Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Two LCSs To Austal, One To Lockheed Martin
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) this week awarded two fixed-price firm target modifications to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal USA for one and two FY 2018 Littoral Combat Ships […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Starts Valiant Shield Exercise In Marianas Islands And Guam
U.S. military forces have started the 2018 iteration of the biennial Valiant Shield field training exercise held around the Marianas Island Range Complex and on Guam this week. The service […]
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Navy/USMCGD Wins $481 Million Mod For More Columbia Work
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat (GDEB) a $481 million modification on last Thursday for more Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program long-lead time […]
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Navy/USMCFinal FY ’19 Appropriations Bill Funds Three LCSs, More Shipbuilding
The FY ’19 defense appropriations bill conference report funds three Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), conditional approval of a two-aircraft carrier buy, and kicks in some extra money for the submarine […]
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ArmyConsensus Defense Funding Bill Boosts Army, Navy Rotorcraft Procurement
A consensus spending bill agreed to by U.S. House and Senate budgeters would fully fund military rotorcraft procurement programs and boost funding for Army helicopters and Marine Corps tiltrotors. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Suspends Triton Flights After Crash Landing
The Navy has ordered an operational stand down of its first MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19 following a recent crash landing at the Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), […]
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Navy/USMCMilitary Has Florence Surrounded With Ships, Aircraft To Ensure Quick Response
Two U.S. Marine Corps amphibious ships, loaded with 16 helicopter and six V-22s, are tailing Hurricane Florence as it barrels toward the Carolinas so they can deploy inland and immediately […]
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Navy/USMCMQ-4C Triton Crashes In California
One of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) crashed yesterday on a Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Calif., base runway following an inflight mechanical issue and landing gear failure. […]
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ArmySerco Awarded $51 Million Contract For Shipboard CIWS Support
IT service management company Serco, Inc. said on Tuesday it’s been awarded a $51 million single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue providing installation support for Close-In Weapons Systems […]
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InternationalJapan Intercepts Target Missile In First Aegis SM-3 IB Test
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer successfully conducted its first Aegis missile defense intercept test with the Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IB off the coast of Hawaii on […]