Navy/USMC
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Awards $952 Million Contract Mod To Bollinger To Complete First Polar Icebreaker
The Coast Guard on Tuesday awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $951.6 million contract modification to complete the detail design and construction of the first Polar Security Cutter (PSC), with work expected […]
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Navy/USMC
Senate Confirms Phelan As SECNAV
The Senate easily confirmed financier and donor John Phelan to be the next Secretary of the Navy on Monday evening. The vote was 62-30. All Republicans present voted for Phalen. […]
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Navy/USMC
Australia To Buy $125 Million In MK-48 Torpedoes
The Australian defense ministry on Friday announced it agreed to buy $125 million worth of MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes for current and future submarines. The government said procuring more of these […]
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Navy/USMC
South Korea’s Hanwha Buys Nearly 10 Percent Shareholding In Australia’s Austal, Seeks 20 Percent
A major South Korean conglomerate this week purchased a significant stake in Australian shipbuilder Austal, with hopes of expansion. On March 18 Hanwha Group said it acquired a 9.9 percent […]
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International
HII Names VEEM As Initial Australian Company To Enter Sub Supplier Program
HII [HII] named Australia’s VEEM Ltd. as one of the first companies that will join a submarine supplier pilot program HII is leading to help connect Australian firms to the […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force and Navy Brief Trump and Congress on NGAD
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel, said on Tuesday that he recently received a briefing from the […]
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Navy/USMC
Wittman Says OMB Director Seems Open To SAWS-Type Shipbuilding Workforce Effort
The vice chairman of the House Armed Services Committee this week said the new director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seems open to a Navy and industry […]
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International
Brits Receive First Autonomous Anti-Mine Vessel
The U.K. Ministry of Defense last week announced it received its first new end-to-end autonomous mine hunting vessel, the unmanned surface vessel (USV) RNMB Ariadne. In a March 14 announcement, […]
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Navy/USMC
South Korea Finishes First Major Maintenance Service on U.S. Navy Replenishment Ship
South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean last week successfully completed its first significant maintenance work on a U.S. Navy replenishment ship in a seven-month maintenance regular overhaul (ROH). The ROH work on […]
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Budget
Navy And Marine Corps Officers Detail Downsides Of Full Year CR
The top officers of the Navy and Marine Corps last week detailed the limitations and downsides of the full year continuing resolution (CR) the Senate approved on March 14. After […]