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Report: HII Newport News Could Secure Two-Carrier Contract by End of January
The Department of Defense on Monday notified Congress that it would proceed with a block buy of two aircraft carriers in a move that could pave the way for the U.S. Navy to award the contract by the end of January, USNI News reported Wednesday. “The Navy has reached a price agreement with Huntington Ingalls […] More
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Air Force Aims to Boost Military Satcom System’s Cybersecurity With New Software, Ground Equipment
The U.S. Air Force has begun to develop new software and ground system to protect military satellite communications equipment operating through the service’s Wideband Global Satcom system from cyber threats, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. The service has started to work on anti-jam communications software – Protected Tactical Waveform – and ground platform –  Protected Tactical Enterprise Service […] More
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Huntington Ingalls Expects JFK Carrier Completion Ahead of Schedule; Mike Petters Quoted
Huntington Ingalls Industries aims to complete and launch the U.S. Navy‘s John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier by the end of next year, USNI News reported Friday. HII CEO Mike Petters told analysts during a conference call held Thursday the company is ahead of schedule on JFK construction efforts and uses fewer man-hours to build the ship. Petters attributed […] More
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Huntington Ingalls Completes JFK Aircraft Carrier’s Underwater Hull Section
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding unit has installed a 726-ton lower bow onto the John F. Kennedy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which the U.S. Navy aims to commission in late 2019. The bulbous lower bow extends CVN 79 by 122 feet and is the final component of the warship’s underwater hull structure that reaches 1,096 feet and […] More
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Mike Petters: HII in Competition for Navy’s Aircraft Carrier, Destroyer, Submarine Devt Programs
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has said the company has proposals to construct two aircraft carriers, 10 submarines and 10 destroyer ships for the U.S. Navy, USNI News reported Thursday. “This is the most exciting time I’ve seen in shipbuilding in 30 years,†Petters said Thursday at the company’s earnings call for the […] More
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Curtiss-Wright to Help Bechtel Support Navy’s Submarine Construction
Curtiss-Wright has received a $28 million contract to help Bechtel‘s plant machinery division support the U.S. Navy‘s Virginia-class submarine construction and spare parts acquisition. The order for fiscal year 2018 includes sets of valves and spares for the propulsion plant of two submarines, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday. David Adams, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright, said the […] More
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General Atomics Tests Arresting Gear Tech on Prop Aircraft
General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems group has tested its Advanced Arresting Gear system on three types of heavy, propeller-driven aircraft at the Runway Arrested Landing Site in Lakehurst, N.J. The company said Monday the arresting gear was able to perform aircraft recovery on a C2-A Greyhound, an E-2C+ Hawkeye and an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Rolf Ziesing, vice president […] More
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Mike Petters: HII Booked Q1 2018 Orders for Approximately 25 Warships
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has said the company had booked contracts for approximately 25 combat ships at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2018, the National Interest reported Saturday. “By the end of 2020, if all goes as planned, we will see a significant amount of contracting activity […] More
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General Atomics Conducts Carrier Deck Taxi Capability Demo for MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering
A General Atomics business unit has demonstrated aircraft carrier-based deck taxi capability and launch-and-recovery operations for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker program. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. used a Predator C Avenger drone as a substitute for its MQ-25 offering and director wands that work to control taxi […] More
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Report: Boeing’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering Undergoes Tests Ahead of Source Selection Decision
Boeing has already conducted several tests of its proposed unmanned aircraft system for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based aerial refueling tanker drone program ahead of the service’s contract award decision, National Defense reported Friday. “We have already demonstrated a lot of the functionality… We have done almost everything short of flying,†Donald “BD†Gaddis, Boeing’s […] More
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Report: Lockheed Unveils Concept for Navy’s Stingray Tanker Drone Program
Lockheed Martin has launched its proposed concept for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based aerial tanker drone program, USNI News reported Monday. The drone concept from Lockheed’s Skunk Works business has a flying wing design equipped with a set of sensors in the aircraft’s nose and a single D-704 buddy tank. Boeing and General Atomics […] More