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Marc Selinger
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BudgetLawmakers Blast Navy Plan To Retire Hospital Ship
The U.S. Navy’s plan to retire one of its two hospital ships is drawing fire from lawmakers who say the vessels provide important services for overseas humanitarian missions and victims of […]
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Air ForceF-35’s Next Development Phase Could Cost Nearly $11 Billion
The follow-on development phase for the U.S. Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is expected to cost about $10.9 billion over seven years, the program’s leader said March 7. […]
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Air ForceBoeing’s First KC-46A Tanker Delivery Likely Delayed To Late 2018, Air Force Says
Boeing’s [BA] delivery of the first KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force has been pushed back again, as the company continues to experience delays in completing flight tests […]
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UncategorizedAir Force To Study Replacement Options For Command And ISR Planes
The U.S. Air Force is gearing up to launch a study this summer on options for replacing its fleets of large command-and-control (C2) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) planes, […]
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Air ForceKey Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement
The head of a congressional defense subcommittee said March 6 that he intends to scrutinize the Air Force’s controversial plan to cancel its replacement for the aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance […]
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Air ForceKey Lawmaker To Examine Air Force Cancellation Of JSTARS Replacement
The head of a congressional defense subcommittee said March 6 that he intends to scrutinize the Air Force’s controversial plan to cancel its replacement for the aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance […]
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PentagonDoD’s New Research Chief Eyes Faster Hypersonics Development
The Pentagon’s new research chief said March 6 that improving the Department of Defense’s hypersonics capabilities will be his top technical priority because U.S. leadership in that area could be […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Studying How To Widely Share F-35 Sensor Data
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is exploring how the wealth of sensor data collected by its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be distributed to a wide range of air, land and sea […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Chief Seeks Faster Cost Cuts
The head of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s joint program office (JPO) says he is not satisfied with the pace at which the jet’s price is falling. Navy Vice Adm. Mat […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program Office, Contractor To Discuss Fighter Jet’s Deficiencies
The U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II joint program office (JPO) plans to hold a “consideration summit” with prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] in the “spring-summer timeframe” to discuss how to […]