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Congress
Security Technology, Coast Guard Acquisition Fare Well In DHS Budget Deal
Although the congressional spending deal for the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t give President Trump near what he wants to fund a physical wall along the southern border, budget negotiators […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Adding Anti-Ship Harpoons Back On Los Angeles Subs Until Tomahawks Ready
SAN DIEGO — The Navy is going to start putting anti-ship Harpoon missiles on Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) submarines this year until the new anti-ship Tomahawk is ready for use on the […]
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Navy/USMC
Boeing Wins $43 Million Contract To Build Four Orca XLUUVs
San Diego — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Boeing [BA] a $43 million contract modification to build four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs), according to a contract announcement. […]
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Business/Financial
Lower Taxes Drive Earnings Up At Huntington Ingalls In Fourth Quarter
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday reported mixed financial results for its fourth quarter, with net income higher on lower taxes despite a big dip in operating income at its […]
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Nuclear Modernization
DoE to Hone Procurement Approach for Warhead-Core Factory by Next Year
The Department of Energy will hone its acquisition approach for the plutonium-pit plant to be at the Savannah River Site around September 2020, a long-time agency contractor said on Wednesday. […]
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Nuclear Modernization
First W76-2 Finished at Pantex in January, NNSA Says
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in January completed its first low-yield, submarine-launched, ballistic-missile warhead, which now awaits a final design review in Texas before the agency can ship it […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Pentagon ‘Satisfied’ With NNSA Pit Plan, But Warns Civilian Agency is ‘Out of Margin’
The Defense Department remains satisfied with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) strategy to produce plutonium pits at two facilities, but time is short to get started, a senior Pentagon […]
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Air Force
Altus Air Force Base Receives First Two KC-46 Tankers
Boeing [BA] delivered the first two KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft dedicated to training purposes this past weekend to Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, with two more due in the […]
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Business/Financial
BWXT Says $2 Billion in Naval Reactor Contracts Coming
BWX Technologies [BWXT] expects to finalize some $2 billion in nuclear naval nuclear propulsion contracts in the first quarter of 2019, the Lynchburg, Va., company said Monday before financial markets opened. […]
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International
Bell To Receive $240 million as Part of Planned Delivery of 12 AH-1Zs to Bahrain
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Bell [TXT] a more than $240 million contract as part of the delivery of 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Bahrain under the […]
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