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U.S. Navy Commissions Lockheed Martin built Littoral Combat Ship 11 (Sioux City)

First combat ship commissioned at United States Naval Academy is 13th commissioned LCS in Navy fleet Annapolis, Md. 17 November 2018. The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Sioux City (LCS 11) – the…Read more ›

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Raytheon’s Ship Self-Defense System demonstrates first link from surface ship to Joint Strike Fighter

Tewksbury, Mass., 31 October 2018. For the first time ever, Raytheon Company’s Ship Self Defense System established a digital air connection between a sea-based U.S. Navy ship and…Read more ›

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Three-year award builds on nearly 20 years of F/A-18 maintenance and support expertise

Plano, Texas. 26 October 2018. Boeing will continue its nearly 20-year legacy of F/A-18 modification work under a new $204 million contract award from the U.S. Naval Air Systems…Read more ›

Tagged with: Boeing Global Services, Cecil Field facility, F/A-18 maintenance, Foreign Navies, Marine Corps veterans, U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Services

Standard Missile-3 Block IIA obliterates target in latest intercept test

Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii. 26 October 2018 . The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency completed the second successful intercept of a ballistic missile target by a Raytheon…Read more ›

Naval forces of Belgium, Portugal and the Royal Netherlands Navy to rely on new-generation IFF systems from Thales

· The new Mode 5 and Mode S identification friend or foe (IFF) systems selected for the Belgian Navy, the Portuguese Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy are…Read more ›

Tagged with: Dutch Defence Material Organisation, Foreign Navies, Gerben Edelijn, LW08 radar systems, naval forces, New Generation Identification Systems, NGIS, Portuguese Navy, RASP, Recognised Air and Surface Picture, Royal Netherlands Navy, Vasco da Gama

Thales to revolutionise naval communications

New Delhi. 17 October 2017. The digital transformation offers the ideal opportunity for Thales to provide naval forces around the world with the modern, high-performance solutions they need to…Read more ›

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U.S. Navy Awards Boeing $805 million MQ-25 Contract

St. Louis. 02 September 2018. Boeing will build the U.S. Navy’s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft, the MQ-25 aerial refueler, through an $805 million contract awarded. Boeing was…Read more ›

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U.S. Navy Awards BAE Systems $146.3 Million Contract to Modernize USS Gettysburg

Norfolk, Virginia. 29 August 2018. BAE Systems has been awarded a $146.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64). The…Read more ›

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Littoral combat ships 11 (Sioux City) and 13 (Wichita) delivered TO U.S. Navy by Lockheed Martin

Marinette, Wis., 28 August 2018. Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered the future USS Sioux City, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, and future USS Wichita, LCS…Read more ›

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Northrop Grumman Performs Successful SABR Fit-Check on F/A-18C Fighter at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

Baltimore 21 August 2018. Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully installed a production APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) on a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet at Marine Corps Air…Read more ›