Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCStackley Says Ford Carrier Acceptance Trials This Month; Supports Navy Budget And Size Increase
The U.S. Navy’s first Ford-class aircraft carrier is on track to head out to sea for acceptance trails (AT) before Memorial Day, the acting Navy Secretary said Thursday. Depending on […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Launches Tirade Against New Carriers’ ‘No Good’ Electromagnetic Aircraft Launchers
President Donald Trump in a recent interview with Time magazine said the Navy should jettison the electromagnetic aircraft launchers on its new carriers in favor of outdated steam-powered catapults. In the […]
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Navy/USMCCommittee Leaders Request T-45C Assessment Information
The leaders of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces have requested additional assessment information on the U.S. Navy’s T-45C Goshawk trainer jets as the Navy […]
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Navy/USMCCarrier Begins Sea Trials After Four-Year Overhaul
The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) began its first sea trials Tuesday after a four years-long refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) period. The last time the […]
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Navy/USMCNot Meant To Swim: Marines’ Planned For ACV 1.1 To Have Limited Open Water Mobility
When the Marine Corps decided to buy a series of increasingly capable amphibious combat vehicles (ACV) it planned on earlier versions being optimized for ground combat ashore with the understanding […]
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Navy/USMCACV Competitors Set Up California Camps, Begin Receiving Vehicles For Swim Testing
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Yards away from a faded green landing vehicle-tracked (LVT) that participated in the island hopping campaign against Japan, Marines are beginning tests on two vehicles competing […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Wins $327 Million Initial Production Contract For AMDR
The U.S. Navy on May 1 awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $327 million fixed-price-incentive (firm target) contract modification option to produce the first three low-rate initial production (LRIP) AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Foreign-Built F-35B Rolls Off Italian Assembly Line
The first Lockheed Martin [LMT] short-takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B assembled outside the United States rolled out of the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Italy on May […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Delays Future Frigate Contract To 2020
The U.S. Navy is planning to delay a detail design and construction (DD&C) contract for the Future Frigate until 2020 in order to explore incorporating new capabilities and enhanced survivability […]
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BudgetCounter-Drone Lasers Funded In FY 2017 Omnibus Bill
The fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill could help move laser weapons to the battlefield after decades of development, according to a key lawmaker. The recently unveiled legislation contains $16.7 […]