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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Has Fielded Six G/ATOR Radars, Readying Full-Rate Production Decision Soon
The Marine Corps has completed initial operational tests for the first two blocks of its new mobile 360-degree radar system, with six systems already fielded and a full-rate production decision […]
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Navy/USMC
GAO Says CVN-79 May Exceed Cost Cap
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) annual assessment of the largest complex Defense Department programs said the second Ford-class aircraft carrier is at risk of breaching its cost cap. The future […]
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Cyber
Navy Awards Nine Companies Cyber Support Contracts Potentially Totaling $6.2 Billion
The Navy has awarded nine companies contracts for cyberspace operations support services with the deals potentially totalling $6.2 billion through 2026, the Pentagon announced Wednesday evening. BAE Systems, Booz Allen […]
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Navy/USMC
Raytheon To Integrate Naval Strike Missile Into Marine Corps
Under a new $47.6 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA), Raytheon [RTN] will integrate the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) into the Marine Corps force structure, the company said Monday. The NSM […]
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Navy/USMC
UPDATED: Half of US V-22s Can’t Fly And That Won’t Improve ‘Soon Enough’
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Just over half of the U.S. military’s V-22 Ospreys are ready to fly missions at any given time and the service doesn’t plan to hit its […]
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Navy/USMC
Confident in Twin-Engine Pitch, Airbus Readies For Navy Trainer Production
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Conspicuously absent from the show floor at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space Conference was the Airbus H135, given that its main competitors to build the Navy’s […]
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Navy/USMC
Third FY ‘20 Virginia Sub Means To Give Industry Time, Show Commitment
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Virginia-class submarine program manager said this week the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2020 request for a third vessel is meant to give contractors time to prepare to change […]
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Navy/USMC
DARPA And Marine Corps Cancel ARES Program For Cost Growth, Delays
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps have canceled the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) program because of cost overruns and schedule slips. Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk […]
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Geurts: Navy Focus On Columbia Margin About Sub Cadence
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s top acquisitions official said Tuesday the Navy’s concern with maintaining the Columbia-class ballistic missile (SSBN) submarine schedule margin is focused on the overall submarine […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Planning More Autonomous Platform Experiments, Standing Up USV Test Group In San Diego
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Navy is increasing the number of experiments with autonomous platforms, as the service looks to invest over $1 billion in unmanned technologies, to better understand the […]