Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCCNO and Chinese Counterpart Discuss Behavior At Sea
The U.S. and Chinese Navy chiefs met in Beijing on Monday to discuss professional interactions at sea. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and his counterpart commander of the […]
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Navy/USMCMarines’ LAV Anti-Tank Weapon System To Reach Full-Operational Capability By End Of 2019
The Marine Corps’ Anti-Tank Weapon System (ATWS) for its light armored vehicles is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2019, officials announced last Thursday, two years after […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Requests CHAMP Industry Studies, Focus On Cost Reductions
The Navy released an unrestricted solicitation for industry studies of the Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform (CHAMP) on Tuesday that repeatedly stressed the importance of minimizing costs. CHAMP seeks to […]
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ArmyLeonardo DRS Receive $79.6 Million Trophy APS Order, Offering Light Version For Bradleys And Stykers
Leonardo DRS and Israel’s Rafael have received a $79.6 million TROPHY active protection system order for Army and Marine Corps Abrams tanks, the companies said Tuesday, as they continue to […]
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Navy/USMCSECNAV Assures Trump ‘You Can Fire Me’ If Carrier Elevators Not Fixed By Summer
Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer on Tuesday said he recently assured President Trump the weapons elevators on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) will be ready by […]
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ArmySikorsky Upgrading UH-60 Black Hawks to Prevent Corrosion
Sikorsky [LMT] is upgrading the U.S. military’s fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks to fight corrosion, increase the number of available flight days for the rotorcraft in Afghanistan and other deployed […]
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ArmyBoeing, Partners End 2018 With Billion-Dollar Rotorcraft Work Windfall
Atop winning several of the largest and most contentious military acquisition competitions of 2018, Boeing [BA] in the month of December alone took home a share of nearly $2 billion […]
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Navy/USMCDoD Approves Two-Carrier Buy, Expected To Save $4 Billion
The Office of the Secretary of Defense approved an agreement in December between the Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] to buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers at once, […]
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Navy/USMCBath Iron Works Nabs $911 Million Award To Build Fifth DDG Flight III
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] Bath Iron Works (BIW) a $911 million modification to exercise an FY 2019 option to build the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG-132. […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Looks To Acquire New Platforms ASAP in Updated Strategy Document, Drives Organizational Changes
The Chief of Naval Operations has pushed up the timeline to field multiple major ship and weapon platforms to as soon as possible (ASAP) in a new updated strategy document […]