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Navy/USMCLittoral Combat Ship Surrogate Undergoes Fire Tests
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has completed tests to assess the vessel’s ability to withstand blasts and fire caused by weapons, the Navy said Aug. 11. The tests, which […]
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Homeland SecurityDynetics To Unveil New Version Of Ground Surveillance Radar
Dynetics, whose GroundAware ground surveillance radar is designed to provide security for critical infrastructure, will soon unveil a new short-range, wide-field-of-view version of the system, company officials said Aug. 11. […]
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Marines Begin ‘Reset’ Of CH-53E Helicopter Fleet
The U.S. Marine Corps has begun a three-year effort to repair all of its 147 aging CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Aug. 10. During […]
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InternationalTaiwan Needs U.S. Help To Develop Submarines, Experts Say
Taiwan, which is developing its own fleet of submarines to protect the island nation, could use American naval expertise to help make the vessels a reality, according to two Asia […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Near F-35’s First Overseas Deployment
The U.S. Marine Corps is on track to begin deploying its new Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter overseas for the first time in early 2017 in the Western […]
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Missile DefenseGMD Missile Defense System Needs More Oversight, Group Says
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a longtime critic of U.S. missile defense programs, recommends in a new report that the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system […]
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Air ForceThird SBIRS Satellite Shipped To Florida For October Launch
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] shipped the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile-warning satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., last week for its fall launch. […]
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
Kratos Drone. Eric DeMarco, president and CEO of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, says “we are now confident” that the company-funded Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP-22), an unmanned combat jet […]
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ArmyLockheed To Test Small Interceptor Against RAM Targets
Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to fire its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor at airborne targets in the coming months in hopes of persuading the U.S. Army to buy the lightweight weapon […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Urges Delay In Navy’s DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer Purchases
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) urged the Navy Aug. 4 to hold off on procuring a new version of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile destroyer until the ship’s design is […]