Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCREGENT Demonstrated Autonomous Seaglider At Navy Drone Event
Rhode Island-based seaglider developer REGENT on Tuesday said it successfully demonstrated its Squire seaglider drone over almost two weeks at the Navy’s Silent Swarm experimentation event last month. Silent Swarm […]
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InternationalAustralia Picks Amentum Joint Venture To Develop New AUKUS Sub Shipyard
The organization that the Australian government is using to manage its naval shipbuilding infrastructure picked a joint venture by Amentum [AMTM] and the British-based engineering and construction company Laing O’Rourke […]
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Navy/USMCE-2D Block II Passes Critical Design Review
The Navy and Northrop Grumman [NOC] this week revealed the Block II upgrade to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye passed a Critical Design Review (CDR) in May, setting the way for […]
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Navy/USMCCVN-79 Carrier Finishes Acceptance Trials
HII’s [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division over the weekend announced it successfully completed acceptance sea trials of the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) Ford-class aircraft carrier. This comes […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Validates First Japanese ASEV Radar Shipset
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday announced it successfully completed the validation of the radars for the first of two fully integrated Japan-bound Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) systems and is […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Raytheon $22.9 Billion Tomahawk Contract To Bolster Long-Term Production
The Defense Department on Monday announced a new Navy contract with RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business unit worth about $22.9 billion over seven years, aimed at increasing long-term Tomahawk cruise missile […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Memo Directs Future Carriers Revert To Steam Catapults, Start Fifth Public Shipyard
President Donald Trump directed the secretary of defense to revert aircraft carriers to steam-powered aircraft catapult launchers and hydraulic weapons elevators, consider foreign-built warships, and establish a fifth public shipyard […]
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PentagonBoeing to Boost Production Of Parts For Standard Missile-3 In Framework Deal With DoD, RTX
The Defense Department last Friday said it signed seven-year framework agreement that would have Boeing [BA] increase production rates of key parts for the RTX [RTX]-built Standard Missile-3 Block IB […]
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Unmanned SystemsHII, Metalcraft Complete Prototype Small USV Project For DIU, Marines Corps
HII [HII] and its partner MetalCraft Marine have successfully completed development and sea testing of a prototype small autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) for the Marine Corps under a Defense […]
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Business/FinancialAustal Gives Hanwha Defense USA Okay To Assess Potential Acquisition Of U.S. Shipbuilding Business
Australian shipbuilder Austal on Monday night Eastern Time said its board has given approval to Hanwha Defense USA to conduct due diligence related to a non-binding offer to acquire the […]