Navy/USMC
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin To Pay $70 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations
The Justice Department on Friday said that two Lockheed Martin [LMT] business units have agreed to pay $70 million to settle allegations they overcharged for spare parts related to Navy […]
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Business/FinancialSouth Korea’s Hanwha To Acquire Philly Shipyard
South Korea’s Hanwha conglomerate agreed to purchase the Norwegian-owned Philly Shipyard, the latter said on Thursday. The transaction will involve Hanwha Group business segments Hanwha Systems and shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Industry For Quick Medium USV Deliveries
The Navy is conducting market research to investigate options to deploy several Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) within a short time period for testing, the service said in a solicitation […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Nearly $1 Billion In Support Work For Family Of USVs
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) last Friday awarded 49 vendors positions on a potential $982.1 million contract to provide support to the Navy’s current and future unmanned surface vehicle […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNavy, DIU Tout Fast-Paced Retraining Of Automatic Target Recognition For UUVs
Using commercial solutions, the Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have demonstrated significant improvement in retraining machine learning (ML) models used on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to detect targets […]
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CongressGAO: DoD Backing of ‘Innovation’ and Fast Fielding Yet to Pay Dividends
While the Pentagon has backed innovative approaches, such as Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) and commercial paths, to help speed fielding, the DoD efforts thus far are insufficient, the Government […]
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Unmanned SystemsAnduril Nabs Small Navy AUV Production Contract; Plans New Production Facility
Anduril Industries on Monday said it has received an $18.6 million contract from the Navy to build five of its Dive autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for a prototyping effort and […]
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Navy/USMCSASC Policy Bill Pushes Second Sub, Third Destroyer, Concerns Over Ship Design Maturity
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SAC) version of the draft fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) pushes the Navy to procure a second attack submarine, third destroyer and […]
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Navy/USMCPacific Fleet Details RIMPAC 2024 Naval Exercise Starting This Month
The Navy said that planning is being finalized for the 2024 biennial Exercise Rime of the Pacific (RIMPAC), due to run from June 27 to Aug. 1 around the Hawaiian […]
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Unmanned SystemsIn Response To Houthi Threat, DIU Wants Ship-Based Counter-Drone Proposals
To contend with the growing threat to naval and commercial vessels operating at sea from hostile unmanned aircraft system (UAS), an innovation arm of the Defense Department is soliciting proposals […]
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