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Rich Abott
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InternationalPanel: Russian Posture In Arctic Becoming More Offensive, Reconstituting Soviet Abilities
Russia’s military posture in the Arctic region is becoming more offensive-based while the U.S. government sees it largely as rebuilding former Soviet capabilities, participants in a think tank panel said […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Finds Worsening Navy Ships Sustainment Issues Over Last Decade
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysis found sustainment challenges worsened from 2011 to 202 over 10 ship classes. GAO identified the worsening sustainment issues include “increasing depot maintenance delays, […]
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Navy/USMCMK 18 Mod 2 Underwater Drone Program Production Finished
The Navy said on Feb. 3 that production of the MK 18 Mod 2 Kingfish Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) program of record has completed. MK 18 Mod 2 production started […]
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Navy/USMCPentagon Limits V-22 Fleets Due To Clutch Issue
Bell [TXT]/Boeing [BA] V-22s Osprey tiltrotor aircraft across the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are getting time limits and some aircraft are being grounded due to an engine clutch […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-25 Delivers To Navy
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Marinette (LCS-25) Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) on Feb. 3 at the builder’s Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis. The odd-numbered […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Hypersonic Test From DDG-1000 By December 2025
The Navy is planning to conduct a hypersonic missile test launch off the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) by December 2025, an official said recently. “So timeline-wise…we’re supposed to do a test […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Has Fixed UISS Reliability Issues In DOT&E Report
A Navy official this week confirmed the service has addressed reliability issues in the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) that were tied to vehicle design issues identified in the latest […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Chooses GA And Aurora Flight Sciences To Design Liberty Lifter Seaplane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected teams led by General Atomics and Boeing’s [BA] Aurora Flight Sciences to develop designs for the Liberty Lifter Seaplane full-scale demonstrator, the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Sets Up First Unmanned Industry Day Under 2023 NDAA Direction
The Navy issued a notice on Jan. 31 announcing a three-day long industry day focused on opportunities in unmanned surface and undersea vessels (USVs and UUVs, respectively), in accordance with […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Official Describes 100,000-Person Submarine Workforce Challenges
A Navy official this week outlined the submarine community’s challenges in needing to hire over 100,000 new workers over the next decade to maintain and improve shipbuilding and sustainment. “In […]
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