Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy Extends Grounding Of T-45C Trainers
The U.S. Navy said April 9 that it has extended the grounding of its T-45C Goshawk fleet for at least a week to address problems with the trainer jet’s pilot […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy’s First Ford Carrier Begins Sea Trials
The U.S. Navy’s first Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), has begun its first set of sea trials. The builder’s sea trials started April 8 at […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Grounds T-45C Trainers To Address Safety Concerns
The U.S. Navy has grounded its fleet of T-45C Goshawk trainer jets for several days to address safety concerns raised by instructor pilots, the service announced late April 5. The […]
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Navy/USMC
SOUTHCOM Says It Needs More Ships, Aircraft To Intercept Drugs
A shortage of ships and aircraft prevents U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from stopping much of the illegal drug flow to the United States, the organization’s leader said April 6. SOUTHCOM […]
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Navy/USMC
U.S. Military Still Grappling With Interoperability Challenges, Officials Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. military’s attempts to achieve interoperability remain a work in progress despite decades of effort to get its weapon systems to better communicate with each […]
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Navy/USMC
Italian Navy Gives U.S. Marines Sneak Peek At BAE’s Amphibious Vehicle Offering
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – One of the two vehicles that will become the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle exercised its sea legs last month with the Italian military, […]
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin LRASM Successfully Jettisoned From F/A-18E/F In Test
The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) was successfully jettison released from a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F in a flight test, the company said Monday. This first release was […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Expects To Deploy Upgraded Tritons In 2020
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Navy in the next few years is planning to add a signals intelligence (SIGINT) package to its Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which will allow it to […]
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Unmanned Systems
NAVAIR Reviewing Bids For UAS Surveillance Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are reviewing industry proposals to continue the “Close Range” program, in which companies deploy and maintain small unmanned aircraft systems to […]
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Navy/USMC
Presidential Helicopter Replacement Will Take Maiden Flight This Summer
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The new VH-92 Presidential Helicopter that will replace two legacy fleets of “white top” VIP rotorcraft is scheduled to make its maiden flight this summer. Three […]