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Rich Abott
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UncategorizedRaytheon Nabs $114 Million Mod For More AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles
The Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $114 million modification on Nov. 18 to build and deliver more AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles and related support parts. The award is […]
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Missile DefenseJapanese Destroyers First Successfully Test SM-3 In Ballistic Missile Defense Test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on Monday announced the first successful missile defense test firing of Standard Missile-3 missiles from Japanese […]
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Missile DefenseIsrael Tests Naval Iron Dome
The Israeli government and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. recently conducted an interception test of a naval version of the Iron Dome air defense system. The company and Israeli government […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Receives LCAC-106
The Navy accepted delivery of the next Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 106 on Thursday. This came after the vessel completed acceptance trials with the Navy’s Board […]
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Navy/USMCZumwalt Returns From First Pacific Operational Employment, Due For Hypersonic Missile Installation
The Navy’s first stealth destroyer recently came back from its first long-range employment that worked through maintenance and logistics, but next year it will start getting hypersonic missiles installed to […]
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InternationalU.K. Awards BAE Systems $5 Billion For Five More Type 26 Frigates
This week the U.K. government awarded BAE Systems a $5 billion contract to build a second group of five more Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. Speaking in Indonesia […]
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Missile DefenseRaytheon And Northrop Grumman Win Mods To Continue Refining Hypersonic Defense Concepts
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] firm-fixed-price modifications to extend the current refinement of their hypersonic missile defense concepts for the Glide Phase Interceptor […]
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Navy/USMCSenators Ask SECNAV Update To Amphibious Warship Study
Two members on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) Seapower panel sent a letter to the Secretary of the Navy on Nov. 15 urging him to provide to Congress the […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Says Next-Gen Destroyer Could Cost Up To $3.4 Billion, Next-Gen Attack Subs Up To $7.2 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual analysis of the Navy’s fiscal year shipbuilding plan said the DDG(X) next-generation guided-missile destroyer could cost up to $3.4 billion each and the SSN(X) […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Conducting Market Research For 40-Foot Patrol Boats
The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) on Nov. 9 to conduct market research for plans to potentially buy 90 40-foot Patrol Boats, called the 40PB. The 40PB is […]
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