Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Huntington Ingalls Updates Ships Statuses, Reactivates Ingalls East Bank
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin provided an update on the various stages of construction on several major Navy shipbuilding programs during the Navy League’s Sea Air […]
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Navy/USMC
Geurts Says Carrier Block Buy Analysis Coming Soon
The Navy’s chief acquisition official told Congress last Thursday it plans to have an analysis of how much a block buy of the Ford-class carriers CVN-80 and 81 will cost […]
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Navy/USMC
Presidential VH-92A Helicopter On Track To Complete Development
Later this year, the VH-92A presidential helicopter program will complete an operations assessment before heading to a decision in mid-2019 on whether to proceed to the acquisition phase of the […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Says It Will Extend Life Of All DDG-51s, Reaching 355 Ships in 2030s
The deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems said on Thursday that the Navy is now planning to extend the life of all of its Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile […]
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Cyber
Industry Input Needed For Navy, Marine Corps Push For Tactical Cyber Operations
The sea services’ continued push of cyber activities to the tactical edge will require industry partners to deliver more resilient capabilities for offensive and training operations, according to military officials. […]
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Navy/USMC
HII Awarded Navy’s LX(R) Selection
Last week the Navy announced in a FedBizOpps posting that it selected Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding to build the LX(R) amphibious transport dock replacement with Flight II San […]
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Congress
Navy Might Someday Consider Buying More Than 12 Columbia-Class Submarines
The U.S. Navy, which has said for years that it wants to buy 12 Columbia-class, nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarines to replace its aging Ohio-class fleet, is leaving open the possibility […]
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Navy/USMC
Davidson At Fleet Forces Tapped For PACOM
Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced late Tuesday that the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command is being nominated to head U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM). While at Fleet Forces, Adm. […]
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Navy/USMC
F-35 Chief: Program Structure Should Change As Jet Enters Production, Operation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Impending changes to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter management structure are a natural result of the program moving from development to production and the jets becoming […]
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Homeland Security
Coast Guard Leaving Options Open For Future Polar Icebreaker Fleet Type
As the Coast Guard prepares to review industry bids for a new heavy polar icebreaker, the service is keeping its options open for the right number and mix of polar […]