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U.S. Navy’s Enhanced Hypersonic Missile Defense
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U.S. Navy’s Enhanced Hypersonic Missile Defense

The United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is tasked with creating a solution to intercept enemy Hypersonic Glide Bodies (HGB) that threaten allied naval and maritime vessels and interests. In order to accomplish this, MDA is developing missile interceptors to literally hit a hypersonic missile with a hypersonic missile and is termed, “Enhanced Hypersonic Missile Defense.” Naval News reached out to the MDA for comment.

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Columbia-Class Submarine
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Curtiss-Wright to support critical U.S. Navy platforms

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced on 03 August that it has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $220 million to provide propulsion valves, pumps, and advanced instrumentation and control systems for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, Columbia-class submarine and Ford-class aircraft carrier programs.

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U.S. Navy’s 2045 NAVPLAN Calls for 150 Unmanned Ships
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U.S. Navy’s new NAVPLAN Calls for 150 Unmanned Ships by 2045

The U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) 2022 calls for 373 manned ships and 150 unmanned ships for a total of 523 (estimated) ships by 2045. The NAVPLAN breaks down the classification types and roles of these U.S. Navy vessels into their desired numbers and allotments.

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