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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII – A new California command for unmanned surface vessels will be the bridge between the Navy’s requirements team in Washington, D.C., and the operational fleet. Cmdr. Jeremiah Daley, who leads the San Diego, Calif.,-based Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One, in a recent interview with USNI News described his new role …
almost 3 years ago
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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise this summer near Hawaii, USNI News understands. As of Monday, the carrier was operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility, according to the June 27 USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker. Last week, the carrier was sailing toward Hawaii …
almost 3 years ago
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The House Armed Services Committee approved the annual defense policy bill early
Thursday that would authorize the Navy to buy a total of 13 ships. The
committee’s version of the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act
would also save five Littoral Combat Ships from decommissioning. Duri…
almost 3 years ago
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The Navy has rescued the four crew members of a helicopter that crashed in
California on Thursday, according to the service. During flight training in El
Centro, Calif., an MH-60S from the “Merlins” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron
(HSC) 3 went down at about 6 p.m., Naval Air Forces said in a news…
almost 3 years ago
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The Navy on Tuesday issued Raytheon a $217 million contract to build 154
Tomahawk missiles for the Navy, Army and Marine Corps, the Defense Department
announced. The contract is to buy a total of 154 Block V Tomahawk missile
systems, with 54 systems going to the Marine Corps, 70 to the Navy and 30 t…
almost 3 years ago
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The Navy on Wednesday issued an $8 million contract modification for the
modernization overhaul of a ship it wants to decommission next year. The service
awarded the modification to BAE Systems Ship Repair in Norfolk, Va., “to
incorporate a request for a contract change for a 217-day extension for t…
almost 3 years ago
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A Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser the Navy wants to decommission next year is nearly finished with a modernization overhaul that costs hundreds of millions of dollars, a service official told lawmakers today. USS Vicksburg (CG-69) is about 85 percent of the way through the cruiser modernization program meant to extend the life of the ship. “The …
almost 3 years ago
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An Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship launched three Longbow Hellfire
missiles that hit a land-based target in a demonstration last week, the Navy
announced. USS Montgomery (LCS-8) launched the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire
missiles in the Pacific Ocean, the service said in a news release. The miss…
almost 3 years ago
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The Navy’s decision to cancel the anti-submarine warfare mission package for the
Littoral Combat Ship has sparked a Nunn-McCurdy breach, the service told
lawmakers on Friday. In a statement, the Navy said it told Congress today that
the LCS Mission Module program now “exceeds the original baseline e…
almost 3 years ago
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THE PENTAGON — Key to Marines’ latest aviation plan is using the service’s aircraft to keep small units spread across small islands in the Western Pacific connected through a digital interoperability as it continues its modernization efforts for a lighter, more mobile force. Following the initial iterations of the Force Design 2030 effort to modernize the …
almost 3 years ago
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Despite recent projections that it would eliminate strike fighter gaps in the next three years, the Navy now won’t have enough jets to train and deploy efficiently until 2031, two lawmakers said today. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) and Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), the top lawmakers on the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces …
almost 3 years ago
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