Americas

Americas Naval 

U.S. Coast Guard Releases RFI for Offshore Patrol Cutter Re-Competition

October 19, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), USA

The U.S. Coast Guard released a request for information (RFI) on Oct. 18 to gauge industry interest in re-competing the

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Americas Military Exercises 

U.S. Strategic Command Conducts Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER linked with VIGILANT SHIELD

October 18, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Global Thunder, Exercise Vigilant Shield, Military exercise, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), USA

Exercises GLOBAL THUNDER and VIGILANT SHIELD 20 commenced today to provide integrated training opportunities for U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and

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Air Americas 

U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury ‘Doomsday’ Plane Suffers Bird Strike Causing ‘Millions in Damages’

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Airborne command post, Boeing E-6B Mercury, NAS Patuxent River, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

A U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury “doomsday” aircraft suffered bird strike while performing a touch-and-go maneuver at Naval Air Station Patuxent

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Americas Naval 

BWXT Awarded $806M Long-Lead Material Contract in Support of Naval Reactors Manufacturing

October 18, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BWX Technologies (BWXT), BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Nuclear marine propulsion, Nuclear Propulsion, U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) announced that the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has awarded subsidiary BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy to Christen Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) on Oct. 19

October 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Expeditionary Mobile Base, General Dynamics NASSCO, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)

The U.S. Navy will christen the Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony

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Americas Land 

AUSA 2019: General Dynamics Unveils TL1 Concept for U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicle Program

October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AUSA 2019, General Dynamics, General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), NGCV Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV), U.S. Army, Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), USA

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has introduced its TL1 unmanned vehicle concept developed for the U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle

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Americas C4ISR 

U.S. Army Selects Raytheon for Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor Program

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments 3D Air Defense Radar, Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), Radar, Raytheon, U.S. Army, USA

Raytheon has been selected to provide the U.S. Army with its next-generation, 360-degree capable radar – the Lower Tier Air

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Americas Naval 

Elbit Systems to Supply Off-Board ECM Payload for Royal Canadian Navy’s NOMAD Program

October 17, 2019 DP Staff Writer 1 Comment Canada, Elbit Systems, Electronic CounterMeasures (ECM), Elisra, Hammerhead USV-T, Missile decoy, Naval Offboard anti-Missile Active Decoy (NOMAD), Rheinmetall, Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)

Elbit Systems was selected to supply Off-board Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) Payload for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)’s Hammerhead Unmanned

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Americas Small Arms and Light Weapons 

AUSA 2019: Rheinmetall Showcases MK93 Crew Served Weapons Mount Upgrade

October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AUSA 2019, Crew-served weapon, MK93 Gun Mount, Rheinmetall, U.S. Army, USA

Rheinmetall showcased its solution to the redesign of the U.S. Army’s existing MK93 CrewServed Weapons Mount, with the Enhanced Crew-Served

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Americas Naval 

U.S. Coast Guard Releases Draft Specifications for Waterways Commerce Cutter Program

October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Buoy tender, Inland construction tender, River buoy tender, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), USA, USCG Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC)

The U.S. Coast Guard released draft specifications for the river buoy tender and inland construction tender variants of the waterways

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