Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC2020 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/USMCNorthrop 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/USMCKratos 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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CongressCENTCOM 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/USMCAirbus 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/USMCNavy 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/USMCAirbus 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/USMCCarrier 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 […]
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Navy/USMCThe Navy’s New Drone Cruise Missile Target Reaches IOC
The Navy’s new sub-sonic aerial target (SSAT), the BQM-177A, reached Initial Operational Capability on Feb. 27. Built by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. [KTOS], the system is a recoverable target, […]
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CongressEUCOM Commander: DoD Needs More Destroyers in Europe to Counter Russia
The U.S. military would benefit from having two more destroyers stationed in Europe, and increased ship capacity overall, U.S. European Command’s leader said March 5. Speaking at a Senate Armed […]