Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Seeks Industry Info On Sub-Launched UAS
The Navy is requesting white papers to determine capabilities for a submarine-launched unmanned aerial system (SLUAS) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, according to a recent notice. “The Navy […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards HII $315 Million Mod For CVN-79 Single Phase Delivery
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $315 million modification on Monday to move the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) aircraft carrier from two-phase to single-phase delivery and […]
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Wins $88 Million U.S. Marine Corps VSAT Contract
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an $88 million program award for Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT). Under the firm-fixed-price, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, L3Harris will supply up to 169 Panther […]
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Navy/USMCProject Overmatch To Push Naval Tactical Grid And Align Services
Navy officials last week explained how the new Project Overmatch directed by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) will help the services align in a joint network. “That is in […]
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Navy/USMCNavy League Pushes Sea-Air-Space 2021 Back To Summer
The Navy League said on Monday it is pushing back the Sea-Air-Space 2021 expo from April 12-14 to Aug. 2-4 as a cautionary measure amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization […]
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Navy/USMCSecNav Touts $46 Billion In Navy Savings Toward Shipbuilding
Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite recently said the service was able to find $46 billion in savings to shift to shipbuilding for a larger future fleet that will be […]
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Navy/USMCSecNav Says Navy Will Build More Frigates, Floats It For Allied Sales, Boosts Light Carrier Idea
Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite on Wednesday confirmed the service plans to procure more than 20 new Constellation-class (FFG-62) frigates, suggested selling the hull to allied states akin to […]
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Navy/USMCGD Not Yet Planning To Build 3 Virginia Subs
General Dynamics [GD] has no plans to increase Virginia-class attack submarine production to three vessels per year yet after the Secretary of Defense outlined a future naval plan calling for […]
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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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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 […]