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Canada Confirms Type 26 Design for Surface Combatant Program After Legal Tussle

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A Lockheed Martin-led industry team was selected for the final design of the Royal Canadian Navy’s future frigate after surviving a legal challenge by a rival contender.

Officials in Ottawa confirmed that BAE Systems’ Type 26 Global Combat Ship will provide the template for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), the workhorse of the RCN fleet through the 2030s and 2040s.

Prime contractor Irving Shipbuilding – which was selected as Canada’s combat ship constructor some years ago –...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/11/canada-confirms-type-26-design-surface-combatant-program-legal-tussle

Lockheed: F-35A Cost To Drop Below $80 Million Per Fighter In 2023

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander, performs a tactical pitch maneuver in an F-35A Lightning II during the California Capital Airshow on Sept. 23, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.

Lockheed Martin is committed to producing the F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter for $80 million each by next year and further reducing the overall program costs as part of the next production contract negotiations with the Department of Defense, the company said on Tuesday

In...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/29/40708

Navy awards another LCS to Marinette Marine

Fincantieri Marinette Marine will build a 16th littoral combat ship for the Navy. Lockheed Martin Corp. photo

Within the Littoral Combat Ship program (LCS), the U.S. Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corp., a contract to build an additional 387.6’x57.7′, 40-knot LCS.

The new LCS 31, with a draft of 14.1′, will be the 16th ship of the LCS program Freedom-variant, one of the Navy’s main shipbuilding programs. The Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin team is in full-rate production of the Freedom-variant and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/navy-awards-another-lcs-marinette-marine/

Aegis Combat System Baseline 10 Set to IOC in 2023

An artist’s conception of a Raytheon’s SPY-6 radar on a Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer. Raytheon Image

ARLINGTON, Va.— Lockheed Martin’s latest Aegis combat weapon system upgrade – Baseline 10 – will not only be built for the Navy’s upcoming fleet of Flight III Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers but also provide the service with backward compatibility for older ships.

The bulk of the Baseline 10 upgrade integrates the new AN/SPY-6(V) radar, Jim Sheridan, the head of Lockheed Martin’s...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/15/40397

Northrop Grumman Awarded $27.6M Contract to Build First Two SEWIP Block III Ship Sets

Artist’s concept of SEWIP Block III aboard a US destroyer. Northrop Grumman Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. — Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to bring a modern electronic warfare attack capability to U.S. surface ships, company officials told USNI News on Tuesday.

Following a Dec. 21 $27.6 million award, Northrop will now manufacture two low rate initial production Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 ship sets for the service, Brandon White, Northrop director of...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/15/northrop-awarded-27-6m-contract-build-first-two-sewip-block-iii-ship-sets

Top Stories 2018: Navy Acquisition

USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2018. This story is part of USNI News year-end series.

F-35C Joint Strike Fighter

An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 sits chained on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Dec. 9, 2018. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s F-35C had an important year, with the fighter seeing its...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/01/40013

Navy Awards 2 LCSs to Austal USA; Third FY 2019 Ship Still Being Negotiated

The future USS Charleston (LCS-18) during acceptance trials on July 18, 2018. Austal photo.

Austal USA was awarded two of the three Littoral Combat Ships the Navy can buy in Fiscal Year 2019, further increasing the number of Independence-variant LCSs the Navy will ultimately have in the fleet.

The Navy awarded contract to build LCS-36 and LCS-38 to the Mobile, Ala.-based company on Friday evening.

In a Monday statement, Austal highlighted the unprecedented calendar year it has had, delivering...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/17/navy-awards-2-lcss-austal-usa-third-fy-2019-ship-still-negotiated

Navy Stands Up Joint Strike Fighter Wing to Oversee F-35C Operations, Training, Manning

Two F-35C Lightning II fighter jets, attached to the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, fly in formation for a photo exercise in Lemoore, Calif., Nov. 16, 2018. VFA-147 is the first U.S. Navy Operational F-35C squadron based out of Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore. US Navy photo.

The Navy has stood up a Joint Strike Fighter Wing in Lemoore, Calif., that will oversee training, manning and readiness of all the service’s F-35C squadrons.

Capt. Max McCoy, the commodore of the squadron,...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/29/navy-stands-up-joint-strike-fighter-wing-to-oversee-f-35c-operations-training-manning

Littoral Combat Ship Report to Congress

The following is the Oct. 22, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a relatively inexpensive surface combatant equipped with modular mission packages. Navy plans call for procuring a total of 32 LCSs. The first LCS was procured in FY2005, and the Navy’s proposed FY2018 budget requested the procurement of the 30th and 31st LCSs. As part of its action on the Navy’s proposed FY2018...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/22/littoral-combat-ship-report-congress

Next Presidential Helicopter Passes First Test Landing at White House

A Sikorsky VH-92A lands at the White House during a test on September 22, 2018. The VH-92A will become the new presidential transport helicopter, replacing an aging fleet of VH-3D and VH-60N helicopters. Naval Air Systems Command photo.

The next Presidential helicopter, the VH-92A built by Sikorsky, successfully landed at the White House during its first test run September, Naval Air Systems Command told USNI News this week.

Before most of Washington D.C. awoke on Saturday, Sept. 22, the VH-92A...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/20/new-presidential-helicopter-passes-first-test-landing-at-white-house

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