Navy/USMC
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International
Norway And France Start Closer Defense Coop As Norway Plans To Compete New Frigate
The Norwegian and French ministers of defense agreed to work toward closer defense cooperation on things like maritime surveillance earlier this month as Norway ramps up its plans to acquire […]
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International
Australia Announces Another $164 Million For AUKUS Sub Industry
The Australian defense minister on Tuesday announced another $164 million investment in domestic industry to support the supply chain for the future AUKUS nuclear-powered attack submarine. The Albanese government specified […]
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Navy/USMC
DARPA Office Head Named Acting SECNAV
President Trump on Monday named Terence Emmert, the director of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAPRA) office, to be the acting Secretary of the Navy until a permanent appointee […]
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Daly Envisions MUSV As Timely Capability For $50 Million Each
The Navy official who focuses on directing the investments for future surface warfare capabilities this week explained his focus on developing a single unmanned surface vessel that could be produced […]
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Maritime Industrial Base Requires 25,000 New Trade Workers Annually, Navy Says
A Navy official on Thursday said the shipbuilding industrial base needs to hire about 25,000 new trades workers per year over the next decade to meet the service’s new production […]
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Zumwalt To Finish Hypersonic Weapon Tube Install By End Of 2025, DDG-1002 to Start Mod in 2026
The Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program manager this week said the first ship to get the new hypersonic missile system should finish installing missile tubes and be ready for testing by […]
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Missile Defense
Lockheed Martin Delivers First Japanese SPY-7 Radar Antenna
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday marked delivery of the first AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antenna to the Japanese government for its future two Aegis missile defense vessels. This sale occurred via a […]
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Navy/USMC
Frigate Manager Says Design To Finish This Year, Delays Because Parent Design Mods Not Understood
The program manager for the Constellation-class frigate this week said the Navy plans to finally complete design of the ship this year and commented some of the delays were due […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Names Two Carriers After Presidents Clinton And Bush, Future SSNs and Third SSBN
The Navy and Biden administration on Monday announced the names of the next two aircraft carriers, the third Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and three Virginia-class attack submarines. President Joe […]
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Navy/USMC
CBO Details Downsides Of AUKUS Sub Sales
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan highlighted how the planned submarine sales to Australia under the AUKUS agreement are likely to lower total […]
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