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Navy/USMCHanwha Picks Former PEO Ships To Lead U.S. Shipbuilding Programs
A defense business subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate Hanwha on Monday appointed the former Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ships, Rear Adm. (Ret.) Tom Anderson, to lead its shipbuilding […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Prepares For Another Multi-Year Round For Phalanx CIWS
The Navy is conducting another round of research to determine potential sources that can manufacture the terminal defense MK 15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) over fiscal years 2026 to 2029. […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Starts Land-Based Testing Of Japan’s Aegis Ship SPY-7 Radar
Lockheed Martin [LMT] started initial light off ground-based testing for the Japan-bound Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)’s shipset 1 SPY-7 radar system on schedule, the company announced Tuesday. The testing […]
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Business/FinancialGD and BETA Partner For Classified Undersea Propulsion
BETA Technologies and General Dynamics [GD] last week announced the start of a partnership to develop “advanced propulsion systems” for a classified undersea vehicle project. In a September 26 announcement, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Establish Private Sector Consortium To Manage Maritime Industrial Base Investments
The Navy is starting market research to find sources that can support the establishment and management of a “Consortium or Consortia” of the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) and execute billions […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins First Contract For First Landing Ship Medium
The Navy on Friday awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $9.5 million contract to start procuring long lead time material and related engineering and design activities for the initial Block One Landing […]
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Navy/USMCGD Electric Boat Nabs Another $642 Million Mod For SSN Design And Development
The Navy on Friday awarded General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] a $642 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract focused on lead yard support and development studies and design […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And Lockheed Martin Sign $10.9 Billion Contract For 99 CH-53K Helicopters
The Navy and Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky unit on Friday signed a new five-year multi-year procurement contract worth up to a maximum $10.9 billion and a maximum of 99 CH-53K […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Decommissions Last MidEast-Based Avengers Mine Countermeasures Ships
The Navy on Sept. 25 conducted a decommissioning ceremony for the last of four Avengers-class mine countermeasures ships serving in the Middle East, Naval Forces Central Command recently said. During […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Discuss Modular Missile Program At Industry Day
An industry day is scheduled for October to introduce the Naval Modular Missile (NMM) program program to potential vendors. According to the Sept. 25 notice, the Naval Sea Systems Command […]
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