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Navy/USMC
Navy Plans Virginia Subs Go To Block Eight Before SSN(X) Starts
The Navy director for Naval Reactors said the service plans to at least reach Block Eight on Virginia-class attack submarines before moving on to next-generation submarines now planned for the […]
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Navy Awards Kongsberg $961 Million Contract For Naval Strike Missiles
The Navy awarded Norway’s Kongsberg a $961 million multiyear contract for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), also known as the Over the Horizon-Weapons System encanistered missiles. NSMs are currently deployed […]
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Textron Nabs $394 Million Mod For Nine More SSC Landing Craft
The Navy on Nov. 8 awarded Textron Systems [TXT] a $394 million modification to build nine more Ship to Shore Connectors (SSC) hovercraft. The SSCs are 100-class Landing Craft Air […]
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New Team Forms To Compete For CVN-75 Carrier Dismantlement
A pair of companies with experience dismantling maritime vessels and nuclear facilities, respectively, are teaming up to compete on the dismantlement of decommissioned U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, starting with the […]
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Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station
The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the […]
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Navy Finishes PDR For E-2D DSSC-6 Update
The Navy on Wednesday announced it and Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) on the newest set of improvements to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, the Delta System […]
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Orca XLUUV Sub Tested In 48-Hour Run
Last month Boeing [BA] said its Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) finished a 48-hour endurance sailing run. During this exercise, the vehicle operated fully autonomously below the sea […]
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BAE Nabs Contract For 10 Netherlands and Belgium Frigate Naval Guns
BAE Systems on Friday said it signed a contract with the Netherlands to provide eight new Bofors 40 Mk4 40mm naval guns for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies. The […]
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Navy To Extend Life Of 12 Destroyers And Three Cruisers
The Navy plans to extend the operations of 12 Flight 1 Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and three Ticonderoga-class cruisers past their planned service lives to boost fleet numbers, the service […]
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Navy Exploring Drone Navigation Tech And Autonomy In SatNav-Denied Environment
The Navy is looking into options that would allow uncrewed vessels to continue to travel even if satellite navigation systems are denied in the environment, according to a recent notice. […]
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