Weapons
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BudgetNavy May Delay Los Angeles-Class Sub Retirements To Mitigate SSN Shortfall
The Navy is beginning to monitor its Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarines to determine if any can remain in the fleet past their expected service lives, as the SSN fleet […]
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Air ForceAegis BMDS, THAAD Successful In Complex MDA Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01) on Sept. 9, proving the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]
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ArmyFirst Army THAAD Unit Activates
By Ann Roosevelt Alpha Battery, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command yesterday became the first Army Terminal High Altitude […]
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Air ForceHASC Drills Down On Air Force Unfunded Requirements
By Jen DiMascio The Air Force’s list of $20 billion in unfunded requirements was front and center at a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing yesterday. Members of the committee […]
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Navy/USMCEMALS Will Bring Changes To Carrier Flight Ops
The Navy is confident the Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) being designed for CVN-21 will help reduce manning on carriers, increase aircraft sortie rates, and provide a system that […]
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InternationalAnalyst: U.S. Satellite Strike Was Justifiable; Critics Such As China, Russia, Are Off-Base
China Is The Last To Carp About U.S. Anti-Satellite Operation, Analyst Says Pentagon Today Announces ASAT Shot Succeeded In Destroying Hydrazine Fuel Tank A coming wave of criticism — assailing […]
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Air ForceDefense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense D-Day. Mark the calendar. Put the Air Force acquisition shop on speed-dial. The Defense Acquisition Board meets today to […]
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Air ForceYoung Memo Calls Additional C-17 Buy Costly
By Jen DiMascio Buying more than 205 C-17 Globemaster aircraft to boost airlift capacity is too expensive, according to a memo by the Pentagon’s acquisition chief. During the process of […]
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Business/FinancialEMALS Will Bring Changes To Carrier Flight Ops
By Geoff Fein The Navy is confident the Electro Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) being designed for CVN-21 will help reduce manning on carriers, increase aircraft sortie rates, and provide […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Uses Aegis/SM-3 To Take Down Dead Intel Satellite; Fuel Tank Likely Destroyed
By Dave Ahearn The Navy Wednesday night obliterated a nonfunctional intelligence satellite using the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Aegis weapon control system and a Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 fired from a […]
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