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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders Argue To Decommission 11 Ships In 2024
Top Navy leaders recently argued in favor of decommissioning almost a dozen ships as part of the fiscal year 2024 budget process, seeking to redirect funds from those needing significant […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Seeks LPD-33 In Unfunded Priorities List
The Marine Corps is asking Congress to fund the next amphibious ship early, in opposition to Navy plans, according to the service’s latest wish list to lawmakers. According to a […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Installing First Increment Of Guam Missile Defense Tech In 2024
The “first string” of interceptors, launchers, radars and a command and control system for missile defenses set to be deployed to Guam will arrive in 2024, the director of the […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Helps Air Force In Cruise Missile Defense, Live Demo This Year
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is supporting the Air Force in its cruise missile defense program with plans to test a national capital region capability later this summer, the head […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Confirms U.S. Exploring Cooperating On Hypersonic Defense Missiles With Japan
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week confirmed the Defense Department is exploring cooperatively developing and producing hypersonic defense missiles, akin to their shared work on the […]
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Navy/USMCDel Toro: Long-Term Shipbuilding Plan Will Retain Three Options
The Navy’s upcoming 30-year shipbuilding plan will likely repeat last year’s plan pattern of presenting three options, the Secretary of the Navy said this week. “Unless things change dramatically, I […]
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Pause in Procurement of LPDs is Mostly Due To Price, CNO Says
The Navy’s top officer on Wednesday said the department is pausing procurement of amphibious ships primarily because the San Antonio-class Flight II amphibious transport dock ships (LPD) are increasing in […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Requests $10.9 Billion in 2024, With Focus On Guam Defense
The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) fiscal year 2024 budget request is seeking $10.9 billion, up slightly from the $10.5 billion it was given for 2023, and with a large focus […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Declassifies NGAD Funding For First Time In Three Years
The Navy is seeking $1.528 billion as part of its fiscal year 2024 funding request for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, declassifying part of NGAD for the first […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s 2024 Budget Seeks $33 Billion For Nine New Ships, $17 Billion For 88 Aircraft
The Navy’s fiscal year 2024 budget request, whose details were released Monday, seeks $255.8 billion overall, with $32.8 billion of that devoted to procuring nine battle force ships and $17 […]
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