Valerie Insinna
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UncategorizedSouthern California aerospace industry continues to lose jobs
Southern California’s aerospace industry continued a nearly decade-long slide in employment in 2,014, losing another 1,200 jobs, as employment fell to 85,500. One of the few brights spots was San Diego County, where employment has grown by almost 5,000 positions over the past decade, largely due to the unmanned aerial system businesses run by Northrop Grumman and General Atomics.
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UncategorizedApocalypse Now.. Vote Later: Anti-nuke fury as Defence Secretary announces Trident investment before MP’s give nod
Spending on the upgrading of Britain’s Nuclear deterrent has now reached nearly £4bn, but the CND are furious that a Commons vote still hasn’t taken place. A further £642 million will be invested in developing the new generation of submarines carrying the UK’s nuclear deterrent, Michael Fallon has confirmed.
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Southern California aerospace industry continues to lose jobs
Southern California’s aerospace industry continued a nearly decade-long slide in employment in 2,014, losing another 1,200 jobs, as employment fell to 85,500. One of the few brights spots was San Diego County, where employment has grown by almost 5,000 positions over the past decade, largely due to the unmanned aerial system businesses run by Northrop Grumman and General Atomics.
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UncategorizedBritain’s Deep Sea Faces Problems
An accelerating debate over Britain’s nuclear-weapons policy has focused on the government’s plan to replace the existing, Vanguard-class Trident ballistic-missile submarines with the Successor-class. More recently a new ingredient has emerged to complicate matters: whether the world’s oceans are becoming transparent through new detection technologies, which could make the new submarines obsolete before they are even launched.
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UncategorizedRussian northern fleet to test Bulava readiness
The Russian Northern Fleet is getting ready to test combat readiness of nuclear deterrence forces. Two state-of-the-art strategic ballistic missile submarines of the Project 955, namely “Yuriy Dolgorukiy” and “Vladimir Monomakh” are awaiting their sailing orders. One of them is to volley-fire intercontinental ballistic missiles Bulava.
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UncategorizedJapanese submarine enters Sydney Harbour for the first time since World War Two
A Japanese submarine has entered Sydney Harbour for the first time since World War II. The JS Hakuryu sailed through the heads about accompanied by two warships – the JS Umigiri and JS Asayuki – and Australian naval ship the HMAS Ballarat.
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UncategorizedTechnavio Announces Top Three Trends for the Global Submarine Market Through 2020
Technavio’s market research study identifies the following three emerging trends expected to propel the growth of the global submarine market: Evolution of 3D printing, advanced undersea warfare and the Ohio-class submarine replacement program.
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UncategorizedWatch a Giant Submarine Break Through the Arctic Ice as it surfaces
USS Hartford (SSN 768) surfaces in the Arctic Circle near Ice Camp Sargo during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2016. Servicemembers and civilians assigned to Arctic Submarine Lab clear ice from the hatches to allow for surface access. ICEX is a five-week exercise designed to research, test, and evaluate operational capabilities in the region.
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Former Navy Officials Push for 350-Ship Fleet
The Navy is building up to a fleet of 308 ships by 2021, but that fleet size will not be enough to address growing security challenges and an increasing number […]
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CongressFormer Navy Officials Push for 350-Ship Fleet
The Navy is building up to a fleet of 308 ships by 2021, but that fleet size will not be enough to address growing security challenges and an increasing number […]