Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Eyes 2026 Decision On First Ohio-Class SSBN Extension
Navy officials this week said the service plans to decide by fiscal year 2026 if it will extend the USS Alaska (SSBN-732) as the first of several Ohio-class ballistic missile […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Advanced Technology Lab Tests Chips for More Than 80 Federal Programs
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.–The Northrop Grumman [NOC] campus here has a more than five-decade history, beginning as Westinghouse, and today developing a variety of systems, including the Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Planning Five-Ship Block Buy Of Columbia SSBNs, Little Margin Left On First Sub
A Navy official this week confirmed the service plans to buy five Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) in a block buy after the first two vessels, while also noting […]
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Air ForceDoD to Examine Options for Hard and Deeply Buried Targets
While the Biden administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) has proposed retiring the B83 megaton capable gravity bomb, the Pentagon is to examine nuclear and conventional options against hard and deeply […]
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CongressFormer Government Ethics Official Raises Issue of Members of Congress Holding and Trading Defense Stock
On June 23rd this year, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sold between $50,001 and $100,000 of Lockheed Martin [LMT] stock held in […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Looks To Test USV Hazard Avoidance Radars
The Navy issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Oct. 26 seeking information from industry, academia, and government research and development organizations on radars to be used on unmanned surface […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Concludes Live Fire Tests With Medium-Range Intercept Capability Prototype
The Marine Corps recently conducted the third and final live fire test of its Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) prototype, with the latest demonstration featuring Tamir interceptor missiles fired from […]
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $2.4 Billion Contract For LHA-9
The Navy awarded HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] a $2.4 billion contract modification on Oct. 27 for the detail, design and construction of the fourth America-class amphibious assault ship, LHA-9. The […]
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Special OperationsSOCOM Official Highlights HSVTOL Demand for Indo-Pacific and Command Shift to China/Russia Deterrence
A top U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) official on Oct. 26 highlighted the command’s need for High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) systems and SOCOM’s planned shift to a 60 […]
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ArmyDoD Conducting A Round Of Hypersonic Testing This Week
The Defense Department is conducting a second flight campaign this week with hypersonic experiments to help develop hypersonic weapons and defense, the Navy said on Oct. 26. The campaign is […]
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