Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCHII Ingalls Has ‘Great Interest’ As Second Frigate Yard, Seeking Stability In Amphib Production
The top executive at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] this week said the company is very interested in being a second shipyard for the new Constellation-class frigate and is hoping for […]
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Navy/USMCFleet Forces And SecNav Argue For More Maintenance Yards
Top Navy officials this week promoted the idea of adding more public shipyards to improve ship maintenance. Speaking during the annual Surface Navy Association symposium on Wednesday, Adm. Daryl Caudle, […]
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CongressHASC Seapower’s Top Dem Calls Reported FY ‘24 Spending Cap Plan ‘A Fool’s Errand’
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee said Wednesday discussions around capping fiscal year 2024 discretionary spending at FY ‘22 enacted levels is “a fool’s errand,” calling […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Developing New AN/APG-85 Radar for F-35 Lot 17 and Beyond
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 11 that it is developing the AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for Lot 17 and beyond of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAvenger Drone Advances Collaborative Combat Aircraft Concept, General Atomics Says
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) said on Jan. 11 that a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger drone advanced the company’s internally funded work on Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in three autonomous […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Tells Shipbuilders To Prove They Can Increase Production
The Navy shipbuilding industry needs to build new ships faster to prove it can utilize a record level of shipbuilding funds approved by Congress in the fiscal year 2023 budget, […]
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Navy/USMCFairbanks Morse Defense Introduces High-Speed Engine To Meet Evolving Navy Needs
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), which has a long history of developing and manufacturing medium-speed diesel engines for Navy vessels, this week introduced its first high-speed engine to compete to power […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Announces First Technology Refresh-3 Flight
A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., flew the Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) configuration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter for the first […]
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Navy/USMCHII Nabs Planning Contract For Zumwalt Hypersonic Missile Upgrade
The Navy awarded HII [HII] a $10.5 million contract on Jan. 6 to plan the modernization work that will install the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapons on the Zumwalt-class […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Looks To Certify Medium-Range Intercept Capability Prototype For Fielding
The Marine Corps has officially approved moving ahead to get its Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) prototype certified, with plans for a series of activities this year to inform a […]