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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCJudge Finds For Saildrone In Lawsuit Over MUSV Rejection, Directs Navy To Reevaluate
A federal judge found in favor of autonomous maritime developer Saildrone suing over its exclusion from the first on-water testing phase of the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) program, restricting […]
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Navy/USMCFairbanks Morse Defense Wins $99 Million Contract For Sub Overhaul Work
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) on Tuesday said it won a $99 million four-year contract to provide repair and parts for submarine Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) overhauls on six U.S. Navy […]
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Navy/USMCHII Says Frigate On Schedule To Be In Water By 2028 If Contract By Early FY ’27
The CEO of HII [HII] this week confirmed while the company and manufacturers are on schedule for the new National Security Cutter (NSC)-based FF(X) frigate for the Navy, they need […]
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InternationalX-Bow To Provide Booster For Navy’s CHAOS Ally Missile
X-Bow Systems on Tuesday said it was selected to develop and produce the ground-launched solid rocket motor (SRM) booster motors for CoAspire’s Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program for […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Picks Poland To Host European PAC-3 Maintenance Facility
The U.S. government on Tuesday announced it selected Poland to be the host for a new European Missile Maintenance Facility (MMF) for Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 interceptors, creating a regional […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Argues For Better Industry Contracting Relations, Promotes Finland Model
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy needs to be a better partner with industry and provide better contracting horizons, but without lowering accountability. Speaking at […]
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Business/FinancialHanwha Switches Up Subsidiary With Controlling Stake On Philly Shipyard
Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA) on Tuesday announced it is acquiring the controlling stake in the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, a switch between business segments still within the South Korea Hanwha conglomerate. […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Downplays Near Term Unmanned Hybrid Fleet, Says Concept Of Deployment Too Fragile
The Navy’s top officer Monday warned he does not see unmanned forces making the fleet a full hybrid force yet because concepts of deployment are still too fragile and he […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Picks SSN-788 As First Sub Posted To AUKUS Assignment
The Pentagon on Monday announced it picked the USS Colorado (SSN-788) to be the first U.S. Navy Virginia-class attack submarine assigned to Submarine Rotation Force West (SRF-West), the next step […]
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Navy/USMCHD Hyundai And Kiewit Plan To Launch New U.S. Shipyard
South Korea’s HD Hyundai on Friday announced plans with the North American Kiewit Maritime Co. to start a new shipyard in the U.S. that aims to build both Navy auxiliary […]
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