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Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress

January 30, 2020 By DefenseConference.com

U.S. Coast Guard

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

January 21, 2020 By DefenseConference.com

“Gray Eagle ER is a critical tool, along with the Army’s manned platforms, for operations in an MDO environment,” said David R. Alexander, president, GA-ASI.

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

December 20, 2019 By DefenseConference.com

Two SPY-6(V)1 radar arrays inside Raytheon’s Andover, Massachusetts radar development facility.

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

December 19, 2019 By DefenseConference.com

General Dynamics Mission Systems receives $299.9M sustainment contract for ballistic-missile submarine fire control systems modernization and maintenance.

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries launched aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) into the James River for the first time

December 17, 2019 By DefenseConference.com

John F Kennedy CVN 79 Moves to Pier 3

John F Kennedy CVN 79 Moves to Pier 3, , Photo by Ashley Cowan/HII Source: Press Media Release … [Read more...] about Huntington Ingalls Industries launched aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) into the James River for the first time

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