Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
HII Sees Two Carrier Buy Saving $1.6 Billion Before GFE
National Harbor, Md. — The president of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) said the company sees a two-carrier purchase of the next Gerald R. Ford-class carriers as […]
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Navy/USMC
Bell, Leonardo Vying For Potential Navy Training Helicopter Contract
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter and Leonardo are touting two different approaches, pitching cost effectiveness against full requirements, for a potential Navy contract to replace its fleet […]
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Congress
TRANSCOM Head Defends Plan To Buy Foreign-Made Cargo Ships
The leader of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is defending the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 request to buy up to 24 foreign-built, used commercial ships for the military’s reserve fleet, […]
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Navy/USMC
Only V-22 Can Ferry Spare Engines To F-35s Aboard Navy Carriers
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Without the V-22 Osprey to deliver spare engines, nations buying the naval version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be able to deploy them […]
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Navy/USMC
Marines Seeking Foreign Buyers To Extend H-1 Production Line Out To 2030s
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Having nearly fielded its planned fleet of upgraded attack and utility helicopters, the Marine Corps is seeking foreign buyers to keep the Bell [TXT] H-1 production […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Nearing Multi-Year Destroyer Contract That Ramps Production To Three Ships Per Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is nearing a multi-year procurement deal for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers that would take production out to fiscal 2022 and ramp production back […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Continues To Expand Testing Envelope For E-2D Refueling Upgrade
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Since its first aerial refueling flight last summer, testing of a modification to the Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft so that it can refuel in flight […]
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin’s MQ-25 Has No Prototype, But An F-18 Engine
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lockheed Martin [LMT] revealed Monday its MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based unmanned tanker offering does not have a completed prototype and will use the General Electric [GE] F404 […]
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Navy/USMC
Italy Live Fire Tests AARGM, U.S. Navy Says AARGM-ER Will Have Notable Range Improvement
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) revealed last week the Italian Air Force conducted a successful test of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile […]
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Business/Financial
L3 Introduces Next-Generation Of Its Iver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–L3 Technologies [LLL] on Monday introduced the newest generation of its Iver family of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), the Iver4-PW, which more than doubles the range of the […]
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