Megan Eckstein is a naval warfare reporter for Defense News. With a passion for news, history, and grammar, Megan covers a wide range of topics related to naval warfare and defense. Her work has been featured in various publications, including C4ISRNET, Yahoo News, Military Times, and more.
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Megan Eckstein's coverage focuses primarily on the US Navy, Marines, military training, submarines, and shipbuilding. Her articles largely include government announcements and press releases related to these topics.
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It is important to note that Megan’s work predominantly centers around U.S. military news rather than global military matters.
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By: Megan Eckstein
A powerful member of the House Armed Services Committee has said in no uncertain terms that Congress would force the Navy to buy two Virginia-class
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By: Megan Eckstein
Polaris has a version of its MRZR Alpha vehicle able to power offboard systems that's nearing production, as well as a heavy-payload variant undergoing testing with the Marine Corps and U.S.
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By: Megan Eckstein
The U.S. Marine Corps is monitoring the first deployment of its amphibious combat vehicle to see if these extended operations from a ship yield new
By: Megan Eckstein
The Marine Corps is developing a new radar, designing its next Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle variant and mulling additional counter-unmanned systems.
It's unclear when or how the Navy will buy small unmanned surface and undersea systems. But the desire is there, and L3Harris is responding to that signal.
The U.S. Navy's message to industry is coming through: the service is committed to buying and operating small unmanned systems on and under the water.
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By: Megan Eckstein
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding is taking its recruitment efforts on the road as it looks to bring in more employees to expand its nuclear shipbuilding workforce.
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By: Megan Eckstein
Defense tech company Anduril Industries said it will build a new production facility in Rhode Island capable of churning out as many as 200 of its Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles annually.
By: Megan Eckstein, Enia Krivine
Most Gazans approve of Hamas’s decision to launch the war on October 7 and would prefer Hamas rule over the US-backed Palestinian Authority
By: Megan Eckstein, Enia Krivine
In June, Fadi al-Wadiya, a physiotherapist from Doctors Without Borders, was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Doctors Without Borders quickly took to social media, condemning the “abhorrent” attack in multiple languages in a post that received millions of views and thousands of shares.
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