Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy Official Says Frigate Design Expected This Summer, Confirms Service Still Needs Sixth-Gen Fighter
A top Navy official Thursday provided lawmakers with updated figures on Constellation-class frigate design progress following significant delays and confirmed the service is still looking into ultimately procuring a new […]
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Congress
Senate’s Defense Bill For Reconciliation Adjusts Shipbuilding Funds, Wicker Knocks Budget Plan
The Senate GOP has revealed its defense portion of the reconciliation bill with some slight adjustments from the $150 billion version the House passed, while the chair of the Armed […]
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Navy/USMC
BlackSea Technologies Contributes GARC USV And Support Ship To Operation Southern Spear
BlackSea Technologies on Wednesday revealed it is participating in the robotic-heavy Operation Southern Spear under U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet in the Caribbean Sea. The company said it is […]
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Navy/USMC
New $1.1 Billion AIM-9X Sidewinder Award Largest In Program, Will Boost Annual Production To 2,500 Missiles, RTX Says
The Navy on June 2 awarded RTX [RTX] a $1.1 billion modification award exercising options to production and delivery of many more AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Air-To-Air Missiles in Lot […]
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Navy/USMC
SecNav Sees Lessons From Japanese and Korean Yards, Looking Into More Allied Naval Work and U.S. Yards
The Secretary of the Navy this week noted some specific benefits Japanese and South Korean shipyards have that Americans can learn from, while hinting foreign allied shipyards could perform more […]
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Navy/USMC
SecNav: DOGE Cuts Spur Navy To Save $500 Million
The Navy Secretary this week said the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative has helped the Navy save hundreds of millions of dollars by canceling various contracts. “We’ve […]
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International
U.K. Plans For 12 SSN-AUKUS Future Attack Sub Fleet
On Monday, the U.K. Defense Minister said the government plans to ultimately field 12 SSN-AUKUS attack submarines in the foreword of a new defense review report. The new 2025 Strategic […]
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IIOT Cyber
NorthStar Nabs $527 Million Enterprise Carrier Dismantlement Contract
The Navy on Friday awarded a team led by Vermont’s NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services LLC a $537 million contract to dismantle, recycle and dispose of the former nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, […]
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Weapons
Northrop Grumman Expects Near Quintupling of SRM Build in Elkton by 2027
ELKTON, Md.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] propulsion systems and control (PS&C) business expects to build 440 solid rocket motors (SRMs) here annually by 2027–up from the current 90–as part of a $100 […]
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Missile Defense
DoD Guam Missile Defense Structure Lacks Key Strategies and Planning, GAO Says
The Defense Department’s plan to add missile defense systems to Guam in a new organizational structure is running into major problems as a recent watchdog report finds they still lack […]
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