Navy/USMC
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Business/FinancialBWXT Chief Doesn’t Foresee Earnings Hit Over Botched Missile Tubes
Botched welding jobs on 12 missile tubes for the Navy’s next-generation ballistic-missile submarine should not materially affect tube-vendor BWX Technologies’ [BWXT] bottom line this year, the company’s chief executive said […]
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Navy/USMCLeonardo: Single Engine TH-119 Packs Twin-Engine Punch For Navy Trainer
With the TH-119, Leonardo Helicopters is offering the U.S. Navy twin-engine performance, power and safety in a single-engine package that is less expensive to buy and maintain. “With the TH-119, […]
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Navy/USMCLast Legacy Super Cobra Enters US Marine Corps Maintenance Program
The last legacy AH-1W Super Cobra entered the Navy’s integrated maintenance program at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in mid-July. Continuing the attack aircraft’s legacy snake nomenclature, W-model Super Cobras are being […]
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SpaceNavy Starts Expanding MUOS Use
The Navy late last week said its next generation narrowband five satellite constellation communication system was approved by U.S. Strategic Command for expanded operational use. This means early-adopted commands in […]
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Navy/USMCEPF-10 Finishes Acceptance Trials
The U.S. Navy’s 10th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, the future USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), successfully finished acceptance trials, the Navy said on Friday. The EPF ships, built by Austal USA in […]
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Navy/USMCHII Awarded $165.5 Million For First LPD Flight II Long-Lead Materials
The Navy on Thursday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding a $165.5 million contract to procure long-lead time materials and non-recurring engineering activities for the first LPD Flight II […]
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Navy/USMCMulti-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/USMCDon’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/USMCGE 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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InternationalState 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 […]