Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy And Congress Grapple With How To Increase Fleet And Maintain Shipbuilders
Members of Congress and Navy officials grappled this week with how to maintain shipbuilders, lower costs, and increase the size of the Navy towards the 355-ship goal given long timelines […]
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Air ForceF-35’s Next Development Phase Could Cost Nearly $11 Billion
The follow-on development phase for the U.S. Department of Defense’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is expected to cost about $10.9 billion over seven years, the program’s leader said March 7. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Backers In Congress Unsatisfied With Navy’s FY ’19 Budget
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, called the Trump administration’ FY ’19 Navy budget shipbuilding request not “robust” enough compared to what he […]
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Navy/USMCF-35B Makes Maiden Voyage Aboard USS Wasp Amphib In Pacific
In a first for the short-takeoff vertical-landing capable aircraft, several Marine Corps F-35Bs landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) for deployment aboard the Navy big-deck amphibious assault ship. The detachment […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Requests Relatively Modest $1.5 Billion In Unfunded Priorities List
The Navy requested a relatively modest $1.5 billion in spending in its FY ’19 unfunded priorities list, with no additional aircraft or ships requested. The annual list sent to Congress […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Studying How To Widely Share F-35 Sensor Data
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is exploring how the wealth of sensor data collected by its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will be distributed to a wide range of air, land and sea […]
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Navy/USMCHELIOS Laser To Be First Fully Integrated On U.S. Ship
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] new $150 million contract to develop and build two High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS) weapon systems for the Navy marks several first including […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Chief Seeks Faster Cost Cuts
The head of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s joint program office (JPO) says he is not satisfied with the pace at which the jet’s price is falling. Navy Vice Adm. Mat […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Wins BAE Subcontract To Supply VLS To UK’s New Type 26 Frigates
BAE Systems awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract for an undisclosed sum to supply the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for the UK Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates. […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Approves Northrop’s G/ATOR For Early Fielding
Marine Corps officials have approved Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] PS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) for early fielding, paving the way to deploy the radar to two of its Air Control Squadrons, […]