Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCCNO Argues For Law of the Sea Treaty To Offset China, Calls Railgun Not Rapid Prototyping
The Chief of Naval Operations on Wednesday said he approved of the U.S. ratifying the law of the Sea Treaty as a measure to help counter Chinese action in the […]
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Missile DefenseU.S. Navy Performs Final SPY-6 AMDR Developmental Flight Test
The Navy successfully tracked a ballistic missile target on Jan. 31 using the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) in Kauai, Hawaii, the final developmental flight test in the […]
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Navy/USMCGD Wins $719 Million For DDG-51 Yard Services Contract
The Navy on Feb. 4 awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) a contract worth up to $719 million for DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer integrated planning yard services. The […]
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Navy/USMCDOT&E Finds CVN-78 Timeline Risk In ‘Poor Or Unknown Reliability’ For New Systems
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers continue to have new systems that have inadequate or unknown reliability that risk the first ship’s Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) timelines, the Defense […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy And HII Working To Finish Carrier Elevators, Two Carrier Buy Expected To Cost $24 Billion Total
A top official at Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] said the company is working with the Navy to finish remaining challenges to complete and turn over the delay-plagued weapons elevators for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards HII $15 Billion In Two Carrier Buy
The Navy on Thursday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) a $15 billion contract to buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers at once. The contract covers […]
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Pentagon‘Multiple Design Deficiencies’ To Delay CH-53K Testing, DOT&E Says
Multiple design deficiencies found during post-delivery testing of the Sikorsky [LMT] CH-53K King Stallion will delay operational testing and entry to service with the Marine Corps until at least 2021, […]
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Navy/USMCMUX Searching For Persistent ISR in Combat Zones
MESA, Ariz. — What U.S. military services want in an unmanned spy drone is the ability to loiter for hours at a time–perhaps two dozen–and find the “red jug,” a […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Wins $560 Million Contract For More Trident II Missiles
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Jan. 30 won a $560 million modification to produce Trident II (D5) missiles for the U.S. and U.K. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs awarded this as […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Looking To Purchase Three ACV Variants
The Marine Corps is officially looking for three variants of its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) with a request for information (RFI) Monday to detail its requirement for command and […]