Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
GAO Says Navy Not Ready For Battle Damage Repair
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds the Navy is not positioned to provide battle damage repairs for its warships in a potential high-end fight and needs to improve […]
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Navy To Homeport Frigates At Naval Station Everett
The Navy announced on Wednesday that the first set of new Constellation-class guided-missile frigates will be homeported at Naval Station Everett in Washington. The service said Everett will be the […]
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Budget
Second DDG-51 And Naval Tactical Grid Work In 2022 Leads Navy’s $5.56 Billion Unfunded List
The Navy’s top unfunded priorities for FY ‘22 are $1.66 billion for a second Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 Flight III destroyer and $53.9 million for the Naval Tactical Grid, according to […]
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Congress
Pentagon Drones Have Flown Twice the Flying Hours of Manned Aircraft
Pentagon unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have flown twice the flying hours of manned, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) planes flying missions comparable to those of the drones, per a new […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy’s 2022 Budget Requests $3 Billion Less Aircraft Procurement As Programs End
The Navy’s fiscal year 2022 budget request would decrease the service’s new aircraft procurement spending to $16.5 billion, down from $19.5 billion in FY ‘21 amid the end of several […]
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Navy 2022 Budget Requests $22.6 Billion In Shipbuilding, Prioritizing Readiness Over Fleet Growth
The Navy’s fiscal year 2022 budget request seeks $22.6 billion for eight new battle force ships, cutting a planned destroyer, and also divesting $1.3 billion in capabilities including several cruisers […]
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Navy/USMC
Navistar To Pay U.S. $50 Million To Settle Complaint It Overcharged For MRAP Parts
Navistar Defense [NAV] will pay the U.S. government $50 million to settle a complaint that the vehicle manufacturer overcharged the military by inflating the cost of parts for Mine-Resistant Ambush […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Tests First Stage Rocket Of Hypersonic Weapon
The Navy’s Strategic Systems Program successfully conducted a test of the first stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on May 27 for the Defense Department’s hypersonic weapon effort. The test occurred […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Test Integrating Sniper Pods On Kuwait Super Hornets
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Navy completed the first flight integrating the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) with the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, the company said May […]
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NAVAIR Extending Super Hornet Initiatives To Other Aircraft
The head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) this week explained how the Navy has increased mission capable rates of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and said the same initiatives are being […]
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