GA confident of winning MQ-25A program with Sea Avenger

Seapower magazine spoke to the team at General Atomics (GA) which is competing for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A unmanned aerial tanker program and they are confident that the company’s Sea Avenger solution will meet the navy’s needs.

A Predator C Avenger unmanned aircraft system and inert ordnance sit on display on a tarmac at Palmdale, Calif., Aug. 8, 2012 120808-N-WL435-054
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Richardson: No money to homeport CVN at Mayport

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told the Virginian-Pilot that it will be “very difficult” to get funding for upgrading Naval Station Mayport so that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can homeport there.

US Navy 100310-N-8590G-001 The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) approaches Naval Station Mayport for its maiden port call
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USN wants its future frigates to provide air defense cover

There might be further changes to the U.S. Navy’s requirements for a new frigate with a study group being commissioned to examine adding air defense capability to the requirements.

RIM-162 ESSM launched from USS Carl Vinson
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