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Business/FinancialAnduril Ramping Up Undersea Drone Production Line Through 2027; Aims To Ready Extra Large Production Line By End of Year
NEWPORT, R.I. – Anduril Industries is working to ramp up the production of its current Dive-LD large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (AUV) production line at its Quonset Point, R.I., facility to […]
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Navy/USMCUnion Ratifies New Five-Year Agreement With GD Bath Iron Works
Thousands of shipbuilder members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Union Local S6 union have ratified a new five-year labor agreement with General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Memo Directs Future Carriers Revert To Steam Catapults, Start Fifth Public Shipyard
President Donald Trump directed the secretary of defense to revert aircraft carriers to steam-powered aircraft catapult launchers and hydraulic weapons elevators, consider foreign-built warships, and establish a fifth public shipyard […]
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Navy/USMCHII And HD Hyundai Pilot Welding Automation For Shipbuilding
HII [HII] is moving forward in its strategic partnership with South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) through a pilot program that will use more intelligent mechanized welding equipment, expanding […]
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Navy/USMCShipbuilding Plan Reveals Battleship Will be Nuclear Powered and Armed, Pitches Some Foreign Ship Construction
The Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan released Monday reveals the Trump-class battleship will be nuclear powered and armed, extend to a 15-ship class while also explaining plans to allow foreign […]
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WeaponsL3Harris Announces $1 Billion Solid Solid Rocket Motor Expansion In Virginia
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday announced an agreement with the Virginia and local governments to more than double its solid rocket motor (SRM) manufacturing space at its Orange County site […]
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Navy/USMCHII Signs MoU with Second Physical AI Firm To Expand Shipbuilding Automation
HII [HII] this week signed its second memorandum of understanding (MoU) with another “Physical AI” firm as it ramps up efforts to increase production through more automation. The April 6 […]
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Bath Iron Works Designer Strike Ends With Ratification Of New Contract
A strike of ship designers at General Dynamics’s [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) ended last Saturday when members of the Bath Marine Draftsman’s Association (BMDA) ratified a new four-year contract, […]
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Hundreds of Bath Iron Works Ship Designers Go On Strike
A union of ship designers at shipbuilder General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) went on strike Monday after members rejected the company’s new four-year contract proposal last weekend. The […]
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GeneralLockheed Martin Reveals Rapid Fielding Center As Step Between Prototype And Full Production
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday announced the start of a new intermediate center that can produce prototype-like products in early phases of development but at higher production rates and reliability […]
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