Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCSASC Bill Adds Advanced Procurement To Navy’s Shipbuilding Funds
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) draft FY 2020 defense authorization bill would authorize a moderate amount of funds over the Navy’s shipbuilding request for additional advanced procurement funds. According […]
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Navy/USMCHAC Favors Old Sub Maintenance Over Third New Attack Sub
The House Appropriations Committee FY 2020 defense appropriations bill moves hundreds of millions of dollars from funding for a third Virginia-class submarine to conduct maintenance work on three older boats. […]
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Navy/USMCAustal Lodges Protest Over HII’s LCS Planning Yard Services Win
Austal USA filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week against a recent Navy $932 million award to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) […]
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Navy/USMCElectric Boat Wins $497 Million Mod For Sub Industrial Base
The Navy on Monday awarded General Dynamics’s [GD] Electric Boat (GDEB) a $497 million modification for a submarine industrial base development and expansion to support the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And BAE Test Vulcano Precision-Guided Navy Munition
Last summer the Navy and BAE Systems conducted a set of tests demonstrating the company’s 5-inch Vulcano precision-guided munition (PGM) fired from the Mk 45 naval gun, the company said. John Perri, […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Recommends Three More P-8As For Navy Reserve
House appropriators recommended the defense appropriations bill add $469 million for three P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the FY 2020 Navy budget to help recapitalize Navy Reserve forces, according to the […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky Awarded $1.1 Billion for 12 CH-53K King Stallions
Sikorsky on Friday was awarded a $1.1 billion contract for 12 heavylift CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, the Department of Defense announced on Friday, with $509 million for the current fiscal […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Funds Navy Nuclear SLCM AoA, But Directs Report
The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee recommends funding the Navy’s analysis of alternatives (AoA) for a new nuclear-armed Sea-launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N), but has concerns and directs the Secretary of the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To “Pay For Value” In 3D Printing
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer yesterday emphasized the service is willing to “pay for value” to incorporate more additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, of parts throughout the service. While speaking at […]
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Navy/USMCInside the Phased-Array Antenna Boeing is Putting on the MQ-25
Boeing [BA] is introducing a new flat phased-array satcom antenna for military aircraft, starting with the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker that the company is developing for the Navy. The new […]