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Navy/USMC
BAE Tapped To Provide Maritime Indirect Fire Systems For U.K. Type 26 Frigates
BAE Systems was awarded a $219 million contract to provide five Mk45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems (MIFS) for the U.K. Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, the company said on Monday. […]
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Largest Middle East Naval Exercise Starts, Includes Unmanned Systems
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command started the largest maritime exercises in the Middle East on Sunday, International Maritime Exercise (IMX) and Cutlass Express (CE) 2023. The CE23 portion of the […]
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Boeing To End Super Hornet Production In 2025 Barring Potential India Order
Boeing [BA] said on Thursday it plans to finish building new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet naval fighter aircraft in late 2025 as Navy orders are expected to end, barring a […]
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Panel: Russian Posture In Arctic Becoming More Offensive, Reconstituting Soviet Abilities
Russia’s military posture in the Arctic region is becoming more offensive-based while the U.S. government sees it largely as rebuilding former Soviet capabilities, participants in a think tank panel said […]
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Raytheon Wins $209 Million Contract For Romanian NSM Coastal Defense System
Naval Sea Systems Command recently awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $209 million Foreign Military Sales contract for a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Coastal Defense System for Romania. The contract was […]
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U.S. Approves New $1.85 Billion Weapons Deal For Ukraine With Patriot Battery, As Zelenskyy Visits D.C.
The U.S. has approved a new $1.85 billion weapons aid package for Ukraine, which will include supplying Kyiv with a Patriot air defense battery to assist in its fight against […]
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New Zealand Receives First Of Four P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
Boeing [BA] delivered the first of four P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to New Zealand during a ceremony in Seattle, Wash. New Zealand first signed the contract for the four […]
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Austin Commits To Close Australian Sub Gap Before AUKUS Vessel Ready
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday committed to help Australia not have a capability gap between the retirement of the current Collins-class attack submarines and the future nuclear-powered AUKUS […]
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U.K. Navy Buying 39-Foot XLUUV Submarine
The U.K. Royal Navy recently awarded MSubs a $19 million contract to buy a new 39-foot uncrewed submarine, called Project Cetus. The U.K. Ministry of Defense announced the award on […]
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U.K. Orders Naval Strike Missiles To Replace Harpoons
The U.K. government last week announced the Royal Navy will outfit 11 ships with the Norwegian Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM). The Defense Ministry said the NSMs are due to […]
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