Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Reveals Only Seven T-45 PEs Since September, Found One Main Cause
The head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Tuesday the Navy has made progress in reducing physiological episodes (PEs) in the T-45 trainer aircraft, having only seven since last […]
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BudgetLawmakers Blast Navy Plan To Retire Hospital Ship
The U.S. Navy’s plan to retire one of its two hospital ships is drawing fire from lawmakers who say the vessels provide important services for overseas humanitarian missions and victims of […]
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BudgetLawmakers Blast Navy Plan To Retire Hospital Ship
The U.S. Navy’s plan to retire one of its two hospital ships is drawing fire from lawmakers who say the vessels provide important services for overseas humanitarian missions and victims of […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And Congress Grapple With How To Increase Fleet And Maintain Shipbuilders
Members of Congress and Navy officials grappled this week with how to maintain shipbuilders, lower costs, and increase the size of the Navy towards the 355-ship goal given long timelines […]
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Air ForceF-35’s Next Development Phase Could Cost Nearly $11 Billion
The follow-on development phase for the U.S. Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is expected to cost about $10.9 billion over seven years, the program’s leader said March 7. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Backers In Congress Unsatisfied With Navy’s FY ’19 Budget
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, called the Trump administration’ FY ’19 Navy budget shipbuilding request not “robust” enough compared to what he […]
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Navy/USMCF-35B Makes Maiden Voyage Aboard USS Wasp Amphib In Pacific
In a first for the short-takeoff vertical-landing capable aircraft, several Marine Corps F-35Bs landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) for deployment aboard the Navy big-deck amphibious assault ship. The detachment […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Requests Relatively Modest $1.5 Billion In Unfunded Priorities List
The Navy requested a relatively modest $1.5 billion in spending in its FY ’19 unfunded priorities list, with no additional aircraft or ships requested. The annual list sent to Congress […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Studying How To Widely Share F-35 Sensor Data
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is exploring how the wealth of sensor data collected by its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be distributed to a wide range of air, land and sea […]
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Navy/USMCHELIOS Laser To Be First Fully Integrated On U.S. Ship
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] new $150 million contract to develop and build two High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) weapon systems for the Navy marks several first including […]