Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCSenate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill would limit new future ship development until more work is done and Congress is given more details. The […]
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InternationalNorthrop Grumman Wins $333 Million Mod For Three More Australian MQ-4C Tritons
The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $333 million modification on June 25 to exercise options to build three more MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft for Australia. The award covers production […]
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CongressHASC NDAA Sets Up Debate With Senate On F-35 Cuts, Funds For Virginia-Class Submarine
The House Armed Services Committee’s $731.6 billion fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill sets up key debate with the Senate on cuts to the F-35 program and adjustments to various […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Seapower Would Restrict OSD Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Is Submitted
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee’s mark of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill recommends restricting the Secretary of Defense’s budget until long-delayed Navy reports are submitted […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Authorizers Look To Slow LUSVs And Retiring Ships
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee’s mark of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill would limit the Navy’s speed in producing unmanned vessels and limit retiring vessels […]
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Business/FinancialDoD Directs $187 Million DPA Funds For Shipbuilding and Aviation COVID-19 Actions
Last week, the Defense Department announced several Defense Production Act (DPA) Title II actions to help the industrial base deal with disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly focusing on […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Electric Boat $869 Million Columbia Mod And $9.5 Billion Options For First Two Subs
The Navy on Monday awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] an $869 million modification for continued Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) procurement work with an added price option for the […]
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Business/FinancialBath Iron Works Union Goes On Strike
The largest union at General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW), Local S6 of the Machinists Union, voted on June 21 to go on strike for the first time in […]
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Missile DefenseHASC STRATCOM Mark Directs Missile Defense Oversight, Hypersonic Initiatives
The House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee mark for their portion of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill directs several missile defense oversight measures and a hypersonic missile program for […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Considering Land-Based Hypersonic Weapons
The Marine Corps is in discussions with the Defense Department’s research community to potentially field land-based hypersonic weapons in the future, according to a senior official. “I haven’t given up […]