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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Investigates Industry Partnership To Create New Aircraft Carrier Dry Dock On West Coast
The Navy is looking into working with industry to potentially create a Ford-class aircraft carrier dry dock on the West Coast and Hawaii, according to a recent notice. In the […]
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InternationalAustralia Announces New Naval Industrial Zone With Future Submarine Dry Docks
The Australian government on Wednesday announced a new site in Western Australia called the Henderson Defense Precinct that will ultimately include a submarine dry dock for future maintenance activities. During […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $1.42 Billion Sale In Netherlands Radio Equipment
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday approved a potential $1.42 billion Foreign Military Sale to the Netherlands for various radio equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: Navy Learning From Red Sea Ops Against Houthi Weapons
The Navy’s top officer said naval operations in the Red Sea against Houthi weapons launches from Yemen has helped the service quickly adapt and evolve tactics and systems. During a […]
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Missile DefenseArmy Officials Talk Missile Defense Production Improvements, Relieving OpTempo
Army officials on Tuesday argued how they are working to reduce the high operational tempo of high demand missile defense systems like Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Patriot […]
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ArmyArmy Has Some Air and Missile Defense System Production Bottlenecks, But FMS Helps Push Down Costs
An Army acquisition official Monday emphasized the importance of tamping down costs in air and missile defense systems while illustrating concerns about bottlenecks in the microelectronic sector. “I think a […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Investigating Low-Cost Interceptor Concepts, Envisions Two-Year Sprints
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) last week published a notice that it was conducting market research to find innovative missile defense system technologies, architectures, and concepts to help develop low-cost […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Demonstrates Open Ocean TRAM VLS Re-Arming
The Navy successfully demonstrated the first open ocean re-arming of a Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) with an underway warship, in a major step to field the new system […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. To Deploy THAAD To Israel To Increase Air Air And Missile Defense Amid Iran Conflict
The Defense Department on Sunday said President Biden directed the deployment of one Lockheed Martin [LMT] Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery and associated U.S. military crew to Israel to […]
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Navy/USMCLionfish UUV Finishes Reviews Leading To Full-Rate Production
The Lionfish small unmanned undersea vehicle (SUUV) developer, HII’s Unmanned Systems [HII], announced it successfully finished reviews leading into the start of full-rate production on the vehicle to be used […]
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