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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks Into More Low Cost Unmanned Vessel Prototypes
A recent Navy notice said it plans to soon issue a Request For Solutions (RFS) for two sizes of low cost unmanned maritime vessel prototypes. The notice described this as […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Pushing Through Obstacles To Two Attack Subs Plus Columbia By 2028, Boosting Industrial Base By 140,000 Workers
A Navy submarine official last week reiterated their “North Star” plans to increase submarine production to two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSN) and one Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine annually by 2028, […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Awards Northrop Grumman $541 Million In Hypersonic Missile Defense Work After Downselect
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $541 million in five, single year firm-fixed-price contract options as part of it winning the competition to develop and […]
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Navy/USMCHypersonic Weapons On Zumwalt Destroyer Pushed Back To 2027
Testing the first hypersonic missiles on the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) destroyer is running at least two years behind plan for 2025, pushed back to 2027, a Navy official said Thursday. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Virginia Subs Go To Block Eight Before SSN(X) Starts
The Navy director for Naval Reactors said the service plans to at least reach Block Eight on Virginia-class attack submarines before moving on to next-generation submarines now planned for the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Kongsberg $961 Million Contract For Naval Strike Missiles
The Navy awarded Norway’s Kongsberg a $961 million multiyear contract for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), also known as the Over the Horizon-Weapons System encanistered missiles. NSMs are currently deployed […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Nabs $394 Million Mod For Nine More SSC Landing Craft
The Navy on Nov. 8 awarded Textron Systems [TXT] a $394 million modification to build nine more Ship to Shore Connectors (SSC) hovercraft. The SSCs are 100-class Landing Craft Air […]
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Navy/USMCNew Team Forms To Compete For CVN-75 Carrier Dismantlement
A pair of companies with experience dismantling maritime vessels and nuclear facilities, respectively, are teaming up to compete on the dismantlement of decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, starting with the […]
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Missile DefensePatriot Hits Missile Test Target While Integrated With New LTAMDS Radar
Last weekend a Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 missile successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) while integrated with RTX [RTX] Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station
The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the […]
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