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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCLatest Multiyear Destroyer Contracts Cover Options For Up To 15 Ships Over Five Years
Navy acquisition officials this week said the latest multiyear contracts to procure at least nine more destroyers include options for up to 15 total ships if the White House or […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Extending The Life Of Four More Destroyers
The Navy said Thursday it will extend the service lives of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers past their original planned lives of 35 years. USS Ramage (DDG-61) and Benfold (DDG-65) […]
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GD and HII Win Multiyear Contracts for Nine Destroyers
The Navy awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) [GD] and HII [HII] multiyear contracts for a combined nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers lasting for five years through fiscal year […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Sets LSM Amphib Industry Day
The Navy said it is conducting an industry day on Aug. 31 for vendors interested in the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the new Landing Ship Medium (LSM) amphibious […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Pacific SCOUT Tech Experimentation Solutions
The Department of Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) is seeking industry participants in a series of experiments to help the U.S. Pacific Fleet perform various missions better using unmanned […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Award Options To Liberty Lifter Seaplane Designers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency last week awarded General Atomics and Boeing’s [BA] Aurora Flight Sciences modifications to exercise option one of the Liberty Lifter Seaplane X-Plane program. This […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Committee Advances AUKUS Sub Transfers, ITAR Exemptions While Wicker Holds Up Senate Side For Sub Funds
The House Foreign Affairs Committee this week advanced three bills authorizing the Biden administration to sell two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia and exempt AUKUS partners Australia and the […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Ships Enroll In Tanker Security Program
The Department of Transportation this week enrolled nine commercial ships in an initiative to provide additional sealift capacity to the Defense Department. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on July 25 […]
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Navy/USMCJCREW Counter-IED Program Marks Full Capability
A Navy program office this week announced the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) program reached full operational capability (FOC) ahead of schedule. The July 25 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Readies Second Large Scale Exercise To Mimic Global Conflict
The Navy and Marine Corps are preparing to conduct a second globe-spanning exercise to simulate conflict with a near-peer adversary, running from actions at the unit level up to high […]
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