Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Readying Capability Recommendations From Experimental Force Development Program
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s (MCWL) Sea Dragon force development has resulted in new recommendations for unmanned tools needed to improve logistics capabilities, and officials are readying to shift focus […]
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Navy/USMCGeurts: Two Carrier Buy Decision By End Of Year, Would Save Over $2.5 Billion
The Navy’s top acquisition official on Tuesday said he expects the Defense Department to make a final decision on whether the Navy will buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Gives Lockheed Martin $108 Million For IRST Design
Boeing [BA] awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $108 million contact for Phase II of the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II program. Boeing is the prime contractor for the […]
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Navy/USMCNew VH-92 Presidential Helo Performed Test Landings at White House In September
With surprisingly little notice or fanfare, a developmental VH-92 Presidential Helicopter flew from Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland in September and landed on the White House South Lawn. […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Gets Another $282 Million For MMSC
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] another $282 million undefinitized modification on Nov. 16 for more long-lead-time material and detail design to build four Multi-Mission Surface […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Finds Navy Spent $1.5 Billion on Attack Subs Idling for 61 Months
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that since FY 2008 the Navy has spent over $1.5 billion on 14 attack submarines sitting idle waiting to enter a shipyard […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-27 Designed To Receive Naval Strike Missile, Lockheed Working To Backfit Older Models
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Lockheed Martin [LMT] designed the future Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) as the first LCS to receive the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and it is […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon, Palantir To Test Software For Navy’s Future Logistics System
The Navy has awarded Raytheon [RTN] and Palantir contracts to test their software offerings for potential use in the service’s next-generation logistics system, officials announced last Wednesday. Both companies are […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Accepts Tenth Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessel
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (EPF-10) from Austal USA on Nov. 15. The EPFs are non-combat ships geared to on and […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Upgrading LCS RHIB Ramp
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A Lockheed Martin [LMT] official said they are modifying the rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) ramp on Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) as an upgrade to let […]