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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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Navy/USMCElectric Boat Gets First AUKUS Contract To Support Allied Subs
The Navy last Thursday awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] Electric Boat division an initial $197 million contract focused on supporting the AUKUS program as it helps Australia set up the capability […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Studying International Ship Production And Increasing Domestic Capacity
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy is starting a study on how to increase shipbuilding capacity both domestically and how to potentially expand to buying modules or whole ships outside […]
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Missile DefenseRTX Signs $3.7 Billion Contract With Ukraine For Patriot GEM-T Interceptors
RTX’s [RTX] Raytheon business on Tuesday announced it signed a $3.7 billion contract to supply Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) airborne threat interceptors to Ukraine as a […]
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CNO Sees Role For Foreign Shipbuilders To Build And Maintain Some Auxiliary Ships, Invest In U.S.
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Monday said he envisions leveraging foreign shipyards to improve the U.S. Navy by having them maintain and build some auxiliary ships while investing […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Razorback UUV Launched From French Sub
The U.S. and French navies recently demonstrated interoperability by launching a U.S. Razorback Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) from a French nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN). In the operation, a French Suffren-class […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. And Japan Conduct First SPY-7 ASEV Live Tracking Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Friday announced it and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) successfully conducted the first live target tracking exercise with the SPY-7 radar the Japanese […]
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InternationalSecond Japanese SPY-7 Aegis Radar Shipset Done, Lockheed Martin Says
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Thursday announced the delivery of the second Aegis Systems Equipped Vessel (ASEV) shipset of AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar panels to Japanese government control. This follows the company’s July […]
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InternationalAdministration Fast Tracks Another Israel Arms FMS Bypassing Congress Amid Iran Campaign
The U.S. State Department last Friday approved another $151.8 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to help Israel restock its inventory of 1,000-pound bombs amid both countries’ campaign against Iran. Israel’s […]
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InternationalAustal Nabs $2.8 Billion Contract To Build Eight LST-100 Landing Craft For Australia
Austal Limited last Friday announced its Australia defense division won a $2.8 billion contract from the country’s government to build eight landing craft based on the Dutch Damen Naval LST-100 […]
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