Reporter: Navy/Missile Defense
Defense Daily
Ph: 703-522-5915
Rich Abott
Articles By Richard
-
Navy/USMCDaly Envisions MUSV As Timely Capability For $50 Million Each
The Navy official who focuses on directing the investments for future surface warfare capabilities this week explained his focus on developing a single unmanned surface vessel that could be produced […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCMaritime Industrial Base Requires 25,000 New Trade Workers Annually, Navy Says
A Navy official on Thursday said the shipbuilding industrial base needs to hire about 25,000 new trades workers per year over the next decade to meet the service’s new production […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCZumwalt To Finish Hypersonic Weapon Tube Install By End Of 2025, DDG-1002 to Start Mod in 2026
The Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program manager this week said the first ship to get the new hypersonic missile system should finish installing missile tubes and be ready for testing by […]
Tagged in: -
Missile DefenseLockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese SPY-7 Radar Antenna
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday marked delivery of the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna to the Japanese government for its future two Aegis missile defense vessels. This sale occurred via a […]
-
Navy/USMCFrigate Manager Says Design To Finish This Year, Delays Because Parent Design Mods Not Understood
The program manager for the Constellation-class frigate this week said the Navy plans to finally complete design of the ship this year and commented some of the delays were due […]
Tagged in: -
UncategorizedMDA Conducts Second Flight Test Experiment With Hypersonic Test Bed
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the second flight experiment of its Hypersonic Test Bed (HTB) on Jan.13, the agency said Tuesday. The HTB is a glide vehicle designed to […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMC
Navy Surface Warfare Director Confirms Merging Medium And Large USV
The Navy’s director of Surface Warfare confirmed this week the service is shifting from separate medium and large unmanned surface vessels to a single larger MUSV with both mission payloads […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCNavy Names Two Carriers After Presidents Clinton And Bush, Future SSNs and Third SSBN
The Navy and Biden administration on Monday announced the names of the next two aircraft carriers, the third Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and three Virginia-class attack submarines. President Joe […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCCBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan highlighted how the planned submarine sales to Australia under the AUKUS agreement are likely to lower total […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCTextron Unveils New Low-Cost USV
Textron Systems [TXT] announced a new family of low-cost autonomous unmanned surface vessels already in “high production” that is designed to meet Defense Department needs. Announced ahead of the Surface […]
Tagged in: