Navy/USMC
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Air Force
James Believes F-35 Program Could See Further Cost Decreases
Though the Pentagon has been able to reduce the unit price of the F-35 over the past couple of years, Air Force Secretary Deborah James believes the F-35’s unit price […]
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Air Force
F-35 Flight Testing Could Push To 2018, Threatening Modernization Plans
The F-35 development program that began 15 years ago is better than 90 percent complete but continues to face delays and cost overruns that will push the completion of flight […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Growler Damaged In Ground Mishap
The canopy on a Boeing [BA] E/A-18G Growler electronic-attack aircraft was damaged in a “ground mishap” at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state last week, according to the […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Calls For Expanding Fleet To 355 Ships
Based on a year-long study, the U.S. Navy has concluded it needs to boost the size of its fleet to 355 ships, dozens more than it has now or plans […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability For New Airborne Anti-Mine Systems
The U.S. Navy achieved an initial operational capability (IOC) last month for two new mine-warfare systems for the MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, the service said Dec. 14. The two systems – […]
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Navy/USMC
BAE Systems Wins $368 Million U.S. Navy Contract To Support Submarine Weapon Systems
The U.S. Navy awarded BAE Systems a $368 million five-year contract to provide systems engineering and support services to the service’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office, which covers strategic and […]
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Navy/USMC
Unmanned Swarming Boats Show Teamwork In Test, ONR Says
A recent demonstration by the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) showed that unmanned surface vessels (USVs) can operate as a team, ONR officials said Dec. 14. During the […]
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Navy/USMC
First-Increment Amphibious Vehicles Might Give Marine Corps More Combat Power Than Expected
The Marine Corps may have tempered its appetite for a vehicle that could both swim to shore from a ship and fight ashore, but the designs it settled for as […]
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Navy/USMC
U.S. Navy Awards Four Contracts For Cyber Training To Support Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command
The Navy awarded four separate three-year multi-million dollar indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contracts for cyber and information technology training in support of the Marine Corps Forces Cyber Command, the Defense Department said […]
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Air Force
Trump Tweet Bashing F-35 Briefly Tanks Lockheed Stock
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday continued his rhetorical assault on Pentagon spending by tweeting that the cost of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is “out of control” […]