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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedNavy Issues RFP For Six Landing Ship Medium Vessels, Plans To Buy In 2025
Naval Sea Systems Command issued the service’s initial Request For Proposals (RFP) for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of six Landing Ship Medium (LSM) ships on Jan. 5. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts Backfitting Four Flight IIA Destroyers For Mod 2.0, Adding SEWIP Block Three And SPY-6
The Navy has picked the initial four Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyers to be upgraded in the Mod 2.0 effort, which upgrades sensors, radars, the Aegis combat system and cooling […]
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Navy/USMCHII Delivers First Columbia Sub Stern To Electric Boat, Optimistic On LPD-33 and Future Amphibs
HII [HII] delivered the stern of the first new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to prime contractor General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD], the company’s chief executive told reporters Monday. HII […]
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Navy/USMCSWO BOSS Wants Accelerated Directed Energy Weapons
The commander of Naval Surface Forces wants the service to accelerate deployment of directed energy weapons on ships to defend against threats like the Navy is dealing with currently from […]
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Navy/USMCHII Argues For Two Carrier Block Buys With Three Years Advance Work, Warns If CVN-82 Delayed
HII [HII] is pushing for the Navy to procure aircraft carriers with a strategy it dubs 2-3-4: two ship carrier block buys with three years of advance procurement (AP) and […]
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Navy/USMCSAIC Nabs $63 Million Contract For Navy Hypersonic Work
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] said on Thursday it won a $63 million contract from the Navy to support advanced hypersonic concepts and strategic mission development. The work is specifically […]
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Unmanned SystemsNavy Seeks Industry Info On Short Range UAS
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued a Request for Information (RFI) for industry information on potential sources for a short range Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL)-capable Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) […]
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Missile DefenseNATO Awards RTX-MBDA Venture $5.6 Billion For 1,000 European Patriot Missiles
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on Wednesday awarded COMLOG a $5.6 billion contract for up to 1,000 Patriot GEM-T missiles as part of the European Sky Shield Initiative […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Wins $868 Million To Build Three More Expeditionary Medical Ships
The Navy awarded Austal USA an $868 million undefinitized contract modification on December 21 to perform the detail design and construction of three more expeditionary medical ships (EMS) The Spearhead-class […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNavy Seeks Info For More Triton USV Apps And Tech
The Navy issued a market survey late last month for information on sources able to provide support to integrate new technologies and applications onto the Ocean Aero Triton Autonomous Underwater […]
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