Navy/USMC
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Business/FinancialHII Reports Strong Second Quarter Led By Mission Technologies Segment
Just like the first quarter, HII [HII] on Thursday posted strong second quarter results driven by gains at its Mission Technologies segment with help from shipbuilding operations. Mission Technologies again […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyX-Bow Static Fires Large Rocket Motor For First Time Using Propellants Made In-House
Rocket motor developer X-Bow Systems recently static fired its large Ballesta solid rocket motor using propellant it produced in-house, a key milestone demonstrating its advanced manufacturing process that it believes […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Accepts Third To Last Freedom LCS
The Navy accepted delivery of the USS Nantucket (LCS-27) Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) on July 29, the third to last version of the ship for the service. The service […]
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Navy/USMCStefany To Head New Navy Industrial Base Program Office
The Navy last week announced it is establishing a new program office focused on the maritime industrial base and is assigning a top career civil servant from the office of […]
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Navy/USMCRIMPAC 2024 Featured Sinking Exercises To Test New Naval Weapons
The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise featured several long-planned live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs) this month, sinking two decommissioned U.S. Navy ships. The decommissioned Austin-class USS Dubuque (LPD-8) amphibious […]
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InternationalGreece Becomes 19th Foreign Nation to Join F-35 Program
Greece became the 19th foreign nation to join the F-35 program, as the country signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) on July 25 to buy 20 of the Lockheed Martin […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon and Italy’s Avio Sign Solid Rocket Motor Agreement
RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon business and Italy-based Avio said at England’s Farnborough Air Show on July 23 that they have signed a contract to develop military solid rocket motors and bolster […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Awards Spanish Companies SPY-7 Parts Contracts for Spain Frigate
Lockheed Martin [LMT] awarded purchase orders to several Spanish companies for components of the SPY-7 radar used on the Spanish Navy F-110 frigate. The company awarded contracts to Spain’s Indra, […]
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![Twenty-eight ASC [formerly known as the Australian Submarine Corporation] personnel pose for a photo at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 16, 2024 as they start their SSN maintenance training to ultimately use in Australia. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Claudia LaMantia)](https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/aussie-asc-sub-maint-training-july-2024-300x207.jpg)
Navy/USMCFirst 28 Australiand Start AUKUS Sub Maintenance Training in Hawaii
The first cohort of 28 Australian ASC employees arrived at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) this month to start training on nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) […]
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WeaponsMako Missile Offered by Lockheed Martin For Close and Standoff Missions
In development since 2017, Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Mako missile did not enter Phase 2 in the U.S. Air Force Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) competition last year, but the company is […]
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