BAE Systems was awarded a contract by U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, to engineer command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) services on surface ships.
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A future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship with the U.S. Navy will be named after University of Rhode Island Professor Robert Ballard. The ship will be named USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67), according to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro.
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The U.S. Navy has issued General Dynamics Electric Boat a $5.1 billion contract modification for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine contract.
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Naval forces from the United States and United Kingdom have tested unmanned surveillance ships in the Arabian Gulf with the aim of enhancing “maritime monitoring” by crewed ships and operators ashore. This according to a statement by the US Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs.
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General Dynamics NASSCO began construction Wednesday of the fifth ship in the Navy’s expeditionary sea base program, a class of large ships with storerooms, barracks and a landing deck to support special-forces operations.
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The U.S. Department of Defense announced that the Navy is exercising an option of approximately $555 million to have Fincantieri U.S. subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), build the second Constellation-class guided-missile frigate.
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