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Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

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The Coast Guard’s program of record (POR) calls for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 aging Coast Guard high-endurance cutters, medium-endurance cutters, and patrol craft. The Coast Guard’s proposed FY2020 budget requests a total of $657 million in procurement funding for … [Read more...] about Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

GA-ASI Begins MDO Demonstrations Using Gray Eagle ER

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on November 19, 2019 completed the first in a series of internally funded Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) demonstrations using a company-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The flight series will continue in 2020 and show that a GE-ER equipped with long-range sensors and Air Launched Effects … [Read more...] about GA-ASI Begins MDO Demonstrations Using Gray Eagle ER

Raytheon building additional SPY-6 radars for US Navy to be installed on DDG-51 Flight III destroyers

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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) will build two additional shipsets of SPY-6 radars under a $250 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The company is now contracted to deliver a total of nine radar shipsets to DDG-51 Flight III destroyers. SPY-6 is a family of next generation, integrated air and missile defense radars that scale to meet the mission requirements of any ship. … [Read more...] about Raytheon building additional SPY-6 radars for US Navy to be installed on DDG-51 Flight III destroyers

General Dynamics Mission Systems Receives $299.9M Sustainment Contract for Ballistic-Missile Submarine Fire Control Systems Modernization and Maintenance

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On Monday, the U.S. Navy awarded a follow-on, omnibus contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that continues a broad scope of work for fire control systems and subsystems aboard U.S. Navy and United Kingdom's Royal Navy nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN). The contract has a total potential value of $299,866,600 over the next four years. The omnibus contract is a … [Read more...] about General Dynamics Mission Systems Receives $299.9M Sustainment Contract for Ballistic-Missile Submarine Fire Control Systems Modernization and Maintenance