Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Wants Runway Independent Long-Range UAS For Operations From Surface Combatants
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in partnership with the Navy, is soliciting solutions for runway independent long-range unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that deploy as suicide drones or deliver a munition […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Leaders See Battleship As Force Function For Lasers, Zumwalt As Testbed For Battleship
SAN DIEGO – Top Navy officers this week argued the Trump-class battleship may become a “forcing function” to bolster the demand signal for laser weapon development while the Zumwalt-class destroyer […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Pick GA-ASI’s YFQ-42A CCA To Inform Future MUX TACAIR Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced Tuesday it has been selected to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. […]
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Air ForceV-22s to Resume Restriction-Free Flight a Year Later Than Initially Projected
A dozen new, “Dash 123” proprotor gearboxes (PRGBs) for the Marine Corps/Navy/Air Force V-22 are coming off the line monthly, yet a legislator suggested on Tuesday that the rate needs […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host Unmanned And Strike Weapons Industry Event
The Navy on Monday issued a Request for Information notice with plans to host an industry this spring focused on Naval Air Systems Command technology needs. The Program Executive Officer […]
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Navy/USMCPentagon ‘Maxing Out’ Investment In DDGs In FY ‘27 Budget Request, Hegseth Says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the Pentagon’s forthcoming fiscal year 2027 budget request will include “maxing out” its investment in guided-missile destroyers (DDG). “I don’t know if I’m supposed […]
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Unmanned SystemsLockheed Martin Enters Unmanned Undersea Vessel Space With Lamprey
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday introduced an unmanned undersea vehicle, the Lamprey, to deliver multi-mission capabilities and effects in contested maritime environments. Lockheed Martin did not identify a specific Navy […]
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Air ForceCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar
Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop […]
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Navy/USMCBlackSea Conducts Keel Laying For New NightTrain Autonomous Logistics Vessel
BlackSea Technologies on Jan. 30 conducted a formal keel-laying ceremony marking the start of construction on its NightTrain autonomous logistics vessel. Night Train is the company’s autonomous, low-profile logistics vessel […]
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Missile DefenseDoD Inspector General Launches Audit Into SM-3 IIA
The Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General (OIG) last week announced it has opened an audit of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) management of the RTX [RTX] Standard […]
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