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The upper bow unit superlift is lowered into the dry dock on July 10 and placed on the future aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). (Photo: Ashley Cowan/HII)

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HII Using Digital Modeling to Start Building CVN-80 In April, Also Used For Some Subs

BY Rich Abott// February 24th, 2022

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] is using new digital model techniques to construct Ford-class aircraft carriers, starting with the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80), which is set to be the first vessel […]

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Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, addresses media in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) as part of MALABAR 2021, Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Emily Claire Bennett)

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CNO Says Divesting Legacy Systems Is An Imperative

BY Rich Abott// February 23rd, 2022

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) last week repeated pleas to industry to stop lobbying Congress for platforms the Defense Department wants to divest from and called the Navy’s efforts […]

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From left to right: U.S. Marine Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the Marine Corps; U.S. Navy Adm. Michael M. Gilday, the chief of naval operations; U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Karl Shultz, the commandant of the Coast Guard, and retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Peter Daly, the CEO and publisher of U.S. Naval Institute, spoke during a panel at the West 2022 Conference in San Diego, California, Feb. 18, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Cpl. Alison Dostie)

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CNO: Navy Needs Over 500 Ships For Strategy

BY Rich Abott// February 22nd, 2022

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) last week said he believes a fleet of over 500 ships is needed for the Navy to meet its commitments and the defense strategy […]

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Submarine Maintenance Delays Lowering Inventory Use For Operations

BY Rich Abott// February 18th, 2022

The Navy’s attack submarine (SSN) force is at a low point that is worsened by a backlog in maintenance and that technological development work is taking too long, a top […]

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Senior military leadership cross the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) to board a CMV-22B Osprey, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 on Feb. 9, 2022. At the time, the carrier was conducting routine maritime operations in 3rd Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Megan Alexander)

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Navy’s V-22 Osprey Achieves IOC

BY Rich Abott// February 18th, 2022

The CMV-22B, the Navy’s variant of the Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, formally achieved initial operational capability (IOC) last December, the service said Feb. 18. The Navy’s announcement came with at the […]

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A CH-53K King Stallion receives fuel from a C-130 tanker while carrying a 27,000 lb. load in September 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Sikorsky Wins $372 Million Contract For Four Israel CH-53K Helicopters

BY Rich Abott// February 16th, 2022

The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] a $372 million modification to produce and deliver four low-rate initial production Lot 6 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for Israel. […]

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An AARGM-ER is successfully launched from a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet during a January 2022 test at the Point Mugu Sea Range, Calif. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Navy AARGM-ER Missile Completes Second Flight Test

BY Rich Abott// February 15th, 2022

The Navy last month successfully completed the second flight test of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). In the test, the Navy launched an […]

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Slide 2 of briefing by Captain Pete Small, Program Manager, Unmanned Maritime Systems (PMS 406), “Unmanned Maritime Systems Update,” January 15, 2019 (Image: U.S. Navy)

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Navy Christens First Snakehead Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

BY Rich Abott// February 15th, 2022

The Navy christened the first Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) prototype on Feb. 2 at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility in Newport, R.I. The event was led by […]

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Seaman John Washburn performing corrective maintenance on a catapult on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) on Sept. 30, 2016, while the ship was undergoing an extended planned incremental maintenance availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (Photo: U.S. Navy by Seaman David Claypool/Released)

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GAO Reports Navy Has Limited And Flawed Collection Of Intermediate Maintenance Data

BY Rich Abott// February 14th, 2022

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found the Navy collects only limited data on intermediate maintenance periods on its ships and does not analyze the data it does have. […]

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Austal USA concept mockup of the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) presented at the Navy league's Sea Air Space expo in August 2021. (Photo: Richard Abott/Defense Daily)

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Navy Aiming For $150 Million LAW, But Could Exceed Goal

BY Rich Abott// February 11th, 2022

A Navy official said while the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) concept aims to stay under $150 million per ship this threshold could still be tossed aside based on the requirements. […]

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