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Rich Abott
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Missile DefenseIsrael Unveils $537 Million Iron Beam Deal, To Deploy Within A Year
The Israeli Ministry of Defense on Tuesday unveiled a $537 million deal to increase serial production of the laser interception system Iron Beam with primary developers and producers Rafael Advanced […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Exploring Drone Navigation Tech And Autonomy In SatNav-Denied Environment
The Navy is looking into options that would allow uncrewed vessels to continue to travel even if satellite navigation systems are denied in the environment, according to a recent notice. […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Push OMB To Assess New Sub Funding Idea, Knock Navy On Hill Comms
A bipartisan group of senators expressed cautious optimism at a scheme to shift submarine funding to improve current production rates but also knocked the Navy for insufficient communication with Congress […]
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Unmanned SystemsHoneywell Partners with Near Earth Autonomy In Autonomous Rotorcraft Competitions
Avionics supplier Honeywell [HON] on Monday announced the start of an investment and collaboration agreement with autonomy provider Near Earth Autonomy to bid on for autonomous rotorcraft. Honeywell said the […]
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Navy/USMCAUKUS Partners Test Pillar II Autonomous Systems In Australian Exercise
The U.S., Australia and U.K. partners recently completed a three-week-long experimentation exercise with AUKUS Pillar II autonomous capabilities, Autonomous Warrior 24, the Navy said Thursday. The Autonomous Warrior 24 exercise […]
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Navy/USMCIncoming Philly Shipyard Owners Aim To Bring It Back To 1940s Prominence Plus Incoming M&As and Partnerships
The CEO of the U.S. subsidiary of a Korean conglomerate buying Philly Shipyard recently said they want to return to the level of national prominence it had in the 1940s […]
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Navy/USMCGD Nabs Navy MEDUSA Mining Contract
The Navy recently awarded General Dynamics’ Mission Systems [GD] a contract worth up to $58 million for a new submarine-launched unmanned minelayer. The original solicitation or the program said the […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. F-35 Lands On Japanese Ship For Upgrade Developmental Testing
A specially configured U.S. F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II aircraft for the first time touched down on a Japanese naval vessel over the weekend for the […]
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InternationalAustralia Announces $4.7 Billion To Buy SM–2 And SM-6 From U.S.
The Australian government on Monday announced a $4.7 billion deal to procure RTX [RTX] Standard Missile-2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC) and SM-6 for its surface naval ships. “The Standard Missile‑6 […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Nabs Over $200 Million In Maintenance And Modernization Contracts For DGG and Amphib
The Navy awarded BAE Systems’s Norfolk Ship Repair unit two contracts on Oct. 18 for maintenance, modernization and repair of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Laboon (DDG-58) and amphibious assault […]
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