Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy Releases MUSV RFP, Official Stresses Experimentation Before Use
The Navy released the final request for proposals (RFP) for the development of a Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) on July 16. MUSV will be a pier-launched, self-deploying modular surface […]
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Business/Financial
ESCO Technologies Acquires Supplier Of Composite Products For Navy Submarines
ESCO Technologies [ESE] earlier this month said it acquired Globe Composite Solutions, LLC, a provider of composite-based products for the Navy and defense industry customers, including for the Virginia- and […]
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International
Naval Group Launches First New French Attack Sub
France’s Naval Group launched the first of six new French Navy nuclear-powered attack submarines during a ceremony on Friday, presided over by French president Emmanuel Macron. During the July 12 […]
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Congress
House Defense Bill Wants DoD Study Of Arctic Port
The House on Friday approved its version of a defense policy bill that like the Senate legislation would require the Defense Department to study and report to Congress the establishment […]
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Missile Defense
White House Opposes SM-3 IIA Test Change In House NDAA
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “strongly objects” to a $42 million reduction to re-scope a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test in the House’s FY […]
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Navy/USMC
CH-53E Super Stallion Reaches One Million Flight Hours
The CH-53E Super Stallion has logged more than one million flight hours since entering service with the Marine Corps in 1981, according to U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), which […]
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International
Greece Cleared to Buy $600 Million in MH-60R Helicopters, Weapons and Equipment
The U.S. State Department has given the go-ahead for Greece to purchase seven Sikorsky [LMT] MH-60R Seahawk helicopters under a $600 million foreign military sale. “The proposed sale will […]
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Navy/USMC
HII Finishes CVN-79 Flight Deck
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] finished installing the last piece of the future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy’s (CVN-79) flight deck in another construction milestone, the company said Thursday. CVN-79 […]
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Navy/USMC
Administration Opposes $238 Million Reduction Of LUSVs In Defense Authorization Bill
The White House on Wednesday objected to a provision in the House’s FY 2020 defense authorization bill that would reduce funding for the Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) program […]