Navy/USMC
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BudgetSASC Hearing on Ford Carrier Leads to Questions on Accountability, Acquisition Reform
The Thursday Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Ford-class carrier, which has been dogged by ballooning costs and schedule delays, turned into a referendum on acquisition reform. The USS […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAeroVironment Cut From DARPA’s Maritime Drone Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to develop inexpensive medium-altitude, long-endurance drones that can easily be integrated onto small ships, but as it embarks on the next stage […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Get First Look At Humvee Successor While Oshkosh Awaits Protest Decision
QUANTICO, Va. – When Marines this week took a hands-on tour of the vehicle that eventually will replace the Humvee, many of them realized they were already familiar with the […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Wading Through Audacious Aviation Transition
QUANTICO, Va. — As the Marine Corps transitions from 14 years at war back to an expeditionary force capable of worldwide crisis response, its aviation arm is undergoing a near-total […]
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Business/FinancialOrbital ATK’s AARGM Block 1 Upgrade Test Firing Successful
The Navy and Orbital ATK [OA] successfully hit a mobile ship target during a Block 1 upgrade test firing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) in August, the […]
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Navy/USMCGeneral Dynamics Offers Seaworthy Stryker Relative For Marine Corps ACV Program
QUANTICO, Va. — General Dynamics [GD] was able to look within its existing portfolio for a base vehicle that could be tweaked to meet the Marine Corps requirement for an […]
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Navy/USMCSAIC Courts Marine Corps ACV Program With Souped Up Singaporean Vehicle
When the Marine Corps put a call for an off-the-shelf wheeled Marine personnel carrier (MPC), industry hopefuls began looking within their own portfolios and to other manufacturers to find a […]
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Navy/USMCSlow Testing Pace Pushes Back Ford’s Sea Trials
A slower-than-expected testing pace has delayed sea trials of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the first of the Navy’s newest class of aircraft carriers, by at least six to […]
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Navy/USMCUSMC Aviation Chief: Open Architecture Key To Innovation, Rapidly Upgrading Platforms
QUANTICO, Va. — Modular open systems architecture is essential to rapidly developing, fielding and incrementally upgrading future platforms, Marine Deputy Commandant for Aviation Lt. Gen. Jon Davis said Sept. 22. […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Goes Solo With New Amphibious Combat Vehicle
QUANTICO, Va.—On Tuesday morning at the Modern Day Marine exposition, Lockheed Martin [LMT] will unveil its new offering for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) program: an 8×8 wheeled vehicle it […]