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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Acquisition And Review Practices Lead To Longer Timelines Than Commercial Ships, GAO Finds
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified several facets of Navy shipbuilding programs that cause it to design and deliver ships significantly slower than commercial industry. The office said there is […]
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Navy/USMCV-22 Program Looks To Extend Life For Decades
The V-22 Osprey program office is studying future aircraft upgrades, including the potential to extend the fuselage for up to several decades past the current service life limit that runs […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Says Navy Needs More SM-3s
The Secretary of the Navy this week admitted the service will need more RTX [RTX] Standard Missile (SM)-3s for regional air and missile defense missions in the wake of recent […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Manta Ray UUV Prototype Completes Water Testing
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle completed full-scale in-water testing earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said. DARPA this week announced the Manta Ray […]
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BudgetCourtney Rallies Lawmakers To Support Two SSNs In 2025
A top member of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee rallied 120 lawmakers to sign on to a letter pushing appropriators to fund two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) in the […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Looks To Field MADIS Air Defense By Next Year
A Marine Corps official this week said the service is looking to field two new mobile air defense systems by next year as an example of how quickly it is […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Nabs LSD-50 Repair Contract
BAE Systems’ Norfolk Ship Repair facility in Virginia won an $87 million Navy contract to perform maintenance, modernization and repair of the USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) this year. The contract, […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Starts New Fusion Center To Transition Tech Past ‘Valley Of Death’
The Marine Corps in recent months established a new Fusion Center in Quantico, Va., that seeks to streamline how to push new technology past development toward production. Marine Corps officials […]
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InternationalRTX Chooses Spain’s Sener To Help Make Patriot GEM-Ts For Europe
RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business unit awarded a contract to Spain’s Sener to develop and produce the electro-mechanical control section on its Patriot GEM-T missiles, the company said Monday. RTX specifically […]
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Navy/USMCHII Delivers New Jersey Attack Sub To Navy
HII [HII] delivered the 23rd Virginia-class attack submarine to the Navy on Thursday, the future USS New Jersey (SSN-796). SSN-796 is the 11th submarine of its type HII’s Newport News […]
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