Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCDavidson At Fleet Forces Tapped For PACOM
Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced late Tuesday that the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command is being nominated to head U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM). While at Fleet Forces, Adm. […]
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Navy/USMCF-35 Chief: Program Structure Should Change As Jet Enters Production, Operation
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Impending changes to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter management structure are a natural result of the program moving from development to production and the jets becoming […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Leaving Options Open For Future Polar Icebreaker Fleet Type
As the Coast Guard prepares to review industry bids for a new heavy polar icebreaker, the service is keeping its options open for the right number and mix of polar […]
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Navy/USMCHII Sees Two Carrier Buy Saving $1.6 Billion Before GFE
National Harbor, Md. — The president of Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) said the company sees a two-carrier purchase of the next Gerald R. Ford-class carriers as […]
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Navy/USMCBell, Leonardo Vying For Potential Navy Training Helicopter Contract
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Textron’s [TXT] Bell Helicopter and Leonardo are touting two different approaches, pitching cost effectiveness against full requirements, for a potential Navy contract to replace its fleet […]
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CongressTRANSCOM Head Defends Plan To Buy Foreign-Made Cargo Ships
The leader of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is defending the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 request to buy up to 24 foreign-built, used commercial ships for the military’s reserve fleet, […]
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Navy/USMCOnly V-22 Can Ferry Spare Engines To F-35s Aboard Navy Carriers
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Without the V-22 Osprey to deliver spare engines, nations buying the naval version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not be able to deploy them […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Seeking Foreign Buyers To Extend H-1 Production Line Out To 2030s
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Having nearly fielded its planned fleet of upgraded attack and utility helicopters, the Marine Corps is seeking foreign buyers to keep the Bell [TXT] H-1 production […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Nearing Multi-Year Destroyer Contract That Ramps Production To Three Ships Per Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is nearing a multi-year procurement deal for Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers that would take production out to fiscal 2022 and ramp production back […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Continues To Expand Testing Envelope For E-2D Refueling Upgrade
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Since its first aerial refueling flight last summer, testing of a modification to the Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft so that it can refuel in flight […]