Navy/USMC
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Homeland Security
Navy Concentrates On Midcourse, Terminal Ballistic Missile Defense
The Navy’s ballistic missile defense priorities are on intercepting an adversary’s ballistic missiles in the midcourse or terminal phase–exactly where the most recent assessment of missile defense programs recommends putting […]
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CongressCarrier Overhauls Jeopardized By Budget Gridlock on Capitol Hill
The refueling and overhaul work on a Navy aircraft carrier would be in jeopardy unless changes are made to a stopgap spending measure for the first six months of fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Wrapping Up AMDR Far Field Range Testing
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] follow-on testing of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on its far field range is scheduled to wrap up this month, according to a company program […]
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Air ForceU.S. Should Concentrate On Midcourse BMD, Not Boost Phase, Report Says
The United States should concentrate on midcourse missile defense systems and “stop spending money on boost-phase defense systems of any kind,” said a new, congressionally mandated report released yesterday by […]
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ArmyGTV Will Not Pursue JLTV Protest
General Tactical Vehicles (GTV), a joint venture between General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] and AM General LLC, yesterday said it decided not to pursue a protest of the Army’s Joint […]
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ArmyPersistent Surveillance JLENS Demos Ability To Detect, Track, Swarming Boats
Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) has demonstrated its capability to detect and track swarming boats hundreds of miles away in test scenarios […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s First Landing Platform Ship Progressing
The structural assembly and weld out of the steel to erect the Navy’s first Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) has been completed, General Dynamics [GD] said yesterday. Construction of the ship […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Expanding San Diego Shipyard
BAE Systems began construction this week on a new pier at its San Diego shipyard intended to increase the capacity for ship repairs and to accommodate some of the Navy’s […]
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InternationalRheinmetall Defense Makes Strategic Acquisition of U.K.’s EM Digital
Rheinmetall Defense aims to expand its global naval presence with the takeover of the stabilized weapon platform activities of Britain’s EM Digital making it a significant strategic acquisition. The acquisition […]
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InternationalPatria, Rotis Plus, Sign Settlement Agreement With Slovenian Government
Finland’s Patria yesterday said it signed a settlement agreement with the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and local prime contractor, Rotis Plus, to reduce the overall number of Armored Modular […]