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[Mike1976]

US Navy's new Atlas floating drydock to launch America’s largest nuclear submarines

Bollinger and Electric Boat christened the Atlas floating dry dock to support the Columbia-class program, the largest US nuclear submarine ever built.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Boeing wins $2.7B contract to build 3,000 PAC-3 missile seekers through 2030

Boeing secures $2.7B in contracts to build 3,000 PAC-3 missile seekers by 2030, expanding U.S. air defense capacity amid global demand spikes.

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[Mike1976]

I think he means the B-21.

US to double B-2 Stealth Bomber fleet with 28 new aircraft after Iran strikes

President Trump says the U.S. will double its B-2 stealth bomber fleet with 28 new aircraft after Iran strikes, though Pentagon records show no new production.

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[Mike1976]

AeroVironment to produce 14,400 Switchblades loitering munitions per year in the US

AeroVironment will expand U.S. Switchblade production to 1,200 units per month with a new Salt Lake City FreedomWerx plant supporting US Army and DoD programs.

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[Mike1976]

US Army moves Spike Non-Line of Sight missiles to Phase 2 for 32-kilometer precision strikes

Army moves Spike NLOS into M LRPSM Phase 2 with a 30 million dollar contract, advancing vehicle and Apache integration for precise, 32 km beyond line of sight

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[Mike1976]

Rebuilding U.S. Ammunition Capacity: Closing Gaps in America’s Energetics Industry

U.S. ammo demand is surging. Complementing GOCO sites with vertically integrated, commercial plants could fix energetics bottlenecks, a model proven by South Ko

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[Mike1976]

Theon is really on an acquisition spree lately.

Greece's Theon to build new U.S. optics factory with Kopin to improve soldier night vision

Theon partners with Kopin to build a US optics factory in Virginia producing advanced night vision and augmented reality systems for American and allied troops.

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[Mike1976]

The Lessons U.S. Army Aviation Is Learning From The War In Ukraine

U.S. Army general tells us how the war in Ukraine has changed Army aviation's future and what lessons are best left unheeded.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Army's Vision For Loyal Wingman Drones To Fly With Its Helicopters Is Taking Shape

The Army is following the other services' Collaborative Combat Aircraft efforts as it looks to team its rotorcraft with highly autonomous drones.

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[Mike1976]

Ragnarok Mini-Cruise Missile With Big Range Targets $150K Price Tag (Updated)

Kratos has unveiled its low-cost cruise missile that it says can fly a whopping 500 nautical miles while carrying an 80-pound payload.

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[BeNder]

New drone completes 1,000-mile tests in GPS-denied environments

https://share.google/vxhpCqKLsEBtu4Am1

 

[Redav]

Top US Army general says he's using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

Maj. Gen. William "Hank" Taylor, commanding general of the Eighth Army, told reporters at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, DC, that he's been using ChatGPT to refine how he makes choices affecting thousands of troops.

"Chat and I have become really close lately," Taylor said during a media roundtable Monday, though he shied away from giving examples of personal use.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/16/busin...-uses-chatgpt-to-help-make-command-decisions/

 

[Hiryu2.0]

Patrol vehicle hit by shrapnel as Marines fired live artillery over California interstate, highway patrol says

The live-fire demonstrations were part of a celebration of the Marine Corps' 250 anniversary. Gov. Newsom has criticized plans to fire live munitions over Interstate 5.

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[Mike1976]

Historic U.S. Marine Amphibious Drill Marks Corps’ 250th Birthday and Modern Warfare Shift

The Marine Corps’ I MEF staged its largest amphibious exercise in 30 years at Camp Pendleton, demonstrating new littoral warfare and counter-drone capabilities.

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Army Moves to Deploy 9 Upgraded Boeing CH-47F Chinook Block II in Rapid Fielding Push

The U.S. Army fast-tracks the CH-47F Chinook Block II, ordering nine more aircraft to boost heavy-lift capacity and contested logistics readiness.

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[Mike1976]

Minnesota U.S. National Guard Among First to Field Army’s Newest M250 Automatic Rifle

Minnesota’s U.S. National Guard begins fielding the U.S. Army’s new M250 automatic rifle, advancing U.S. small arms modernization under the NGSW program.

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[Mark Sman]

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USN has an F/A-18 and an MH-60R go down off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in the South China Sea in two separate instances within a half hour.

Mover and Gonky walk through past stories of naval aviation connecting with their seafaring roots.

Bad fuel is the first theory out. Both aircraft though, how does that happen?

Chinese EW test is the internet secret squirrel theory. Mover and Gonky call it unlikely. The MH-60R would have been close to the ships.

Was the crashed MH-60R the seaguard helicopter, probably.

Requisite jokes made regarding the current location of USS Gettysburg (CG-64). Going to be their "turn" in the barrel for quite awhile.

 

[Mark Sman]

https://www.forcesnews.com/technolo...ge-steam-he-shuns-magnetic-catapults-carriers

Donald Trump has said he is going to sign an executive order banning the use of electromagnetic catapults on US Navy aircraft carriers – preferring to use 1950s-tech steam ones instead.

The US president made the announcement while speaking to the crew of the USS George Washington, a carrier that launches its F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning IIs using steam.

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That stream went pretty wide. Now it has been saved as an episode.

There is alot of leadup, past history and inside baseball stuff.

All of the crew from the double incident off Nimitz have been recovered safely. Investigation to follow with usual naval alacrity.

EMALS vs Steam. Fight fight fight. About 22 minutes in.

Is Trump serious about cancelling EMALS? Carroll says you have to take it at face value because Trump is CiC.

Can Ford class be reset from EMALS/electromagnetic elevators to steam catapult/hydraulic elevators. Carroll says that is a definitive NO.

So if this change is made future unfunded Ford class carriers need to be cancelled.

Is this the end of the super carrier? Go back to Nimitz? Go back to a clean sheet acquisition circle je...design?

Carroll does not think we can go back from Ford. Not practically.

 

[Mike1976]

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet makes it's maiden flight

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[Mike1976]

U.S. Navy eyes next-generation “Golden Fleet” warships to rival China’s growing maritime strength

U.S. officials are exploring Golden Fleet of next-gen U.S. Navy warships designed to counter China’s growing maritime power and reshape America’s naval future.

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