Navy/USMC
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InternationalBelgium’s Exail Wins $66 Million NATO Order For Underwater Anti-Mine Drones
NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) awarded Belgium’s Exail Robotics Belgium a $66 million contract for K-Ster CT unmanned mine countermeasures mine neutralization training vehicles and associated equipment for underwater […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Developing Standards-Based Acquisition For Unmanned Technology
A Navy official this week said the service is trying to develop a standards-based approach for unmanned acquisitions, but admitted getting industry to all agree on the standards is a […]
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InternationalU.S. OKs $150 Million Sale Of Aegis Technical Support To Japan
The State Department recently approved a potential $150 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan for Aegis destroyer follow-on technical support. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the certification […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Outlines Next Steps For New Autonomous Resupply Vessel And Landing Ship Medium Experimentation
The Marine Corps is preparing to move an autonomous resupply vessel to the Japan-based 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) to conduct field testing this fall, an official said Wednesday. […]
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Air ForceWittman Says Met with Northrop Grumman to Discuss Need to Reduce APG-85 Test Time
Rep. Robert Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s tactical air and land forces panel, said on Wednesday that he has met with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to […]
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Navy/USMCAustralia Set To Hire 200 More Workers For SSN Sub Maintenance
Australia said on Monday it planned to hire another 200 workers to be trained to help sustain American and British nuclear-powered submarines on a Western Australia naval base. This recruitment […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Launches Accreditation Pilot for AI Models
Amid popular, and some military, concern about the timely accuracy and applicability of artificial intelligence (AI), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is launching a pilot program for accrediting geospatial intelligence […]
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Navy/USMCRTX Nabs $24.8 Million Deal To Deliver 80 Missiles For Marine Corps’ MRIC
As the Marine Corps looks to begin fielding its new Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) in 2025, the service has awarded RTX [RTX] a $24.8 million contract to deliver missiles, […]
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InternationalSouth Korea’s Hanwha Wins First U.S. Navy Maintenance Contract
South Korean shipyard operator Hanwha Ocean recently announced it won the first U.S. Navy contract to perform maintenance on a logistics support ship. This award comes a month after Hanwha […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Awarded $5.1 Billion in F-35 Contracts
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is receiving $5.1 billion in three contracts for the F-35 Lightning II fighter, including Block 4 related upgrades, DoD said on Aug. 28. The largest contract–$3.9 billion […]