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Autonomous surface vessel (ASV) developer Saronic said Wednesday it has created two new larger small unmanned surface vessel designs, boosting the range and cargo capacities of its small ASV offerings. […] ...
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $180 million modification on April 21 to support converting three F-35 aircraft to a test variant. The contract announcement said […] ...
The Navy earlier this month posted a presolicitation notice that it intends to issue Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC a sole-source contract for the first Landing Ship Medium (LSM) based on […] ...
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Thursday launched a new Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) initiative to find more uncrewed vessels that can demonstrably hold high-capacity payloads for extended ranges for […] ...
Leidos [LDOS] last week pitched a new Sea Dart small, attritable low-cost uncrewed undersea vessel (UUV) as an alternative to more expensive systems during the annual 2025 Sea-Air-Space expo. “Sea […] ...
About 2,500 workers represented by the Marine Draftsmen’s Association (MDA) UAW Local 571 union might go on strike if the union and shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] do not […] ...