Navy/USMC
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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 […]
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Navy Releases First Report On DDG Collisions, Finds Crew Failures
The Navy on Wednesday released the first official report explaining the specific actions leading up to and causes of the separate collisions of two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers in […]