Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCDoD Approves Two-Carrier Buy, Expected To Save $4 Billion
The Office of the Secretary of Defense approved an agreement in December between the Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] to buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers at once, […]
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Navy/USMCBath Iron Works Nabs $911 Million Award To Build Fifth DDG Flight III
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) a $911 million modification to exercise an FY 2019 option to build the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG-132. […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Looks To Acquire New Platforms ASAP in Updated Strategy Document, Drives Organizational Changes
The Chief of Naval Operations has pushed up the timeline to field multiple major ship and weapon platforms to as soon as possible (ASAP) in a new updated strategy document […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Wins $314 Million Mod For LCAC 109 – LCAC 123
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on Friday awarded Textron Inc. [TXT] a $314 million modification for additional work on Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-100 […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Says Navy Maintenance Delays Grew In 2018, Three SSNs Not Certified To Dive
Despite the Navy’s changing efforts to decrease its surface and submarine maintenance backlog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the backlog grew in 2018 while a top Navy official admitted […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Selects 4 Companies For Next-Gen Handheld Targeting Program
The Marine Corps has selected four companies to bring its next-generation handheld targeting system to life, with the goal of working toward development of prototype systems to replace its legacy […]
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Navy/USMCCamp Lejeune Facilities Rebuild To Cost Over $3.6 Billion
The Commandant of the Marine Corps told senators on Wednesday that the cost to replace or repair dozens of Marine Corps buildings damaged by Hurricane Florence will reach upward of […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Will Not have a Clean Audit For 5+ Years, Awarding Two Frigate Builders ‘Not Off The Table’
The Secretary of the Navy told senators on Wednesday that the service will probably not have a full clean audit for up to five to six years and that splitting […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Scores SM-3 IIA Hit Using Japan Aegis Model
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy successfully intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target with an Aegis Ashore-launched Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor in the Pacific Ocean […]
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Navy/USMCGD-BIW Launches Last Zumwalt-class Destroyer
General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) launched the last Zumwalt-class destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), on Dec. 9 at its facility in Bath, Maine. The U.S. Navy […]