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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavantia conducts first cut of steel for Australian Navy’s AOR vessels
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase. The company has secured a contract to build the AORs, which will replace the RAN’s current supply vessels, HMAS Success and HMAS Sirius.
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Navy/USMCNavantia conducts first cut of steel for Australian Navy’s AOR vessels
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase. The company has secured a contract to build the AORs, which will replace the RAN’s current supply vessels, HMAS Success and HMAS Sirius.
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InternationalRaytheon 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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UncategorizedRaytheon And Kongsberg Offer Navy Over-The-Horizon Missile Proposal
Raytheon [RTN] and Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen are offering their Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and future frigates over-the-horizon (OTH) missile requirement, the companies […]
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Missile DefenseSecond 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 last Wednesday. The Wednesday test, called Standard […]
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UncategorizedCoalition Will Increase Naval Presence In Gulf Of Aden After Increased Pirate Attacks
The international coalition fighting piracy in the western Indian Ocean is stepping up its presence after recent attacks, it said on June 12. The coalition cited recent attacks against merchant […]
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Navy Orders $83 Million In Additional AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles For U.S. And International Clients
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Raytheon [RTN] an $83 million modification to a previously awarded contract to procure 180 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder all-up-round tactical full-rate production Lot 17 missiles for […]
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USS Fitzgerald Collides With Philippine Container Ship, Causes Severe Damage
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, collided with a merchant container ship about 56 nautical miles from Yokosuka, Japan on June 16, causing “severe damage” to the destroyer and the death […]
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Boeing Wins Indian P-8I Support Contract
The Indian Navy awarded Boeing [BA] a three-year contract earlier for an undisclosed value in June to continue supporting its fleet of P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, the company said on June 19. […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Approves Missile Defense Changes
The leaders of a House of Representative subcommittee made several changes to missile defense authorizations in the markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) […]