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Philadelphia shipyard selected to build vessels for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency

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By Liz Carey  |  July 21, 2026

Philadelphia’s Hanwha Philly Shipyard will join TOTE Service, out of Florida, to build the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels, the companies announced recently. Hanwha Philly Shipyard will build the ships at its Philadelphia shipyard, while TOTE Services serves as the vessel construction manager (VCM). The MRIV will replace the Pacific Tracker and Pacific Collector, which were constructed in 1965 and 1970 and currently support missile range instrumentatio...

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