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InternationalGermany And Norway Start Cooperation On New Submarines and Naval Missiles
Germany and Norway officially launched a new long-term naval defense material cooperation agreement for new submarines and naval missiles on Aug. 22 during a visit by the Norwegian Defense Minister […]
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Navy/USMCAmphibious Assault Vehicle Upgrades Enter Production
Upgraded versions of the Marine Corps’ legacy amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) were cleared for production this week under a milestone C decision that also resulted in an $11 million contract […]
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Navy/USMCSeventh Fleet Commander Relieved After Collisions; HII To Repair USS Fitzgerald
The Defense Department relieved Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, commander of the Seventh Fleet, in the wake of two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers colliding with commercial vessels this summer. The Navy announced […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Launches Development Of Plug-And-Play Counter-Drone System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has hired three firms to find ways of defeating the small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that have become one of the most pervasive […]
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Navy/USMCTop Three Fitzgerald Commanders Relieved Of Duty
The U.S. Navy relieved of duty the top three officers of the USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) last Thursday months after the ship collided with a merchant vessel near Japan (Defense Daily, […]
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Navy/USMCNewest Navy LPD Completes Acceptance Trials
The Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding-built latest Amphibious Transport Dock, the future USS Portland (LPD-27), completed acceptance trials on Aug 18, the Navy and company announced Monday. Acceptance trials […]
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Navy/USMCHII Finishes DDG-61 Overhaul And Redelivers Back To The Navy
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding division redelivered the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG-61) to the Navy on Monday after completing nine months of overhaul and modernization […]
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Navy/USMCRichardson Orders Operational Pause In Navy Amid Second DDG Collison In Three Months
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson on Monday ordered an operational pause in all U.S. fleets around the world following the second collision between an Aegis Arleigh Burke-class […]
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Navy/USMCWreckage Of Famed WWII Cruiser Indianapolis Found Three Miles Under Pacific
More than 70 years after a Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into her side and sent the USS Indianapolis to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, the ship’s wreckage was […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-9 Finishes Builder’s Trials
The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Littoral Combat Ship Little Rock (LCS-9) successfully completed builder’s trials last week, a milestone is preparing the fifth Freedom-variant LCS for acceptance trials within weeks, the […]