Navy/USMC
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Asks Congress to Extend Deterrence Fund to B-21, GBSD
If the Navy is permitted to fund its ballistic missile submarine through a special fund, lawmakers should consider a similar mechanism for modernizing the Air Force’s legs of the nuclear […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Rejects General Dynamics’ Protest Of Amphibious Combat Vehicle Award
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday denied General Dynamics’ [GD] protest of the Marine Corps’ contract award to SAIC [SAIC] for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV). General Dynamics challenged, […]
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CyberMarine Corps Reforms Cyber Acquisition
The Marine Corps Systems Command is reforming cyber acquisition by working with the Marine Corps Cyber Task Force to enhance oversight and governance and use a new streamlined processes to […]
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Air ForceBogdan Warns ALIS A Threat To Air Force F-35A IOC Goal
The Air Force’s goal of declaring initial operational capability (IOC) for its F-35A on Aug. 1 is at risk due to issues with the latest version of its Automated Logistics […]
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Navy/USMCCBARS’s Gate 4/5 Review Scheduled for April
The Navy is approaching a Gate 4/5 review for its new carrier-based drone, during which the service will define its requirements in advance of the release of a request for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Establishing Maritime Accelerated Capabilities Office as Acquisition Fast Track
The Navy is in the midst of standing up its acquisition “speed lane,” called the Maritime Accelerated Capabilities Office, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said March 10. Based […]
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CongressSuper Hornets, F-35s Rate Highly on Navy’s Unfunded Priorities Wishlist
Fighter jets, money to fund an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and additional munitions top the Navy’s wish list of weapons it would like to have but couldn’t afford to include in […]
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Air ForceSOCOM, CENTCOM Nominees: Too Few Intelligence-Gathering Assets Hamstring Missions
For the past 15 years, U.S. Central Command has hogged the military’s intelligence-gathering aircraft to keep an eye on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the demand signal is expected […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Creating New Multi-Mission Pod For P-8 Poseidon
Boeing [BA] is developing a multi-mission pod for its P-8 Poseidon aircraft used by the Navy to hunt submarines, a company official said March 3. The company is using internal […]
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Air ForcePentagon Accountants Say Service Wish Lists Are Unhelpful Without Defense Budget Increase
The annual tradition of the military services budgeting within their allocated allowances only for the service chiefs to submit “wish lists” to Congress of items they would like to spend […]