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Rich Abott
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CongressLawmakers Push Biden To Create New Maritime Coordinator
A group of 19 lawmakers from both congressional parties have asked President Joe Biden to create a new “interagency maritime policy coordinator” position to organize American maritime and seapower policy. […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Passes NGI Preliminary Review, Sees Critical Review By Spring 2025
This week Northrop Grumman revealed its bid for the next homeland missile defense interceptor recently completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and expects to pass the Critical Design Review (CDR) […]
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Navy/USMCAerosonde UAS Starts Flying Off LCS
Textron‘s [TXT] small Aerosonde Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) flew off a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the first time, the company announced Monday. This operation is the start of Textron […]
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Navy/USMCDIU Seeks Small, Affordable Exploding USVs For Navy
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) posted a new solicitation on Monday for affordable production-ready small Unmanned Surface Vehicles (sUSVs) that would hunt for targets and explode on contact. The notice […]
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Navy/USMCHII Nabs $913 Million Contract For CVN-75 Carrier Refueling
The Navy awarded HII [HII] a contract worth up to $913 million on January 25 for the advanced planning and long-lead-time material procurement necessary to prepare for the Refueling and […]
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Navy/USMCProgram Manager Outlines Upcoming Orca XLUUV Tests, Confident In Five More From Boeing
A Navy official earlier this month confirmed the service is starting a series of tests on the first Orca Extra large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) and is confident in the […]
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UncategorizedActing Marine Corps Commandant Confirms V-22 Still Grounded Amid Investigation
The acting commandant of the Marine Corps on Thursday confirmed the service has kept its fleet of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft grounded due to a deadly November mishap, but he […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Unmanned Official Optimistic On USV Testing and Improvements To Fix Autonomy
A Navy official in charge of managing prototype unmanned sea systems this month was optimistic in how large prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) testing is going and how the systems […]
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Navy/USMCUK Royal Navy To Upgrade Sea Viper Defense For Ballistic Missile Defense
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) recently announced contracts worth $514 million to upgrade its destroyers’ Sea Viper Air Defense System. The work is split into two contracts with Sea […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Issues Another RFI For Future X-Band Radar Development, Production
The Navy this month issued a second Request For Information (RFI) seeking market research on interest on the future development and production phases for the Future B-band Radar (FXR). This […]
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