Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin Introduces ‘Sidekick’ Weapons Rack for F-35C
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on May 1 that it has developed a new weapons rack, called “Sidekick,” to increase the internal weapons carrying capacity of the aircraft carrier variant of […]
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Navy/USMC
Pence: Administration Will Not Retire USS Truman Early
Vice President Mike Pence told sailors on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Tuesday in Norfolk, Va. that the administration will not retire the ship, as the Navy previously planned […]
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Navy/USMC
Boeing Says MQ-25 IOC To Speed Up Via Test Asset And Embedded Program Office
Boeing [BA] told reporters on Monday it believes using its pre-award test asset for 18 months and having an embedded Navy program office will help speed up initial operational capability […]
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International
Poland Signs Contract with Leonardo Helicopters for Four AW101s
Amid a military modernization effort by Poland to counter possible Russian revanchism, the Polish Military of Defense has signed a more than $424 million contract with Leonardo Helicopters for four […]
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Navy/USMC
150 kW LaWS Follow-On Laser Going On Portland Later This Year
The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) 150 kW follow-on to the Laser Weapons System (LaWS) will be moved to the USS Portland (LPD-27) later this year, according to a Navy […]
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Pentagon
New GAO Report Paints Worrying Picture for F-35 Sustainment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report April 25 offering new recommendations to improve the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain and sustainment issues, and warns that without […]
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Navy/USMC
CAE Wants to Help the Pentagon Train Pilots Through Data Analysis
Canadian simulator and training provider CAE Inc. [CAE] is in talks with the U.S. Navy to add its new high-tech data analysis tool suite, CAE Rise, to existing and future […]
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Navy/USMC
Two Carriers Deploy To Mediterranean To Send Message To Russia
Two aircraft carriers strike groups are operating in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time since 2016 as part of a message to Russia. The U.S. 6th Fleet noted the […]
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Navy/USMC
CBO: Sub Maintenance At Private Yards Less Expensive, But Gap Narrowing
A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report found that submarine maintenance has tended to be 31 percent less expensive at private shipyards over public shipyards, but that gap has been […]
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Navy/USMC
GD Wins $269 Million Mod For 42 More U.S./UK Sub Missile Tubes
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded General Dyamics’ [GD] Electric Boat (GDEB) a $269 million modification on April 19 to build 42 more missile tubes for the upcoming Columbia-class and […]