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Navy/USMCNavantia conducts first cut of steel for Australian Navy’s AOR vessels
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase. The company has secured a contract to build the AORs, which will replace the RAN’s current supply vessels, HMAS Success and HMAS Sirius.
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Navy/USMCNavantia conducts first cut of steel for Australian Navy’s AOR vessels
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase. The company has secured a contract to build the AORs, which will replace the RAN’s current supply vessels, HMAS Success and HMAS Sirius.
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Missile DefenseSecond New SM-3 Interceptor Test Fails
A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last Wednesday. The Wednesday test, called Standard […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Calls For Five Additional Ships Over Request And Assorted Ship Authorizations
A House subcommittee is pushing the Navy to procure five ships over the fiscal year 2018 budget request as part of an effort to push the fleet towards 355 ships. […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Calls For Five Additional Ships Over Request And Assorted Ship Authorizations
A House subcommittee is pushing the Navy to procure five ships over the fiscal year 2018 budget request as part of an effort to push the fleet towards 355 ships. […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Ground F-35Bs At Yuma Due To Logistics Information System Problems
The U.S. Marine Corps has suspended F-35B operations at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona due to “problems” with the fighter jet’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), Sen. John […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Could OK Block Buys For V-22, F-35 Parts
The House Armed Services subcommittee on tactical air and land forces wants to authorize the Pentagon to buy aircraft and spare parts in bulk to save money on future purchases […]
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $3 Billion Contract To Build Amphibious Assault Ship Bougainville
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $3 billion fixed-price-incentive contract modification to build the amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA-8), the company and Defense […]
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InternationalUSS Fitzgerald Collides With Philippine Container Ship, Causes Severe Damage
The USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, collided with a merchant container ship about 56 nautical miles from Yokosuka, Japan on Friday, causing “severe damage” to the destroyer and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Orders $83 Million In Additional AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Missiles For U.S. And International Clients
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Raytheon [RTN] an $83 million modification to a previously awarded contract to procure 180 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder all-up-round tactical full-rate production Lot 17 […]