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SNA 2020
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Navy’s Black on New Unmanned Vessels, Large Surface Warship, New Weapons, Better Training

Rear Adm. Gene Black, USN, the US Navy’s director of surface warfare or N96, discusses the service’s new Integrated Force Structure Assessment that plans to incorporate medium and large displacement unmanned vessels into its future fleet, the requirements for a new large surface combatant, new longer-range weapon for the fleet and better training for sailors with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2020 Surface Navy Association’s national symposium where our coverage was sponsored by GE Marine and Leonardo DRS.

SNA 2019
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US Navy’s Boxall on LCS, FFG(X), Large Surface Combatant, Training Systems

Rear Adm. Ron Boxall, USN, the US Navy’s director of surface warfare (N96), discusses getting the Littoral Combat Ship on regular deployment cycles, the new FFG(X) frigate program, a new Large Surface Combatant, sophisticated new training aids for warfighting and ship driving with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference and tradeshow in Northern Virginia. We are an SNA media partner for the event and our coverage is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries, GE Marine, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.