […]
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Business/FinancialBAE And Leonardo To Collaborate On Precision-Guided Munitions
Britain’s BAE Systems and Italy’s Leonardo have begun an initiative to collaborate on new precision-guided munitions offerings for advanced large caliber weapons systems, the companies said last week. The companies […]
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Navy/USMCExtra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested nearly $500 million more in fiscal year 2018 Navy funding for an additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), according to a […]
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Navy/USMCExtra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested nearly $500 million more in fiscal year 2018 Navy funding for an additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), according to a […]