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GD Electric Boat Awarded Long-Lead Virginia-Class Sub Contract Mod
By Brett Davis, Editor-in-Chief, Seapower Magazine General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (Booth 623) has been awarded a $1 billion contract modification allowing Electric Boat to buy long-lead-time materials for Virginia-class Block VI submarines. The contract award says work is expected to be completed by September 2035 with the largest section of the work,…
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Sea-Air-Space 2025 Kicks Off with Annual STEM Expo
By Brett DavisBy Brett Davis, Editor-in-Chief, Seapower Magazine Hundreds of energetic students packed into the RiverView Ballroom at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the seventh year of the STEM Expo to kick off Sea-Air-Space 2025. The event featured more than three dozen exhibits to help interest students in grades five through 12…
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BAE Systems Develops Hypervelocity Projectile for Mk45 Gun
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor, Seapower Magazine BAE Systems (Booth 613) is developing a hypervelocity projectile, or HVP, for the U.S. Navy’s Mark 45 5-inch gun as a counter-unmanned aerial system option to engage aerial targets. The Mk45 is the gun installed on the Navy’s Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers,…
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BAE Systems names its best ship repair suppliers for 2024
BAE Systems (Booth 613) recently recognized 2024′s top suppliers to its U.S. maritime business during its Partner2Win Supplier symposium in Jacksonville, Florida. The company celebrated 87 suppliers that supported maintenance, modernization and refit projects aboard U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels. The Partner2Win program is a collaboration between the company’s three shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; and San…
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The Center for Maritime Strategy at Sea Air Space 2025
The Navy League Center for Maritime Strategy (CMS) led by Dean Jaime Foggo, Admiral U.S. Navy (ret,) again punches above its weight with a large and dynamic program at this year’s annual Sea Air Space 2025 from 7-9 April at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md. CMS will reprise its third annual “Gaming…
