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International
ITAR Reform Requires Both Legal And Culture Changes For AUKUS Cooperation, Chief Defense Scientist of Australia Says
The Chief Defense Scientist of Australia’s Department of Defense this week said while legislative changes to U.S. restrictions on sharing certain technologies would be “the biggest shift” for the AUKUS […]
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Business/Financial
Austal Claims U.S. Management Change To Shift From Winning Work To Execution
The CEO of Australia’s Austal Limited said in an earnings call that the resignation of the Austal USA subsidiary is meant to shift them from a focus on winning new […]
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Business/Financial
Austal USA President Resigns
Shipbuilder Austal USA on Wednesday announced the company’s president of over two years resigned. Rusty Murdaugh first served as Austal USA acting president starting in February 2021 before being made […]
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Army
Army Official Asks Industry For Help In Inflation, Supply Chain Problems
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – An Army official this week asked industry to work with the government to help mitigate inflation and supply chain issues impacting military procurement. “We are in probably […]
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Navy/USMC
Northrop Grumman Conducts Flight Test On Prototype Missile
Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed a third captive flight test of an unnamed internally funded air-launched prototype missile development series last month, the company said on July 25. The test occurred […]
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Business/Financial
HII Announces Shakeup In Newport News Shipbuilding Leadership
HII [HII] announced several leadership changes and promotions on July 20 as it shuffles positions in its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, effective immediately. Matt Needy was moved from vice […]
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Navy/USMC
General Dynamics Picks Gulfstream Executive To Lead Bath Iron Works
General Dynamics [GD] said on Wednesday the new president of Bath Iron Works (BIW) will be Charles Krugh, executive of subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace. Last month, former BIW president Dirk Lesko […]
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Business/Financial
Austal USA Takes Over West Coast Repair Facility
Austal USA said it received approval to assume the lease of the Marine Group Boat Works (MGBW) facility in the Port of San Diego, the company said on Tuesday. Austal […]
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Nuclear Modernization
PODCAST: Boeing and Northrop Lock Horns over Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent
Tensions are building — or perhaps have boiled over — between Boeing and Northrop Grumman on potentially $100 billion worth of work, over five decades, replacing and maintaining the ground-based leg of […]
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