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Navy/USMCSECNAV Continues Asian Tour To Attract Shipbuilding Investments
The Secretary of the Navy continued a tour of East Asian allies last week with a stop in Japan, in part looking to spur more investment in domestic U.S. shipyard […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Lobbies South Korean Shipbuilders To Invest In U.S. Yards
Secretary of the Navy Del Toro recently met with top South Korean shipbuilding executives during a trip to the country, lobbying them to invest in dual-use commercial-military shipyards in the […]
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InternationalBoeing Nabs $3.4 Billion Contract For 17 International P-8A Poseidons
The Navy awarded Boeing [BA] a $3.4 billion undefinitized contract to build and deliver 17 Lot 13 P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft for Canada and Germany. The […]
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Navy/USMCAustralia Touts Plans To Double Future Surface Fleet
Australia’s government this week announced its plans to double the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet in over a decade with plans for billions more in funding. The government of […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. And Japan ‘Stepping Up Our Game’ With More Industrial, Military Integration, Head of Pacific Fleet Says
SAN DIEGO– The head of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said U.S. and Japanese forces are improving their military and industrial base integration to modernize the relationship in line with the […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky Tests Systems on First Greek MH-60R Seahawk Helicopters, Delivery This Year
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky said it recently finished testing on the integrated mission systems and sensors on three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for Greece’s Hellenic Navy. The company said this testing […]
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International37 Aussie Sailors Head To Guam For AUKUS Training
Thirty seven Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers and sailors are going to Guam to train on board a U.S. submarine tender as it starts to build up the capability to […]
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Navy/USMCUK Royal Navy To Upgrade Sea Viper Defense For Ballistic Missile Defense
The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) recently announced contracts worth $514 million to upgrade its destroyers’ Sea Viper Air Defense System. The work is split into two contracts with Sea […]
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Navy/USMCEstonia To Lead EU Prototype Modular Autonomous Naval Vessel Project
The Estonian Centre for Defense Investments (ECDI) and Baltic WorkBoats this month kicked off leading a four-year pan-European Union defense cooperation to develop a prototype semi-autonomous modular vessel for European […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.K. Tests Laser Weapon Against Air Targets
The U.K. recently tested its DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) against aerial targets in a high power firing, a first for the system. The DragonFire engaged the targets at […]
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