Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCBWXT Sitting Out Submarine Missile Tube Work Amid 3Q Earnings Boom
BWX Technologies [BWXT], trumpeting strong third-quarters results Tuesday, remained non-committal about building more common missile compartment tubes for U.S. naval submarines, beyond those the company is already under contract to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy, GD Agree to 9-10 Sub Virginia Block V Ahead Of Contract
The Navy and General Dynamics’ [GD] Electric Boat (EB) have reached an agreement to buy nine to 10 Block V Virginia-class submarines in a multiyear contract to be awarded in […]
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Navy/USMCCBO Says Navy Doubled New Sealift Vessel Cost In Overestimate
A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report says the Navy’s estimate for the cost of potential new sealift vessels is about double what standard practice expects. The report released last […]
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SpaceDoD’s Commercial SATCOM Office Preparing Several Awards In 2020, Including $1 Billion Navy Contract
The Pentagon’s commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) office will release a final proposal request next April for a potential 10-year, $1 billion contract to provide the Navy’s broadband enterprise satellite services, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy May Change Carrier Readiness Model
A top Navy official last month said the service is reexamining the current carrier strike group readiness generation model because it may no longer fit today’s realities. “We recognize that […]
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Navy/USMCLHA-7 Finishes Acceptance Trials
The America-class amphibious assault ship future USS Tripoli (LHA-7) finished acceptance trials upon returning to shipbuilder’s Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., the Navy said Oct. […]
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SSN-791 Submarine Delivered To The Navy
The Navy accepted delivery of the eighth and last Block III Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Delaware (SSN-791), on Oct. 25. Construction on SSN-791 started in 2013 and it is […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Reconsidering CVN-79 Two-Phase Carrier Delivery
The Navy’s top acquisition official is considering if the second Ford-class aircraft carrier should change from a dual to single-phase delivery to reduce risk going forward. “I’m personally looking at […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Awards BAE Systems $120 Million For Third ACV Low-Rate Production Order
BAE Systems has received a $120 million contract modification from the Marine Corps for the third Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) low-rate production order, with deliveries to begin in the first […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Preparing For Year-Long CR
The Secretary of the Navy has directed plans to prepare for a potential one-year continuing resolution (CR), should delayed defense appropriations not get resolved by the end of the year. […]