Navy/USMC
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CongressNavy Wants To Boost Production of Attack Subs, Large Surface Combatants, Amphibs
If the U.S. Navy receives a big boost in its shipbuilding budget, attack submarines, large surface combatants and amphibious assault ships will top its wish list, according to a key […]
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Air ForceBoeing, Lockheed Rack Up More Orders For P-8, F-35
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] both gobbled up military aircraft sales during Thanksgiving week, with Norway announcing plans to buy five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance planes and Lockheed […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s First DDG-1000 Destroyer Sidelined by Engineering Problem
The U.S. Navy’s first DDG-1000 destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, experienced an engineering casualty during a trip from the East Coast to the West Coast and is currently moored in Panama, […]
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BudgetLawmakers Push To Unblock Development of Ballistic Missile Submarine
Six senators and 33 House members have signed letters urging key congressional appropriators to pass language allowing the successor to the Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine to enter its next […]
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Navy/USMCReport: Marines Need Lighter, Longer Range Vehicles And More Aviation For Future Amphibious Warfare
Marine Corps forces aboard Navy ships will be ripe targets for enemy cruise missiles in any future amphibious operation, which means they will have to project power ashore from hundreds […]
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Air ForceTrump’s Pentagon Transition Team Includes Former Industry Officials, Generals
Two former defense industry officials, Army officers, and a Beltway think-tank analyst are included on President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Department transition team. The list of nine names was published on […]
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Air ForceRumored SECDEF Candidate Cotton Says U.S. Should Support NATO, Modernize Nuclear Arsenal
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), whose name has been run through the rumor mill this week as a possible candidate for Secretary of Defense under President-elect Donald Trump, on Thursday emphasized […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Issue Future Frigate RFP In FY 2017
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. — The U.S. Navy expects to issue a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its Future Frigate in the middle of fiscal year 2017 and a final […]
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Air ForceMcCain Rips Carter For F-35 Cost Overruns
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) prior to the election ripped Defense Secretary Ashton Carter for “yet another delay” in the F-35’s completion of system development and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Knifefish UUV Draws Inspector General Criticism
A Pentagon watchdog agency is urging the Navy to reassess or even cancel its Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) program, saying the mine-hunting effort is struggling. The Knifefish has been […]