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Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly speaks during a National Defense Industrial Association event at the Logistics Management Institute on Jan. 24. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Modly: Future Navy Focusing On Next 10 Years

BY Rich Abott// January 24th, 2020

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said he asked service officials looking at the future force structure to focus more on 10 versus 30 years out as the Navy […]

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Navy: SSC Starts Delivering In 2020 But Still Has Technical Issues

BY Rich Abott// January 23rd, 2020

A Navy official said they expect to finally start receiving a few new Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-100 craft in 2020, but several technical and production issues […]

Boeing and the U.S. Navy conduct the first test flight of the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler test asset, T-1 on Sept. 19, 2019. (Photo: Boeing)

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Carriers Gradually Getting Unmanned Aviation Centers

BY Rich Abott// January 22nd, 2020

A Navy official said it is gradually installing Unmanned Aviation Warfare Centers (UAWCs) on aircraft carriers as they go through maintenance and overhaul periods. Speaking during the annual Surface Navy […]

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Smith Is New Columbia Program Director At Huntington Ingalls

BY Dan Leone// January 22nd, 2020

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] appointed Brandi Smith program director of the Columbia-class submarine program at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, the shipbuilding subcontractor for the Navy’s next nuclear-armed ballistic-missile […]

The first flight of the first Navy CMV-22B Osprey in Amarillo, Texas, verifying product requirements and airworthiness for the U.S. Navy. (Photo: Bell Textron)

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Navy CMV-22B Osprey Variant Finishes First Flight

BY Rich Abott// January 21st, 2020

The first CMV-22B Osprey for the Navy completed its first flight operations, the manufacturer said Tuesday. The tiltrotor CMV-22B conducted flight operations at the Bell Amarillo Assembly Center in Texas. […]

U.S. Navy Sailors and civil service mariners launch an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) mine countermeasure platform from the expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB 4), into the Chesapeake Bay on September 14. This was the first time a USV was launched and recovered from a Navy ship. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Mine Countermeasures ESB Exercise Set For Spring

BY Rich Abott// January 21st, 2020

The Navy is planning to conduct an expeditionary sea base (ESB) Phase III feasibility demonstration of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mine countermeasures (MCM) mission package in the spring. In […]

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)., marking the first time an E-2D had landed aboard the Ford. CVN-78 is conducting aircraft compatibility testing to continued testing the EMALS and AAG launch and recovery systems. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Ford Starts Aircraft Tests In First Of 11 Underway Periods In PDT&T

BY Rich Abott// January 17th, 2020

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier started Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) last week while Navy officials noted this will be one of 11 underway times during the Post […]

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the biennial Pacific Griffin exercise as part of a sinking exercise on Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Marine Corps May Use Shore-Based Naval Strike Missile

BY Rich Abott// January 16th, 2020

The Navy’s top acquisition official this week said the Navy and Marine Corps are seriously considering using the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as a Marine Corps shore-based anti-ship battery. “Just […]

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FY ’21 Budget Request to Include ‘Adjustment’ to LUSV Procurement Schedule, PEO Says

BY Vivienne Machi// January 16th, 2020

The Navy portion of the fiscal year 2021 presidential budget will include schedule adjustments for when the service plans to formally acquire large unmanned surface vessels (LUSVs), a service official […]

An F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with a Block II Infrared Search and Track prepares for its first flight with the long-range sensor. The passive sensor, which provides aircrew with enhanced targeting, will be delivered with Super Hornet Block III aircraft. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Boeing, Navy Conduct First Flight Of Super Hornet With Block II IRST System

BY Cal Biesecker// January 16th, 2020

Boeing [BA] on Wednesday said that it and the Navy recently completed the first flight of an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft with the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II […]

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