Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Delays Future Frigate Contract To 2020
The U.S. Navy is planning to delay a detail design and construction (DD&C) contract for the Future Frigate until 2020 in order to explore incorporating new capabilities and enhanced survivability […]
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BudgetCounter-Drone Lasers Funded In FY 2017 Omnibus Bill
The fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill could help move laser weapons to the battlefield after decades of development, according to a key lawmaker. The recently unveiled legislation contains $16.7 […]
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Navy/USMCAt Live Exercises Marines Seek New Ways Of Testing, Fielding Tech Faster
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – For two weeks in April, the 17 miles of undeveloped beachfront the Marine Corps maintains here became a “sandbox” in which weapon makers, operators and engineers […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Subcommittee Leaders Support 355 Ship Fleet, Look For Decades-Long Path
The leaders of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces both support the U.S. Navy’s assessment of increasing the fleet to 355 ships but recognize a decades-long […]
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ArmySOCOM Acquisition Trailblazing Could Streamline DoD Weapon Buying
Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which relies on the military services to provide much of its enabling technologies and platforms, has begun blazing trails to new technologies and sharing that knowledge […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Test The Future Of Amphibious Warfare: Unmanned Systems
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Once a remote-controlled assault amphibious vehicle trundled ashore here, it stopped and released from its hold a ground robot that continued its way across the wide […]
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Business/FinancialNaval Nuclear Propulsion Program Awards BWXT $142 Million In Options
BWX Technologies [BWXT] said last week that the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program awarded the company’s Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary $141.7 million in first quarter contract options for nuclear submarine […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Submarine Proposal Not Enough To Ease Shortfall, PACOM Chief Says
A Navy proposal to speed up the purchase of three Virginia-class attack submarines is a welcome step but would make only a modest dent in the military’s shortfall of those […]
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CyberGD Wins $47 Million U.S. Navy IT Contract
The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics [GD] a $47 million five year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for task orders to provide various information technology services and management to several Navy commands. The […]
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Navy/USMCPACOM Can Meet Only 10 Percent Of Its ISR Needs, Commander Says
U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) falls far short of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets it needs to keep close tabs on potential adversaries in its area of responsibility, according […]