Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Huge CH-53K King Stallion Chopper Makes Maiden Flight
The Marine Corps’ new CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter rose from Sikorsky’s Palm Beach, Fla., tarmac for the first time Tuesday morning, marking a significant milestone for the program […]
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Air ForceDoD Completes F-35 Block 3i Software Mission System Testing
The Defense Department has completed all F-35 block 3i software mission system testing and intends on delivering the software block to the field by January, according to Pentagon’s F-35 chief. […]
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BudgetNavy WIll Protect Ohio Replacement Program If Hit By Yearlong CR
If a yearlong continuing resolution (CR) is enacted, the Navy will pull out all stops to protect the Ohio replacement program and keep it on schedule, but not all programs […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Can’t Afford Extending Ohio Submarine Platform, Haney Says
The Navy can’t afford to further extend the life of its current Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine platform, despite an upcoming budgetary challenge on replacing it, according to a key Pentagon […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s New Shipboard Computing Environment Moves Into Full Deployment Phase
The Defense Department earlier this month authorized the full deployment of the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program, which upgrades the service’s shipboard computing systems and consolidates […]
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Air ForceCanada Leaving F-35 Program Would Drive Costs Up $1 Million Per Plane
If Canada pulls out of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, customers of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] jet can expect to pay about $1 million more per F-35A, the F-35 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Nuclear Power Chief Says Unmanned Systems Are Future Of Submarine Warfare
Unmanned systems will revolutionize undersea warfare much in the manner that nuclear propulsion did, the Navy’s new nuclear reactors chief said Oct. 21. “I think we have an imperative, now, […]
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InternationalU.S., Partner Nations Cooperatively Intercept Missiles During Exercise
During an Oct. 20 at-sea demonstration, Aegis combat system-equipped U.S. Arleigh Burke-class destroyers worked with Norwegian and Spanish frigates to intercept a ballistic missile and cruise missile fired simultaneously at […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Shipbuilding Plan Won’t Meet Marine Corps Needs To Police Pacific
The Navy’s long-term shipbuilding plan fails to provide the number of amphibious combat ships the Marine Corps will need to meet the various missions it will be called to perform […]
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CongressSaudi Arabia Recives Go Ahead to Buy Lockheed Martin’s Littoral Combat Ship
Saudi Arabia is poised to become first foreign buyer of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship after receiving State Department approval for a four-ship order. The Defense Security Cooperation […]