Reporter: Ground Forces/Marine Corps
Defense Daily
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Dan Parsons
Articles By Dan
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Navy/USMCUSMC Aviation Chief: Open Architecture Key To Innovation, Rapidly Upgrading Platforms
QUANTICO, Va. — Modular open systems architecture is essential to rapidly developing, fielding and incrementally upgrading future platforms, Marine Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said Sept. 22. […]
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Navy/USMCIncumbent BAE Seeks To Build Marines’ Next Amphibious Vehicle
QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps has scrapped, for a time, its two-decade, $4 billion search for a planing amphibious tracked vehicle in favor of an immediate upgrade to its […]
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ArmyAfghanistan Spending Watchdog Concerned U.S. Wasting Money On Unneeded Weapons, Vehicles
The office in charge of keeping tabs on U.S. spending to rebuild Afghanistan and its security forces is concerned the Pentagon is wasting money buying military equipment the country’s U.S.-trained […]
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Air ForceSecDef Carter Calls Sequester, Continuing Resolution A ‘Straitjacket’
With fewer than 14 days left in the federal fiscal year, Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned that both of the most-likely answers to the current budget impasse would be wasteful […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Teams With Roketsan On Long-Range Missile For F-35
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Turkish company Roketsan have agreed to cooperatively develop a next-generation air-to-surface missile for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The so-called SOM-J is a new standoff cruise […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Chief Praises F-22 Performance Against ISIS
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The F-22 Raptor, long relegated to stateside Air Force hangars since its entry into service, is performing so well in its first combat deployment that older aircraft […]
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Air Combat Command Chief Praises F-22 Performance Against ISIS
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The F-22 Raptor, long relegated to stateside Air Force hangars since its entry into service, is performing so well in its first combat deployment that older aircraft […]
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Air ForceRockwell Collins Will Supply Cockpit Avionics For New USAF Rescue Helicopter
Sikorsky [UTX] has chosen Rockwell Collins [COL] as the avionics supplier for the Air Force’s HH-60W combat rescue helicopter (CRH), the companies said Sept. 14. Sikorsky was awarded the CRH […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Outlines Plans for Next-Generation Spy Plane
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – While working with the Air Force to keep the U-2 spy plane flying for as long as needed, Lockheed Martin [LMT] is anticipating an eventual need […]
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CyberDHS To Enact Real-Time Information Sharing On Industry Cyber Threats
The Department of Homeland Security is nearing the ability to receive notifications of cyber threats to the private sector in real time and will consolidate and route the information through […]