Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCEngine On Navy’s LCS-1 Damaged By Seawater
One of the two main propulsion diesel engines on the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1), the USS Freedom, recently sustained “significant damage” from seawater contamination and will likely have to […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps F-35Bs In 2017 Will Deploy Simultaneously To Pacific, Middle East Aboard Ships
About eight months after the Marine Corps deploys its first squadron of F-35Bs aboard an amphibious warship in the Pacific it will send another squadron aboard a ship bound for […]
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Business/FinancialJ.F. Lehman To Acquire Defense And Mining Businesses Of Oldenburg Group
The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company last week said it has agreed to acquire the Heavy Equipment Group of the equipment and architectural lighting company Oldenburg Group Incorporated, […]
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Air ForceVice Joint Chief Gen. Selva: Military Must Become ‘Educated Consumer’ Of Commercial Tech Without Scaring Away Startups
In order to remain technically relevant in an age when most innovation happens outside the government, the military must become an “educated consumer” of technologies that emerge in the commercial […]
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CyberNavy Awards Five Companies $156 Million Contract To Support Joint Staff J6 Directorate C4/Cyber Program
The Navy awarded five companies a $156 million combined contract consisting of multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price task orders to support the Joint Staff J6 Directorate’s C4/Cyber Program. The […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop-Developed Marine Corps Air Defense Radar Passes Design Reviews
The Marine Corps new expeditionary air-defense radar, developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has passed two major program milestones. The Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Completes Recent Surge Of Weapons Tests
The F-35 program recently performed an “unprecedented” surge of weapons testing by completing 25 tests in one month, according to a Defense Department statement. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) […]
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ArmyWith Marine Corps LAV-AT Missile Launcher Upgrades, Raytheon Establishes ‘Lethality Integrator’ Status
MCKINNEY, Texas – The recent $30 million contract Raytheon [RTN] won to upgrade missile launchers on 20 Marine Corps Light Amphibious Vehicles (LAV) fills out the service’s program of record […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Tapped To Develop New Radar For Aircraft Carriers, Amphibs
Raytheon [RTN] has received a $92 million contract to develop a new air surveillance radar for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. Under the contract, announced Aug. 19, […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Redesigning Phalanx, SeaRAM Mount
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Raytheon [RTN] is redesigning the common mount for its Phalanx and SeaRAM close-in weapon systems as part of a technology refresh effort, according to company officials. The mount for […]