Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCRIMPAC 2024 Featured Sinking Exercises To Test New Naval Weapons
The Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise featured several long-planned live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs) this month, sinking two decommissioned U.S. Navy ships. The decommissioned Austin-class USS Dubuque (LPD-8) amphibious […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Awards Spanish Companies SPY-7 Parts Contracts for Spain Frigate
Lockheed Martin [LMT] awarded purchase orders to several Spanish companies for components of the SPY-7 radar used on the Spanish Navy F-110 frigate. The company awarded contracts to Spain’s Indra, […]
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![Twenty-eight ASC [formerly known as the Australian Submarine Corporation] personnel pose for a photo at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 16, 2024 as they start their SSN maintenance training to ultimately use in Australia. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Claudia LaMantia)](https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/aussie-asc-sub-maint-training-july-2024-300x207.jpg)
Navy/USMCFirst 28 Australiand Start AUKUS Sub Maintenance Training in Hawaii
The first cohort of 28 Australian ASC employees arrived at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) this month to start training on nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) […]
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Navy/USMCDoD Legislative Affairs Official To Serve As Navy’s Interim Number Two Civilian
A Defense Department official serving in a top legislative affairs position has been selected to fill in for the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy once Erik Raven […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Test Fired Korean Rockets From CUSV At RIMPAC
The Navy performed a live-fire demonstration testing a set of South Korean Poniard rockets from a Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) during the international Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host Industry Day For Sub-Launched Drones
The Navy plans to host an industry day on the service’s Submarine Launched Unmanned Aerial System (SLUAS) requirement on Aug. 5, according to a government special notice. The event will […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Wants More Info On Potential DDG(X) Power And Propulsion Systems
The Navy on Monday issued another Request for Information (RFI) seeking information from interested parties to help it design and develop the DDG(X) destroyer power and propulsion system. The service […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Nabs $738 Million VLS Canister Award
The Navy awarded BAE Systems a contract that could reach $738 million for Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) canister production covering requirements from fiscal year 2024 to 2028 production. […]
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BudgetSASC Defense Bill Authorizes Limited Landing Ship Ahead Of LSM
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a provision authorizing the Navy to procure, lease or charter a medium-sized landing ship short of the Landing […]
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Navy/USMCSenate Bill Would Have NAVSEA Term Mimic Naval Reactors With Eight-Year Term
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would extend the term of the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command […]