Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Uses Three Carriers For Western Pacific Exercise
The U.S. Navy is using three carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific as a chance for a combined strike force exercise over the next week, the 7th Fleet said […]
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Navy/USMCNDAA Conference Report Boosts Navy And Missile Defense Spending
The fiscal year (FY) 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report released Nov. 8 strongly boosts Navy and Missile Defense spending over the Defense Department’s initial requests. The House […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases Final Future Frigate RFP
The Navy released the final conceptual design (CD) request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday for its new future frigate program, the Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG(X)), in a post on FedBizOpps. Last […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Reduced Columbia Submarine Cost By $80 Million Per Unit
The Navy has been able to reduce the cost of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine by $80 million per unit and the program remains on schedule, a top Navy acquisition official said […]
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At Hearing Nominees Vow To Improve Navy Acquisition, Audit of Navy
Nominations for top Defense Department positions told the Senate Armed Services Committee at a Tuesday confirmation hearing they intend to support efforts to improve the Navy’s operations and acquisitions as […]
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Navy/USMCAdministration Asks Congress for Billions More To Fund Extra Missile Defense, Ship Repairs, And Troops
The Trump administration sent Congress a set of Defense Department Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget amendments on Monday to increase funding for missile defense, repair damaged Navy ships, and increase […]
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Navy/USMCExpeditionary Transport Finishes Acceptance Trials
The ninth Austal USA-built Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel, the USNS City of Bismark (EPF-9), finished acceptance trials in October, the company said last Friday. The trials included “intense comprehensive tests” […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Field New Open Architecture Helicopter Mission Computer
The Marine Corps has fielded the first open-architecture mission-systems computer aboard the UH-1Y utility helicopter and AH-1Z gunship. Northrop Grumman [NOC] manufactured and delivered its Tech Refresh Mission Computer (TRMC) […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Releases Comprehensive Review Report On Surface Force Mishaps
The U.S. Navy released the over 170-page Comprehensive Review of surface force incidents and incidents at sea Thursday, a day after releasing separate reports on two specific ship collisions (Defense […]
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Navy/USMCPacific Fleet Head Establishes Organization To Oversee West Pacific Readiness
Adm. Scott Swift, the commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet (CPF), established a new organization to oversee training and certification for forward deployed surface vessels on Tuesday. This CPF Detachment Naval […]