U.S. Navy received its first Block V Tomahawk missile
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The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command announced that the U.S. Navy received its first Block V Tomahawk cruise missile on 25 March. According to a recent Naval Air Systems Command news release, the Navy received its first Block V configured missile from Raytheon, paving the way to provide the fleet with an upgraded warfighting capability. […]
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The U.S. Navy has awarded the StandardAero a contract for T56 engine depot level repairs in support of the P-3 Orion, C-130 Hercules and C-2A Greyhound aircraft. The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that San Antonio-based StandardAero won $148,9 million for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure T56 engine depot level repairs. Within the contract, […]
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Boeing’s drone tanker, MQ-25 Stingray, will conduct approximately 960 annual flight operations, according to a recent U.S. Navy news release. The details were given in a 17 March release, to announce that the Navy has released a final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for home basing of the MQ-25A Stingray […]
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Aerospace giant Boeing announced the new milestones of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program. In a release Monday, American plane-maker said the MQ-25 T1 marked on a recent test flight a few milestones – its longest flight to date at more than six hours, as well as its highest flight to date with […]
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The U.S. Navy announced that it has accepted its newest guided-missile destroyer, the USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard delivered the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) to the U.S. Navy on 8 March 2021. According to a recent service news release, the […]
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Fairfax-based Azure Summit Technology Inc. was awarded a modification to a previous contract from the U.S. Navy to support the AN/ZLQ-1 V2 Common Chassis for the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and Submarine Sensor Systems Programs. The deal, which was a modification to a previous contract, was worth almost $22,3 […]
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The U.S. Navy has awarded Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office a $309.5 million contract to produce additional CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, according to the U.S. Department of Defense contract announcements. The contract modification award from Naval Air Systems Command enables the company to provides manufacture and delivery of four CMV-22B multi-engine, dual-piloted, self-deployable, medium lift, vertical takeoff […]
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The U.S. Navy wants to buy as many as 110 special surface craft for Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) shore-based Units. In a Feb. 8 Federal Opportunities notice, Navy announced plans to acquire the Naval Special Warfare 8 meter and 11 meter Surface Support Craft and the United States […]
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Northrop Grumman presented an upgrade to the U.S. Navy autonomous helicopter system equipped with external pods to dropping Ultra sonobuoys. Earlier this week, the corporation has shared pictures of its advanced version of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system upgraded for anti-submarine warfare. NG says this is the latest enhancement to Fire Scout’s highly-versatile […]
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U.S. nuclear-powered ship maker Huntington Ingalls Industries has won a $175 million contract to provide maintenance, training and planning support for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. “We are very pleased the U.S. Navy has entrusted us to support the readiness of one of our nation’s most important power projection platforms,” said Garry Schwartz, president of Technical […]
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