Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Outlines Virginia Block VI Improvements, To Preview SSN(X) Capabilities
A Navy official last week outlined the new features in the upcoming Block VI Virginia-class attack submarines, which will help serve as the backbone of the following next-generation vessels. Block […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looking To Extend Ohio SSBNs To Add To Columbia-Class Margin
This week Navy officials said they are trying to extend the lives of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) beyond the current 42-year service life to provide more schedule margin for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Hypersonic Weapons On SSGN Subs By 2025
A top Navy official said the service plans to deploy the first conventional hypersonic weapons on Ohio-class submarines by 2025 before adding them to newer Virginia-class vessels starting in 2028. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy MH-60R Gets New Submarine Detection Sensor
Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be integrating Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) systems on six Navy MH-60R helicopters as part of a new subcontract announced with CAE. The integration will give […]
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Missile DefenseSM-3 IIA Successfully Intercepts ICBM Target, Proving Potential Underlayer For Homeland Missile Defense
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy successfully intercepted an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)-type target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. […]
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Navy/USMCSecNav Promotes New First Fleet At Indian And Pacific Oceans
Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite on Tuesday said he wants to stand up a new numbered fleet, U.S. 1st Fleet, at the border of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. […]
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Navy/USMCCooperating on Nukes Better Than Sharing Them, Navy Strat Systems Chief Says
The Navy is happy to share knowledge about weapons with the Air Force, so long as it does not actually have to share a nuclear weapon with the Air Force, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Examining Three SSN(X) Hull Options
The Navy’s commander of the submarine forces said the service is looking at three tracks for SSN (X), the next generation attack submarine: using the Virginia-class attack submarine, Columbia-class ballistic […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Developing UAS For Ship Cargo Resupply
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) acquired a logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) prototype in October to demonstrate long-range naval ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore cargo transport and it is […]
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Nuclear ModernizationEarly Buys for Columbia Submarine Components Possible, Caldwell Says
In what could be a boon to submarine subcontractors and the broader nuclear-naval industry, the Navy is looking at buying components for Columbia-class submarines, especially boats that will follow the […]