Reporter: Navy/Missile Defense
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Rich Abott
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ArmyArmy Has Some Air and Missile Defense System Production Bottlenecks, But FMS Helps Push Down Costs
An Army acquisition official Monday emphasized the importance of tamping down costs in air and missile defense systems while illustrating concerns about bottlenecks in the microelectronic sector. “I think a […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Investigating Low-Cost Interceptor Concepts, Envisions Two-Year Sprints
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week published a notice that it was conducting market research to find innovative missile defense system technologies, architectures, and concepts to help develop low-cost […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Demonstrates Open Ocean TRAM VLS Re-Arming
The Navy successfully demonstrated the first open ocean re-arming of a Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) with an underway warship, in a major step to field the new system […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. To Deploy THAAD To Israel To Increase Air Air And Missile Defense Amid Iran Conflict
The Defense Department on Sunday said President Biden directed the deployment of one Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and associated U.S. military crew to Israel to […]
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Navy/USMCLionfish UUV Finishes Reviews Leading To Full-Rate Production
The Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) developer, HII’s Unmanned Systems [HII], announced it successfully finished reviews leading into the start of full-rate production on the vehicle to be used […]
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Navy/USMCAI Integration Occurring In All Domains, Says Navy Requirements And Capabilities Officer
A top admiral this week said artificial intelligence (AI) is already being integrated across all domains for the service at several levels. “So artificial intelligence is one of our key […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Hold LCS Mission Module Industry Day
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) plans to host an industry day to get industry feedback on proposed Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules program strategy, according to a notice published […]
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Navy/USMCOver One Week The Navy Awards GD Electric Boat Nearly $2 Billion In SSN Submarine Contracts
The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] nearly $2 billion in four contracts related to Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) industrial base support over the past week as the service […]
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Navy/USMCHII Launches First Flight II San Antonio-Class LPD Amphib
HII [HII] launched the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Harrisburg (LPD-30), on Oct. 5 at its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard. The process entailed having […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Has Enough VLS Cells For Now But Looking To Boost In Future, Official Says
A Navy official on Tuesday said that in the near-term, “we have plenty of VLS cells for the Tomahawk missiles that we have in inventory, both on the surface and […]
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