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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCSWO BOSS Wants Accelerated Directed Energy Weapons
The commander of Naval Surface Forces wants the service to accelerate deployment of directed energy weapons on ships to defend against threats like the Navy is dealing with currently from […]
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Navy/USMCHII Argues For Two Carrier Block Buys With Three Years Advance Work, Warns If CVN-82 Delayed
HII [HII] is pushing for the Navy to procure aircraft carriers with a strategy it dubs 2-3-4: two ship carrier block buys with three years of advance procurement (AP) and […]
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Navy/USMCSAIC Nabs $63 Million Contract For Navy Hypersonic Work
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] said on Thursday it won a $63 million contract from the Navy to support advanced hypersonic concepts and strategic mission development. The work is specifically […]
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Unmanned SystemsNavy Seeks Industry Info On Short Range UAS
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) for industry information on potential sources for a short range Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL)-capable Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) […]
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Missile DefenseNATO Awards RTX-MBDA Venture $5.6 Billion For 1,000 European Patriot Missiles
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on Wednesday awarded COMLOG a $5.6 billion contract for up to 1,000 Patriot GEM-T missiles as part of the European Sky Shield Initiative […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Wins $868 Million To Build Three More Expeditionary Medical Ships
The Navy awarded Austal USA an $868 million undefinitized contract modification on December 21 to perform the detail design and construction of three more expeditionary medical ships (EMS) The Spearhead-class […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNavy Seeks Info For More Triton USV Apps And Tech
The Navy issued a market survey late last month for information on sources able to provide support to integrate new technologies and applications onto the Ocean Aero Triton Autonomous Underwater […]
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Missile DefenseNDAA Pushes MDA To Field Anti-Hypersonic Interceptors Faster, INDOPACOM Missile Defense Architecture
The fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill, passed last week, kept provisions that push the Missile Defense Agency to operate counter-hypersonic interceptors earlier than currently planned and pushed the Defense […]
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Missile DefenseU.S., Japan and South Korea Activate North Korea Missile Warning Data Sharing System, Exercise Plan
The United States, Japan and South Korea said on Tuesday they activated a real-time North Korea missile warning data sharing mechanism and established a multi-year plan for trilateral exercises. Previously, […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Delivers First Berthing Barge After Acquiring VT Halter Marine
Bollinger Shipyards delivered the first Auxiliary Personnel Lighter–Small (APL(S)) Class berthing and messing barge (APL-71) to the Navy last week, the first such craft since the company acquired contract winner […]
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