Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCWorkforce Issues Could Test Navy’s Ability to Add Second Virginia Sub in FY ’21
The Navy wants to continue buying two Virginia-class attack submarines a year even as it starts procurement of its expensive new ballistic missile submarines, but whether it will be able to […]
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BudgetNavy Acquisition Chief Designates FY ’19 as the Sweet Spot For LX(R) Contract Award
If given additional funding, the Navy could speed up its construction plan for its newest amphibious vessel and award a contract in 2019, but moving any quicker than that could […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Awarded $149 Million To Build Amphibious Vehicles For Japan
BAE Systems has been awarded a $149 million direct commercial sale contract to produce new assault amphibious vehicles (AAVs) for the Japanese Ministry of Defense. The company will provide 30 […]
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BudgetNavy to Use Unmanned Boat, Knifefish UUV to Replace Troubled LCS Minehunting System
The Navy will pursue an incremental strategy for the Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) mine countermeasures mission package that will involve transitioning from the Remote Minehunting System to an unmanned surface […]
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CyberMarine Corps Ramps Up Windows 10 Upgrade To Finish By January 2017
The Marine Corps is starting to ramp up to deploy the Microsoft [MSFT] Windows 10 (WIN 10) operating system to the full Corps by January 2017 to match a February […]
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Navy/USMCOpen Architecture To Keep Marine Corps Amphibious Ships Fighting Into 2060s
The Marine Corps’ newest amphibious assault ships are designed to support expeditionary operations for at least the next 40 years, during which the technology inside their hulls will rapidly become […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Lockheed Martin, Austal Contracts for LCS-25 and 26
The Navy on Thursday evening awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal for construction of the 25th and 26th Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The awards modify the each shipbuilder’s’ […]
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Business/FinancialJ.F. Lehman Acquires Firm Servicing U.S. Government Vessels
The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company on Thursday said it has acquired American Scaffold in partnership with company management, adding to its portfolio of companies in the maritime […]
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CongressNavy Funds Two of Three FY ’16 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers
The Navy on Wednesday funded two of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers it procured in fiscal year 2016, with one ship for Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding and another for […]
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GD Electric Boat Chosen To Take Lead Role for Ohio Replacement Sub
The Navy has named General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat the prime contractor for the Ohio replacement submarine, while Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding will take a secondary role […]