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Navy/USMCNavy Surface Warfare Director Confirms Merging Medium And Large USV
The Navy’s director of Surface Warfare confirmed this week the service is shifting from separate medium and large unmanned surface vessels to a single larger MUSV with both mission payloads […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Names Two Carriers After Presidents Clinton And Bush, Future SSNs and Third SSBN
The Navy and Biden administration on Monday announced the names of the next two aircraft carriers, the third Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and three Virginia-class attack submarines. President Joe […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan highlighted how the planned submarine sales to Australia under the AUKUS agreement are likely to lower total […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Unveils New Low-Cost USV
Textron Systems [TXT] announced a new family of low-cost autonomous unmanned surface vessels already in “high production” that is designed to meet Defense Department needs. Announced ahead of the Surface […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Admin May Be More Receptive To Industry Shipyard Plan, HII CEO Says
The CEO of shipbuilder HII [HII] said the incoming Trump administration is likely more receptive to a plan developed by the Navy and industry to improve shipyard wages and quicken […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Estimates 2025 Shipbuilding Plan Costs 17 Percent More Than Navy Projects
The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan could cost 17 percent more than the service estimates, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual analysis. This means the CBO estimated the […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman To Build NGI’s Test Target
While Northrop Grumman [NOC] is not building the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), it said Thursday it has been cleared to build NGI’s mock target, called the MBRV-11. The company describes […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. And Indian Companies To Co-Produce Sonobuoys
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan recently announced the Biden administration welcomed a new partnership between U.S. and Indian companies for co-production of U.S. sonobuoys to be used by the Indian […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks Into Non-Developmental Landing Ship Designs
The Navy issued a Jan. 6 Request for Information (RFI) notice in an effort to find out the commercial availability of building a non-developmental landing ship at a U.S. shipyard. […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Praises Phelan, Suggests Working With Allies To Build Navy Ships
During a Monday interview with the conservative radio show host Hugh Hewitt, Trump praised his nominee for Secretary of the Navy and hinted at vague plans to use allies to […]
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