Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCSeasats Nabs Its Largest Award For USVs With $89 Million Navy Contract
Unmanned surface vessel (USV) developer and manufacturer Seasats in late September received its largest contract to date, a potential $89.2 million Navy production award in support of the Marine Corps. […]
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Navy/USMCHanwha Picks Former PEO Ships To Lead U.S. Shipbuilding Programs
A defense business subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate Hanwha on Monday appointed the former Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ships, Rear Adm. (Ret.) Tom Anderson, to lead its shipbuilding […]
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Unmanned SystemsSikorsky Developing Nomad Prop-Rotor Drones, Larger Variants May Have 500-Pound Payload
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Sikorsky is developing autonomous, twin prop-rotor Nomad drones, based on the company’s rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing concept. “The twin prop-rotor design combines the versatility […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Prepares For Another Multi-Year Round For Phalanx CIWS
The Navy is conducting another round of research to determine potential sources that can manufacture the terminal defense MK 15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) over fiscal years 2026 to 2029. […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Starts Land-Based Testing Of Japan’s Aegis Ship SPY-7 Radar
Lockheed Martin [LMT] started initial light off ground-based testing for the Japan-bound Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV)’s shipset 1 SPY-7 radar system on schedule, the company announced Tuesday. The testing […]
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Business/FinancialGD and BETA Partner For Classified Undersea Propulsion
BETA Technologies and General Dynamics [GD] last week announced the start of a partnership to develop “advanced propulsion systems” for a classified undersea vehicle project. In a September 26 announcement, […]
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Air ForceMore Than $12.5 Billion in Contract Modification for F-35s in Lot 18-19
Lockheed Martin [LMT] received a more than $12.5 billion contract modification to build 296 F-35s in Lots 18 and 19, the Defense Department said on Monday. “This modification provides for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Establish Private Sector Consortium To Manage Maritime Industrial Base Investments
The Navy is starting market research to find sources that can support the establishment and management of a “Consortium or Consortia” of the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) and execute billions […]
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Air ForceGAO: DoD Lacks Comprehensive Strategy for Issues Arising from Sole-Source Contracts
The Pentagon lacks a comprehensive strategy to solve issues related to sole-source contracts and intellectual property (IP)/data rights, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining the tri-service […]
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Navy/USMCBollinger Wins First Contract For First Landing Ship Medium
The Navy on Friday awarded Bollinger Shipyards a $9.5 million contract to start procuring long lead time material and related engineering and design activities for the initial Block One Landing […]
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