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Rich Abott
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Navy/USMCMARTAC USV Completes Eight Day Autonomous Demo For Navy
Unmanned surface vehicle (USV) developer Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC) this week announced its T38 Devil Ray vehicle recently completed an eight-day long autonomous test mission for the Navy. A […]
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Navy/USMCHII Working Through Carrier And LHA Amphib Delays
HII [II] officials on Tuesday explained how they see the company pushing past delays for an upcoming aircraft carrier and amphibious assault ships and how the process is improving. The […]
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Unmanned SystemsDARPA Looks To Next-Gen Small Autonomous Undersea Vehicles
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last month released a solicitation for its two year-long Deep Thoughts program looking to rapidly develop next-generation small autonomous undersea vehicles (AUVs) in […]
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Business/FinancialHII CEO Says Sub Contracts Expected In Second Quarter, Not Focused On Auxiliary Increases
Delayed multi ship contracts for 15 attack and ballistic missile submarines are finally expected in the second quarter of 2026, HII [HII] CEO Chris Kastner said in a company earnings […]
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Navy/USMCShipbuilding Advisor Toti Performing Duties Of Number Two Navy Civilian
Bill Toti, a former Navy officer and industry executive who served a a senior advisor to Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg on shipbuilding issues, was named performing the duties […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders Want More Industry Entrants, Potentially Multiple Vendors Per Program
Navy leadership this week emphasized the need for the Pentagon to move faster and deliver more capability includes using new entrants and potentially using multiple vendors for munitions programs. Newly […]
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Navy/USMCWasp Amphib Extending Five Years; Navy And Marine Corps Studying More Amphibs
The Navy and Marine Corps have decided to extend the service life of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) amphibious assault ship by five years and are awaiting another study looking into […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Director Says NGI On Track To Close Design Phase This Year
The director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on Monday told senators the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program is on track to complete the design phase by the end of […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Columbia Sub By 2028 Is “Heavy Lift” But Navy May Buy More Still
The Defense Department’s new submarine production chief last week admitted it will be a “heavy lift” to get the first new Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) delivered as planned by […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s MQ-25A Unmanned Tanker Finishes First Test Flight
The first Boeing [BA] MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft conducted its first flight test on Saturday a year later than previously planned, the Navy and Boeing revealed on Monday. […]
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