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Operator of the SM-3 interceptor aboard Aegis-equipped warships, described as having demonstrated Block IIA in multiple flight tests.
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NSWC Crane and the Indiana National Guard opened a Mach 1 sled track at Camp Atterbury on August 12, projected to take about $1.7 million a year out of flight-test spend.
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Trump has told the Navy to strip EMALS from a hull already deep into construction. The plan is due in 60 days; the keel is due by the end of 2026.
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Smack Technologies' second raise of 2026 and Scale AI's fivefold contract jump point the same way: the buyer is paying for software in the field on a stopwatch, not for demos.
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Raytheon's multiyear Navy contract pushes Tomahawk output above 1,000 missiles a year. The hard part sits below final assembly, in tooling and hiring at hundreds of small suppliers.
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NODA AI says the Department of War awarded it $100 million. The government notice describes an open prize challenge worth up to $100 million across multiple awards.
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CVN 79 has completed acceptance sea trials at Newport News, moving the second Ford-class carrier toward preliminary acceptance and Navy testing ahead of a 2027 delivery.
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A carrier nine months at sea, resupplied through a channel the blockade itself has degraded, is the clearest public evidence that the Gulf standoff has a physical ceiling and not only a political one.
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ThayerMahan says ShorePicket and Outpost tracked everything from six-inch drones to XLUUVs. Port-security buyers should note which claims carry a Navy signature and which do not.
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Framework agreements with Raytheon and the Department of War cover avionics and ejector assemblies for SM-3 Block IB and IIA. The interceptor quantity talks come later.
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