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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Sikorsky $550 Million Mod For Six Additional CH-53Ks
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] a $550 million modification to produce six more CH-53K Lot IV low rate initial production (LRIP) King Stallion helicopters. This […]
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InternationalBoeing Announces Five Partners In Canadian Fighter Bid
Boeing [BA] announced five partners in its F/A-18 E/F Block III Super Hornet bid for Canada’s fighter replacement project on Tuesday. Boeing is one of three current competitors looking to […]
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Navy/USMCWicker Approves of Esper’s Navy Plan, With Reservation On Unmanned Component
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) approved of the overall future Navy plan Secretary of Defense Mark Esper outlined earlier this month, with some reservations on unmanned ship speed. “As a longtime […]
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Navy/USMCVertex Aerospace Wins Navy Contract For New Helo Trainer Logistics, Maintenance Support
The Navy awarded Vertex Aerospace a $70 million contract for base year Contractor Logistics and Maintenance Support (CLS) for the service’s new TH-73A trainer helicopter, Naval Air Systems Command said […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. And U.K. Navies Look Towards Interchangeability
The U.S. and U.K. Navy service chiefs agreed to a Statement of Intent (SOI) on Oct. 21 to endeavor to move from interoperability and cooperation toward having interchangeable forces and […]
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Navy/USMCNational Security Adviser: All Destroyers Getting Hypersonic Missiles
President Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday said the Navy plans to field hypersonic missiles on all destroyers. While the service previously said it planned to base Conventional Prompt Strike […]
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InternationalState Department Approves Another $2 Billion In Taiwan Military Sales
The State Department approved three possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Taiwan worth nearly $2 billion for AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missiles, High Mobility Artillery Rocket […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing And Navy Plan To Develop Ramjet Missile Demonstrator
The U.S. Navy and Boeing [BA] are co-developing a ramjet flight demonstrator missile while the service works toward a future aircraft carrier-based weapon, the company said Tuesday. Boeing won a […]
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Navy/USMCGeurts Announces London Tech Bridge
The Navy’s top acquisition official on Tuesday announced the establishment of the first NavalX tech bridge overseas, in London. “I’m proud to announce that we are going to establish our […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-1000 Conducts First Missile Test
The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) conducted its first live test fire of a Standard Missile (SM)-2 out of its Mk 57 vertical launching system last week, the Navy said Monday. This […]
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