Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
VideoRay Nabs $93 Million Contract For MK20 Defender ROV Work
The Navy awarded VideoRay LLC a $93 million contract for Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR) Production, particularly to continue work developing the MK20 Defender Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) platform. The […]
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Air Force
Settlement with Lockheed Martin on F-35 Data Rights Carries ‘Significant Implications for Organic Software Development,’ Program Says
A March 27 settlement between the Department of the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a more than four-year-old case on data rights for the F-35 fighter will spur improved […]
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International
HII Sells Eight More UUVs To U.K.
HII recently announced the sale of seven more REMUS unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the U.K. Royal Navy, adding to the more than one dozen the country already uses. On […]
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Unmanned Systems
Aerovel Buy May Expand Airbus’ Presence in U.S. Defense Market
Airbus said on May 7 that it has bought Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel–a move that may expand Airbus’ U.S. defense business. A several dozen employee firm, Aerovel builds the Flextotor vertical […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Companies Offer All-Electric Cargo Drone for DoD
Oakland-based startup Pyka and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) are offering a modified version of Pyka’s autonomous, all-electric Pelican Cargo drone for DoD/military service use, the companies said on May 6. […]
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Navy/USMC
Teledyne Unveils Recoverable Rogue 1 Loitering Munition Picked For Marines’ OPF-L
Teledyne FLIR Defense [TDY] on Tuesday unveiled its new Rogue 1 recoverable loitering munition, its system picked for the Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program that the company described […]
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Business/Financial
Earnings Up at BWXT But Tough Competition, Staff Ramp-Up On Uranium Work Slow Government Ops Growth
Earnings rose at BWX Technologies [BWXT] in the first quarter, during which the company said Monday it cranked out more naval-nuclear components but made less money on government business overall […]
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Army
X-Bow’s Large Solid Rocket Motor Completes System Requirements Review
Startup X-Bow Systems on Monday said the Large Solid Rocket Motor (LRSM) it is developing to become a second source supplier for two Army and Navy hypersonic weapons programs has […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Acquisition And Review Practices Lead To Longer Timelines Than Commercial Ships, GAO Finds
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified several facets of Navy shipbuilding programs that cause it to design and deliver ships significantly slower than commercial industry. The office said there is […]
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Air Force
No Date Certain for CV-22 Return to Flight
While Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) approved a return to flight with safety controls in place for the V-22 Osprey on March 8, Air Force Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, the […]