Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Multi-Domain Before It Was Cool: Walsh On Why The U.S. Needs A Marine Corps
QUANTICO, Va. — As seemingly happens after every major U.S. conflict, Congress is again questioning why the nation should maintain the Marine Corps as an amphibious force when joint warfighting, […]
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Navy/USMC
Don’t Go It Alone: A Top U.S. Marine’s Advice For Modernizing On A Budget
QUANTICO, Va. — As the Marine Corps continues to, shiplike, slowly turn itself away from the insurgent wars it has fought for nearly two decades toward old-school strategic competition, it […]
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Navy/USMC
GE Nabs $630.5 Million Contract To Support Super Hornet And Growler Engines
The U.S. Navy awarded General Electric [GE] a $630.5 million contract to repair, replace, and support hundreds of engine components used on the F/A-18 E/F Super Horner and EA-18G Growler […]
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International
State Department Approves $321 Million In European Naval Weapons Sales
The State Department approved two potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for Denmark and the Netherlands to buy a total of $321 million in naval weapons this week. The Defense Security […]
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Navy/USMC
LCS-18 Finishes Acceptance Trials
The ninth Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Charleston (LCS-18), finished acceptance trials earlier this month, the Navy said on Wednesday. The Independence-variant ships are built by Austal […]
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Navy/USMC
Northrop Grumman Delivers First Enhanced G/ATOR Radar To Marine Corps Ahead Of Schedule
Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered the first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) with gallium nitride (GaN) antenna technology to the Marine Corps on July 18, nearly a month ahead of schedule, […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards Mods To FFG(X) Design Contractors
The Navy on Monday exercised $6 million to $8 million options in the future guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) conceptual design contract for all five contractors. Last February the Navy awarded […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Chief Combat Developer: Aviation An ‘Inherently Dangerous Business’
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — During a nearly 40-year career in the Marine Corps, much of it spent flying fighter jets, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh has seen a lot […]
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Navy/USMC
DoD IG: Navy Improperly Declared IOC For 3 LCS MCM Systems
The DoD Inspector General said the Navy improperly declared initial operational capability (IOC) for three Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mine countermeasures (MCM) mission packages, according to a report released July […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps To Save $100 Million By Repurposing HMMWV Equipment On JLTVs
The Marine Corps is looking to save up to $100 million with a plan to remove the Gunner Protection Kits (GPK) from its High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) fleet […]