Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy 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/USMCMarine 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/USMCDoD 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/USMCMarine 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 […]
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Navy/USMCDefense Authorization Bill Settles On PE Policy Changes
The final draft of the FY 2019 defense authorization bill, which the House passed on Thursday, makes several policy changes to help the Navy and Air Force continue to root […]
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Navy/USMCKey Surface Navy Reforms In Final NDAA
House And Senate fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill conferees agreed on several Navy surface warfare reforms while making some of the stronger changes into studies. A provision in the […]
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Air ForceWith Billions in Contracts, Boeing Builds $100 Million V-22 Osprey Factory
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Flush with a $4 billion multiyear deal for at least 58 V-22 Ospreys, Boeing [BA] is investing $100 million in a brand-new production line to crank […]
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Navy/USMCFinal NDAA OKs More Columbia Prep Funds, SSCs, And MQ-25 Prep
The negotiated conference result for the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) had Senate and House members agree to increase advanced procurement funds for the Columbia-class submarine, approve additional ship-to-shore […]
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Navy/USMCPitching H135 as US Navy Trainer, Airbus Hopes Lightning Strikes Twice
Airbus Helicopters hopes the commercial approach it took providing the UH-72 Lakota as the U.S. Army’s primary helicopter trainer will appeal to the Navy when it chooses its own new […]
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Navy/USMCNDAA Conference OKs CVN-81, 3 LCSs, And Advanced Procurement For LPD Flight II
In the negotiated conference version of the fiscal year (FY) 2019 defense authorization bill, House and Senate members agreed to authorize the fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, three Littoral […]