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Raytheon aims to boost SM-3 missile production rates

January 16, 2025
Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the U.S. Navy weapon, as global interest in procuring the capability expands amid successful intercepts against ballistic missile attacks in the Middle East. Raytheon produces both the SM-3 Block IB and the newer SM-3 Block IIA capable of defeating short- and medium-range ballistic missiles. The SM-3 became…
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Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base

January 13, 2025
BOSTON — More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston’s Logan International Airport, as elected officials increased their push for action to identify and stop the mysterious unmanned flights. Drones flying around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, forced base officials to close the…
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Navy shipbuilding plan would cost $1 trillion over the next 30 years

January 10, 2025
For the U.S. Navy to achieve a proposed plan to expand its fleet of battle force ships, the service would need to spend $40.1 billion on shipbuilding every year through 2054, for a total of more than $1 trillion, according to new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. Over the next 30 years, the Navy wants to grow its fleet of battle force ships to 381 to face swelling global threats…
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US Army unit in Poland the first to field new rocket system

January 6, 2025
A Germany-based artillery brigade is now the first Army unit fully equipped with the service’s next-generation Multiple Launch Rocket System. In November, soldiers with the 41st Field Artillery Brigade in Grafenwoehr, Germany, completed the replacement of their legacy M270A1 MLRS platforms with the A2 variant, according to an Army release. “The major difference we have seen with the M270A2 is…
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