Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCGD NASSCO Nabs $148 Million Contract For USS Cowpens Modernization
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) a $148 million contract for the FY ’18 modernization of the USS Cowpens (CG-62). […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Releases RFI For New Lightweight Hard Armor Plates
The Marine Corps released a request for information (RFI) Tuesday to gauge industry’s ability to deliver lightweight hard armor plates needed to replace its Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert (ESAPI), […]
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Navy/USMCSpencer Sees Readiness Improvement In First Year, $2.5 Billion Savings For Two-Carrier Buy
Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer last week said the service has made large strides in readiness in his first year on the job and also revealed a new two-aircraft […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Kicks Off Bug Bounty Program, Finds 75 Network Vulnerabilities
The Marine Corps is the latest service to kick off a bug bounty program to uncover vulnerabilities in its network, with hackers already discovering 75 security flaws at an event […]
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Navy/USMCHII Awarded $188 Million To Prepare For CVN-74 Overhaul
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $188 million contract for advance planning to prepare for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) work on the […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Marine Aviation Commanders Failing To Report Accurate Readiness Rates
Marine Corps aviation squadron commanders incorrectly reported the number of aircraft ready for combat, leading to inaccurate accounting of readiness rates across the service’s aviation units, according to the Defense […]
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Navy/USMC
Industry Officials Question Navy’s Approach To CHAMP Future Auxiliary Ships Program
Officials from several shipbuilding companies expressed concern Thursday that the Navy’s Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-mission Platform (CHAMP) effort to procure future auxiliary ships that would phase out legacy classes and […]
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ArmyGuard Troops, Dozens Of Aircraft Deployed To Fight West Coast Wildfires
At least 1,500 National Guard troops with more than two-dozen aircraft have deployed to fight the wildfires raging through Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. The largest of several wildfire […]
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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, […]