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Rich Abott
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BudgetHouse Panel Calls For Five Additional Ships Over Request And Assorted Ship Authorizations
A House subcommittee is pushing the Navy to procure five ships over the fiscal year 2018 budget request as part of an effort to push the fleet towards 355 ships. […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Calls For Five Additional Ships Over Request And Assorted Ship Authorizations
A House subcommittee is pushing the Navy to procure five ships over the fiscal year 2018 budget request as part of an effort to push the fleet towards 355 ships. […]
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InternationalBoeing 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 Monday. […]
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $3 Billion Contract To Build Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $3 billion fixed-price-incentive contract modification to build the amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA-8), the company and Defense […]
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InternationalUSS 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 Friday, causing “severe damage” to the destroyer and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy 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 […]
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Business/FinancialPAE Names New President
PAE ISR, a joint venture of PAE and AOC, has named Chico Moline as president, the company said last week. Moline previously served as senior vice president and general manager […]
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UncategorizedSouth Korea THAAD Deployment Delayed For Environmental Assessment
The South Korean defense ministry will begin a full environmental impact assessment of the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, delaying the deployment […]
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Navy/USMCCoalition 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 last Monday. The coalition cited recent attacks against merchant shipping […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Review On Air Problems Makes Recommendations But Says Source Still Unknown
The Navy released on Thursday the results of a comprehensive review to determine the causes of and recommendations to eliminate pilot air problems in naval aviation systems. Following physiological physiological […]