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Navy Decommissions LCS-4 After Eight Years Of Operations
The Navy decommissioned the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Coronado in a ceremony at San Diego on Sept., 14 after only eight years of service. The Navy characterized LCS-4 […]
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CNO: Industry Cannot Build Three Destroyers Per Year Yet
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Wednesday said the defense industry is not ready to build up to three Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers, even while Congress is looking to […]
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Danish Ship Hits LCS-21 In Baltimore
A Danish training ship collided with the USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS-21) in the Baltimore Inner Harbor on Sept. 11 during Maryland Fleet Week. A Navy statement said the Danish training […]
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EPF-13 Finishes Acceptance And Unmanned Prototype Trials
The future Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) successfully finished Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials, the Navy said on Sept. 9. Whereas the acceptance trials […]
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Smith Argues For LAW Capabilities And Explains Bridge Experimentation
The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps this week explained why the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) capabilities are needed and what the service hopes to learn from experimenting with commercial […]
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Raven: Navy Must Work With Industry To Balance Supply Chain Issues And Accountability
The number two civilian at the Department of the Navy on Wednesday said the government needs to balance the constraints and stress the defense industrial base is under with accountability […]
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Super Hornet Conducts First LITENING Pod Test Flight
The Navy recently conducted the first successful test flights of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING targeting pods on the Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the company said on Wednesday. […]
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Unmanned Systems
Boeing Simulates Virtual MQ-25 Open Architecture Manned-Unmannned Teaming
Boeing [BA] recently conducted a digital simulation of an open autonomy architecture to have manned Navy aircraft control MQ-25A Stingray unmanned carrier-based tankers, the company said on Tuesday. In this […]
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White House Nominating Head Of DOT&E As Navy Acquisition Chief
The White House on Sept. 2 announced it intended to nominate the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) to be the next Navy acquisition chief. Nickolas Guertin, head of […]
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Navy Aerial Targets Reach Full Capability With Intercept Test
The Kratos [KTOS] BQM-177A next-generation subsonic aerial target (SSAT) for the Navy reached full operational capability (FOC) on Aug. 28 with a missile intercept test during an international exercise in […]
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