Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCAs Army Plans JLTV Cut, Commandant Says Marines Will ‘Buy Less’ Without Budget Increase
Without an increase in its budget, the Marine Corps’ highest ranking officer said the service will have to “buy less” Joint Light Tactical Vehicles going forward in the wake of […]
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InternationalSenators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Streamline AUKUS Defense Industrial Base Collaboration
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a new bill aimed at streamlining defense industrial base collaboration with Australia and the U.K. for the AUKUS submarine technology sharing agreement. Sens. Tim […]
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Navy/USMCAustal USA Launches First Steel Ship, the Navajo-class T-ATS 11
Austal USA this month launched its first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11). T-ATS 11 is the first of five Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship ships […]
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Navy/USMCTrump Nominates Caudle As Next Chief of Naval Operations
President Trump nominated Adm. Daryl Caudle to be the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this month, after removing Adm. Lisa Franchetti about four months ago. According to a congressional […]
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Navy/USMCHoneywell, Near Earth Conduct First Flight Test Of Autonomous AW139 Helicopter
Honeywell [HON] and Near Earth Autonomy have completed the first flight test of their autonomous Leonardo AW139 helicopter offering for the Marine Corps’ Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program, the firms […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Says Navy To Merge MUSV and LUSV Programs, Skeptical XLUUV To Become Program Of Record
The Navy plans to merge the programs for the Large and Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV and MUSV) into a single autonomous surface craft program while delays to the Orca […]
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Air ForceCBO: Availability of 7-Year-Old F-35A That of a 36-Year-Old F-16C/D
Facing a “China scenario”–an invasion of Taiwan–continuously mentioned by top DoD officials in recent years would require sheer system number that the U.S. may not have. For their part, U.S. […]
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Air ForcePentagon Fiscal 2026 Budget to Prioritize USAF F-47 Over Navy F/A-XX
Of the Pentagon’s two sixth generation fighter programs, the U.S. Air Force F-47 by Boeing [BA] takes priority in DoD’s upcoming fiscal 2026 budget request, while the U.S. Navy F/A-XX […]
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Navy/USMCSASC Chairman Lambasts Trump Navy Budget, Says Assumes Reconciliation To Pay For Some Annual Appropriations
In his opening statement during a hearing of Navy Department officials, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday strongly criticized the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 […]
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Air ForceDoD Looks to End USAF E-7 in Fiscal 2026 Budget Request
The Pentagon is looking to end the U.S. Air Force (USAF) E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft by Boeing [BA] in the Trump administration’s upcoming full fiscal 2026 budget request. […]