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GD Wins $269M for Virginia-class Attack Submarines

GD Wins $269M for Virginia-class Attack Submarines

General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $269,485,986 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-20-C-2120) for lead yard support and development studies and design efforts related to Virginia-class submarines.

Work will be performed in…

US Navy Upgrades, Expands ASW Training Ranges

US Navy Upgrades, Expands ASW Training Ranges

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office (PMA-205) is advancing increments II and III of the Undersea Warfare Training Ranges (USWTR), upgrading and expanding the capability of the training ranges.

In increment I, the USWTR team managed the inst…

Royal Navy Commando Wildcats in Three-Week Scottish Workout

Royal Navy Commando Wildcats in Three-Week Scottish Workout

The wings of the Royal Marines unleashed hellfire and fury in the wilds of Scotland amid their first taste of operating from the Navy’s new carrier.

Three Commando Wildcats of 847 Naval Air Squadron – based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset – decamped to Scotland for training at sea and ashore to hon…

USAF Clears KC-46 Tanker to Refuel F-15, F-16 Fighters

USAF Clears KC-46 Tanker to Refuel F-15, F-16 Fighters

SCOTT AFB, Ill. — Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved a third Interim Capability Release (ICR) mission set for the KC-46A Pegasus on Oct. 13, 2021.

This ICR decision allows the KC-46 to refuel all variants of the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon during U.S. Trans…

Lockheed Fires PrSM Missile at ‘Record-Setting’ Range

Lockheed Fires PrSM Missile at ‘Record-Setting’ Range

DALLAS — Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) completed its longest flight to date, exceeding maximum threshold, with the U.S. Army yesterday at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), California. This marks the fifth consecutive successful flight test for the missile.

Firing from a Hi…

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