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China’s Liaoning Carrier Group Turns Toward USS Theodore Roosevelt’s Keen Sword Drills
China’s Liaoning carrier group has looped around the Philippines and turned northeast toward the Philippine Sea, where USS Theodore Roosevelt is operating…
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USS Pinckney Becomes First U.S. Navy Destroyer to Begin SPY-6(V)4 Radar Backfit to Boost Air and Missile Defense
USS Pinckney (DDG 91) has entered DDG MOD 2.0 phase two at General Dynamics NASSCO, the U.S. Navy’s first availability to replace…
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U.S. Air Force Justifies Record $20.7B AMRAAM Contract, Keeping Raytheon Sole Source to 2033
Newly posted notices show the Air Force’s $20.7 billion sole-source AMRAAM contract with Raytheon spans seven production lots and 16 export customers…
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US Army Flies Four Retired Navy MQ-8C Fire Scouts as Sensor Testbeds, Saving $70M
Four MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters the Navy was retiring now fly for the US Army as captive carry sensor testbeds at…
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US Navy Awards General Dynamics $194M for SLCM-N Fire Control on Virginia-Class Submarines
General Dynamics Mission Systems has won a $194.1 million Navy modification to engineer the SLCM-N fire control subsystem, linking the planned nuclear-armed…
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China Tracks USS Charleston Littoral Combat Ship Near Sabina Shoal in the Spratlys
China’s PLA Southern Theater Command says it tracked USS Charleston near Sabina Shoal on October 20, 2026. Beijing gave no distance, forces…
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L3Harris Rock Lobster Acoustic Relay Links Australian and US Undersea Comms at RIMPAC 2026
L3Harris tested its Australian-developed Rock Lobster acoustic relay with a Seasats Lightfish USV at RIMPAC 2026, showing Australian and U.S. underwater communications…
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US Shipbuilder HII Tests Sea Launcher for Autonomous REMUS 620 Underwater Drone Recovery
HII’s Sea Launcher validated key elements of autonomous, end-to-end launch and recovery for the REMUS 620 UUV aboard a representative ship. HII…
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U.S. Navy Receives First E-130J Phoenix II Airframe for Nuclear Submarine Relay Role
Lockheed Martin has delivered the first C-130J-30 airframe for the U.S. Navy’s E-130J Phoenix II, the TACAMO aircraft set to replace the…
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U.S. Firm WingXpand Unveils xPAIR, One Autonomy Core for Drones, Rovers and Boats
WingXpand’s patent-pending xPAIR autonomy core moves between the company’s xRAI drone, xTRAIL ground vehicle and xSAIL watercraft, sharing one AI threat-detection library.…