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Navy, Marine Corps Request Modest $1.7B in 'Unfunded Priorities List' to Congress

Navy, Marine Corps Request Modest $1.7B in ‘Unfunded Priorities List’ to Congress

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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to the Tigertails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 taxis across the flight deck during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Oct. 15, 2015. US Navy Photo

The Navy and Marine Corps requested just $1.7 billion in additional spending in their Fiscal Year 2019 unfunded priorities lists, an annual list to Congress of projects not covered by the formal budget request – a fraction of last year’s combined $8.2 billion in requests from the two services. Read More →

Aegis Fleet Champion Vice Adm. James H. Doyle, Jr. Dies

Aegis Fleet Champion Vice Adm. James H. Doyle, Jr. Dies

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Vice Adm. James H. Doyle, Jr.

This post has been updated to correct the age of Vice Adm. Doyle. He was one month shy of his 93rd birthday when he died.

Retired Vice Adm. James H. Doyle Jr., whose 34 years of commissioned service culminated with his work developing and fielding cruisers and destroyers with the Aegis Combat System and associated systems, died on Feb. 23. He was 92. Read More →

Pentagon Confirms SM-3 Block IIA Missile Missed its Target in Test This Week

Pentagon Confirms SM-3 Block IIA Missile Missed its Target in Test This Week

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The Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI), Japan Ministry of Defense (MOD), and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, announced the successful completion of a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test from the Point Mugu Sea Range, San Nicolas Island, California. Missile Defense Agency photo.

An SM-3 Block IIA missile test shot fired from an Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii this week did not hit its target after a successful launch, Pentagon officials confirmed Thursday.

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Australian Destroyer Will be First Foreign Warship to Install Raytheon's Cooperative Engagement Capability

Australian Destroyer Will be First Foreign Warship to Install Raytheon’s Cooperative Engagement Capability

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Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Hobart (DDG-39) undertakes acceptance sea trials off the coast of South Australia to undertake testing of combat, communications and additional platform systems. Royal Australian Navy photo.

The Royal Australian Navy is set to become the first foreign force using Raytheon’s sensor-netting system that creates a real-time composite network picture for operators at sea.

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Aegis Combat System 'Virtual Twin' Pilot Program Could Lead to Fielding Faster Upgrades

Aegis Combat System ‘Virtual Twin’ Pilot Program Could Lead to Fielding Faster Upgrades

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USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) launches a Standard Missile (SM) 2 during a live-fire test of the ship’s Aegis weapons system on Feb. 8, 2014. US Navy Photo

The Navy will deploy a “virtual twin” of the Aegis Combat System in February that, if the pilot program proves successful, could one day help the service test new Aegis upgrades or add-ons on a cruiser or destroyer at-sea without interfering with that ship’s actual combat system and ability to operate. Read More →

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