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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCAircraft Carrier Truman Collides With Merchant Vessel Near Egypt
The U.S. Navy on Thursday disclosed the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) collided with a merchant vessel shortly before midnight on the night of Feb. 12. According […]
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Navy/USMCSDA Looks To Industry Studies For Trump’s Iron Dome For America
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Feb. 11 issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking summaries of upcoming 60-day studies on architectures and capabilities for the Iron Dome For America […]
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Missile DefenseArmy And RTX Tests LTAMDS and PAC-2 Again With GEM-T Variant
The Army and RTX’s Raytheon [RTX] said its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) recently completed another successful live-fire test with the Patriot missile defense system with another […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Seapower Leaders Urge Prompt DoD Australian AUKUS Funds Plan
The chairman and ranking member of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Tuesday, pushing for quick action on […]
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Navy/USMCCourtney Slams Trump Steel/Aluminum Tariffs Right After Australia Sends Sub Industry Money
The ranking member of the House Armed Services Seapower subcommittee criticized President Trump for his announcement of new steel and aluminum tariffs days after Australia sent its first increment of […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Highlights New Osprey Gearbox Sensors In Aviation Plan, Navy Limit At 200 Miles
The Marine Corps’ newest Aviation Plan underscored the importance of new sensors to be installed on the V-22 Osprey to better predict when parts need to be replaced to avoid […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: Iron Dome Industry Day, Aussie MQ-4C, Terminator Risk, Calio Takes Chair, DOGE Concerns
Iron Dome Industry Day. The Missile Defense Agency’s Request for Information looking for capabilities to demonstrate for President Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” executive order includes a plan to conduct […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Series of Contracts For Future Mine Countermeasures Capabilities
The Navy on Monday said it has recently awarded a series of contracts focused on future mine countermeasures (MCM) capabilities. The service first said it awarded a $7.7 million first […]
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Navy/USMCPentagon Weapons Tester Says Next-Gen Jammer Issues Now Software Related; First Deployer Says So Far, So Good
The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) is still dealing with reliability problems, now focused on software issues, according to the latest report from the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester. While the […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Plan To Shift Some Future F-35Bs To More F-35Cs
The Marine Corps plans to shift some of its planned future F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft into the F-35C carrier variant, according to the service’s latest Aviation […]