Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy Pushing 10 Unmanned Ships Over Five Years
The Navy’s FY 2020 budget request is pushing to start a new 10-ship “Ghost Fleet” of large unmanned surface vehicles (LUSVs) to add more sensors and weapons to the manned […]
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Navy/USMC
CNO: Truman Sidelined For Future Technology Investments
The Chief of Naval Operations on Wednesday said the service is canceling the refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) to focus on new technologies, even while the leaders […]
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Navy/USMC
2020 Navy Budget Requests 12 More Ships, Two Unmanned Vessels, And Cancels Truman
The details of the U.S. Navy’s fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget request released on March 12 explains its plan to build 12 new ships, procure two unmanned surface vessels, and […]
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Navy/USMC
Northrop Grumman Gets $323 Million AARGM-ER EMD Contract
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Northrop Grumman a $323 million contract on Thursday for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – […]
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Navy/USMC
Kratos And Corvid Win $223 Million Award For Navy Sub-Orbital Flight Vehicles
The Navy awarded Corvid Technologies LLC a $223 million contract on March 4 to deliver sub-orbital flight vehicles over a five-year ordering period, which covers missile defense test targets. This […]
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Congress
CENTCOM Leverages Allied Support to Offset Carrier Needs, Commander Says
U.S. Central Command requires support from coalition partners to provide a sufficient carrier strike group presence and meet mission needs in its area of responsibility, the command’s leader told lawmakers […]
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Navy/USMC
Airbus Touts Four-Axis Autopilot on H135 to Improve Navy Training
ABOVE ATLANTA — Airbus is touting the four-axis autopilot on the company’s twin-engine H135 aircraft as a way to improve Navy training by getting student pilots ready for hazardous, night-time […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Sets Up PEO Columbia
The Navy announced the establishment of Program Executive Office Columbia (PEO CLB) on Wednesday to better focus on the Navy’s “number one acquisition priority,” the new nuclear-armed ballistic missile SSBN […]
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Navy/USMC
Airbus Selects Pratt & Whitney PW206B3 for H135 Navy Trainer Proposal
Airbus Helicopters has selected the Pratt & Whitney [UTX] PW206B3 engine to power its twin-engine H135 IFR-certified helicopter, which the company is offering as the U.S. Navy’s replacement trainer. “In […]
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Navy/USMC
Carrier Elevator Test Site Will Procure New Elevator, Ford Accepts Second Elevator
The Navy will procure a new ship-representative advanced weapons elevator (AWE) for the land-based test site for Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier elevators while the Ford has accepted its second […]