Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCTwo More Overlord Unmanned Surface Vessels To Sail Next Year
Defense officials confirmed this week two more prototype unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are under construction on the Gulf Coast and will join the Navy by the end of fiscal year […]
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CongressSecNav Nominee Supports Larger Navy Plan, Unmanned Systems Only When Ready
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy on Tuesday said he supports the goal of a 355-ship Navy and promised to only advance unmanned systems technologies when […]
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Air ForceThree-Year Sustainment Contract for F-35 to Include Incentives to Improve Full Mission Capable Rates
The F-35 program has a “handshake agreement” with Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a three-year sustainment contract for the company’s F-35 Lightning II fighter–a contract that will come with incentives for […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Appropriators Criticize Navy For Destroyer, LCS Decommissioning Plan
The House Appropriations Committee criticized the Navy for cutting a destroyer from the previously planned fiscal year 2022 budget request and its plan to decommission additional littoral combat ships (LCSs) […]
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Partner ContentNavy Seeks Market Research On LAW Simulator
The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) to conduct market research on a potential Light Amphibious Warship simulator, revealing additional information on the ship’s design. The RFI, first published […]
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Air ForceMore Than 80 Companies Competing in U.S. Air Force JADC2 Effort
The U.S. Air Force has instituted a broad competition on maturing Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), as the service has brought in 81 companies to compete for JADC2 […]
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InternationalNorway And Germany Jointly Buying Submarines And Naval Strike Missiles
Norway and Germany announced an agreement on July 8 to jointly procure new submarines and Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs), seeking lower costs and allowing for longer term cooperation between both […]
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PentagonGAO: U.S. Air Force Needs to Reduce F-35 Costs Per Tail by $3.7 Million By 2036
The Pentagon must move out on affordability improvements for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter or risk breaking the budget for the plane, per a new Government Accountability […]
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PentagonAAR Corp. Settles False Claims Act Investigation by DOJ for $11 Million
The Wood Dale, Illinois-based AAR Corp [AIR] and its Melbourne, Fla.-subsidiary, AAR Airlift Group Inc., have agreed to pay the federal goverment more than $11 million after a False Claims […]
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Business/FinancialHII Says Alion Deal Scales Solutions Business In Key Areas, Aids Future Navy Needs
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Alion Science and Technology in a $1.7 billion deal that will more than double the size of its […]