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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCDARPA Investigating Counter-UUV Defenses
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency published a notice on Sept. 11 looking for “innovative proposals” for its Sync program to counter unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs). DARPA said this Sync […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Franchetti Releases 2024 NAVPLAN With 2027 Focus
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti used her Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) to target achieving readiness for potential war with China by 2027. The NAVPLAN is a strategic guidance […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Nabs $450 Million GD Award To Expand Sub Module Production
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat [GD] awarded Austal USA a $450 million contract to increase its infrastructure to design, construct and outfit new submarine modules for the U.S. submarine’s prime contractor, […]
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Navy/USMCKongsberg Announces Second International Missile Factory In Virginia
Norway’s Kongsberg on Tuesday said it will be building a new factory to build and provide support for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) in James City […]
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BudgetDel Toro Details CR Downsides For Navy In Letter To Legislators
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently sent congressional appropriations leaders a letter detailing the downsides for the Department of the Navy in a potential six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) […]
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Navy/USMCGD NASSCO Wins $6.7 Billion Navy Contract For Eight Oilers
The Navy last Friday awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) a $6.75 billion block buy contract covering eight more John Lewis-class T-AO 205 fleet replenishment oilers. […]
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Navy/USMCDIU Awarded Three Prototype Contracts For Uncrewed Ops
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week announced that earlier this year it awarded three contracts for vendors to build a database that allows unmanned systems to operate in disconnected […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Seeks Industry Information On SBX Radar Software Development
The Missile Defense Agency published a notice Wednesday seeking market research on industry interested in meeting follow-on requirements for the Sea-Based X-Band Radar software development and system engineering. SBX is […]
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Navy/USMCBlueForge Alliance Awarded Millions To Help Sub Industrial Base
A non-profit organization formed by the submarine industrial base (SIB) on Tuesday won a $951 million Navy contract to help improve that industrial base. The Defense Department contract announcement said […]
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