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Market Sectors :: Navy/USMC
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July 28, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford The House, via a 308-114 vote, granted final congressional approval yesterday to the long-delayed war-funding bill, after lawmakers agreed to remove much of the domestic spending tacked on to it. The emergency supplemental...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/House-Sends-Obama-War-Supplemental-With-$4-9-Billion-In-Procurement_10860.html July 28, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford A key House panel approved a $523.9 billion Pentagon spending bill yesterday with funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's alternate engine, a move that could bode well for the future of the propulsion program the White House opposes...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/HAC-D-Overrides-Chairman-DoD-In-Backing-F-35-Second-Engine_10862.html July 27, 2010
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] have wrapped up the first of three planned government-sponsored Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) firings at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the companies. The first firing required...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Boeing-Raytheon-Team-Complete-First-of-Three-Planned-JAGM-Shots_10852.html July 26, 2010
TASC, Inc., has implemented a new three-dimensional asset management system for the Navy that is based on passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and an inventory management system. The RFID Real Time Location System automatically inventories stock...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/TASC-Implements-3-D-RFID-Asset-Management-System-For-Navy_10841.html July 23, 2010
By Geoff Fein As the demand from both NASA and the Air Force for solid rocket motors declines, the cost to produce and maintain the Trident II D-5 submarine launched ballistic missile will significantly increase, according to a Navy official. The decline of...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Drop-In-Solid-Rocket-Motor-Production-Could-Impact-D-5-Official-Says_10839.html July 16, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford A Senate budget-writing panel agreed yesterday to cut President Barack Obama's proposed level of Pentagon funding, and a House committee could do the same thing next week. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) voted 17-12 yesterday to...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Senate-Appropriators-Trim-Overall-Pentagon-Budget-By-$8-1-Billion_10750.html July 15, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker Despite its surprising announcement on Tuesday that it plans to exit the shipbuilding business, Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said its shipbuilding operations can increase revenues and have significant room to improve profit margins in...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Northrop-Shipbuilding-Business-Has-Room-For-Sales-And-Profit-Growth_10729.html July 15, 2010
By Geoff Fein While the decision by Northrop Grumman [NOC] to consolidate almost all of its Gulf Coast shipbuilding work in Pascagoula, Miss., left a lot of unanswered questions, the company is positive about the shipyard's future, according to a company...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Moving-Work-to-Pascagoula-Will-Be-Positive-Official-Says_10730.html July 15, 2010
By Emelie Rutherford Louisiana politicians are pushing to have Northrop Grumman [NOC] build two more Navy amphibious ships than planned at its ill-fated Avondale facility, and defense-minded lawmakers are busy assessing the company's potential exit from the...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Louisiana-Pols-Want-More-Amphibs-Built-At-Avondale-To-Delay-Closure_10736.html July 14, 2010
Faced with the need to consolidate its Gulf Coast shipbuilding operations and a shipbuilding business that increasingly isn't aligned with its long-term strategic priorities, Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it is exploring strategic alternatives for its...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Northrop-Grumman-Exploring-Sale-of-Ship-Business_10722.html July 13, 2010
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin's [LMT] effort to enable submarines to have two-way communications at speed and depth cleared critical design review (CDR) earlier this month and will move to a testing phase in August before delivering engineering development...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Lockheed-Martin-Readies-For-August-Tests-of-Sub-Comms-Buoy-Effort_10716.html July 9, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy has been using virtual worlds to help foster better collaboration and innovation within the undersea fleet. Those efforts are being incorporated into training of submariners and design of the future fleet, Steve Aguiar, virtual worlds...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Navy-Moving-Closer-To-Taking-Submarine-Training-Into-The-Virtual-World_10699.html July 2, 2010
By Geoff Fein A Navy Judge Advocate General report on the finding of metal shavings on the oil side of the main propulsion diesel engines of the USS San Antonio (LPD-17) placed responsibility on numerous failures including poor workmanship and inadequate...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Numerous-Failures-Led-To-MDEP-Issues-On-LPD-17_10612.html June 25, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy is looking to grow opportunities for partnerships with allies in shipbuilding and littoral and mine warfare, according to program officials. For the program executive office (PEO) ships, foreign military sales (FMS) are a key part of...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Navy-Gains-From-Partnering-With-Allies-On-Shipbuilding-Officials-Say_10570.html June 23, 2010
By Geoff Fein Fiscal pressures on military budgets around the world have the potential to impact advances made in global maritime partnerships if all the parties don't take on some difficult questions, according to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Maritime-Partnerships-Could-Be-Impacted-By-Fiscal-Pressures-CNO-Says_10542.html June 17, 2010
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin's [LMT] second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-3) has reached the 50-percent completion mark, 15 months since contract award, a company official said. "To be at the 50 percent point, we are pleased to be able to get there so...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Lockheed-Martins-LCS-3-Halfway-Complete_10471.html June 15, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy has published the second version of its open architecture contract guidebook for program managers, making available information previously limited to government only use. The first version of the Naval Open Architecture Contract...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Navy-Updates-Latest-Version-of-OA-Contract-Guidebook_10448.html June 15, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker As the military services work to establish full operational capability (FOC) this fall for their newly established cyber commands, achieving real-time situational awareness of threats to their respective computer and information networks...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Service-Officials-Talk-Need-of-Obtaining-Situational-Awareness-For-Cyber_10450.html June 15, 2010
The first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite has completed Passive Intermodulation (PIM) testing, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing as well as the Spacecraft Level Baseline Integrated System Test...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/First-MUOS-Satellite-Finishes-Interference-Testing-On-First-Pass_10451.html June 10, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy recently wrapped up system integration testing on the USS Lincoln (CVN-72) strike group of a common computing environment that is serving as a risk mitigator for the Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) program...http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/Navy-Completes-Testing-of-Shipboard-Common-Computing-Environment_10421.html
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