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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCAustal Delivers LCS-34 To Navy
Austal USA delivered the future USS Augusta (LCS-34) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the Navy on May 12 at the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala. The delivery occurred after […]
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Missile DefenseIsrael David’s Sling Missile Defense Makes First Real World Intercept
Israel’s David’s Sling air and missile defense system successfully intercepted a rocket for the first time outside a test, according to recent Israeli media reports. On May 10 the Times […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Seeks Innovative Missile Defense Concepts For 2045 Threats
The Missile Defense Agency is starting to consider what concepts and capabilities it might need around 2045 in a new request for information (RFI). MDA issued an RFI on May […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Navy Unmanned Battle Problem Focused on Just Unmanned Systems, Integrating Together
The Navy’s second Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) is focused on integrated unmanned systems together rather than working with crewed platforms, a Navy official said this week. U.S. […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Sees Counter-Hypersonic Ability In Present Missiles, Multi-Year SM-6 Order For Salvo Defense
The head of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week said several current missile defense systems likely have a capability to defend against hypersonic threats and plans to procure hundreds […]
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Navy/USMCBiden Nominates Next Head Of Naval Sub Forces, 2nd Fleet
The Pentagon announced that President Biden nominated new commanders to lead the Naval Submarine Forces and 2nd Fleet on May 5. Rear Adm. Robert Gaucher is set to be promoted […]
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InternationalIsraeli Company Unveils BlueWhat Unmanned Sub
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) last week revealed its new BlueWhale unmanned autonomous submarine geared for intelligence-gathering operations. The company said the vehicle has conducted thousands of hours of submerged and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Orders Four More Ospreys In $482 Million Mod
Naval Air Systems Command last Friday said it awarded the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] Joint Program Office a $482 million contract modification to procure another four CMV-22B Osprey Lot 27 aircraft. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts Second Unmanned Exercise For Pacific Fleet
The U.S. Pacific Fleet started its second multi-domain unmanned capabilities exercise on May 1, called Integrated Battle Problem 23.1. The Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 23.1 is a […]
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Navy/USMCState Department Approves Sale of Sub-Detecting System To Australia
The State Department this week approved a potential $207 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Expeditionary (SURTASS-E) mission systems for Vessels of Opportunity (VOO) to […]
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