Navy/USMC
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ArmyLockheed Self-Funds Eight JLTVs Ahead of Army Contract Award
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has decided to build eight production examples of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) offering to ensure its new Camden, Ark., production line is humming ahead of […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Contemplating Facility Expansion To Accommodate Increased SM-6 Production Rate
Raytheon [RTN] is contemplating expanding its Redstone Arsenal facility in Huntsville, Ala., to accommodate the Navy’s request for nearly doubling the company’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) production rate, according to a […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Declares F-35 Ready For Combat
The most expensive weapon ever devised, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has been declared ready for battle by the Marine Corps. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121), went operational Friday […]
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CongressCarrier Gap in Mideast Concerns CNO Nominee
The Obama administration’s nominee for the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. John Richardson, said on Thursday that the service’s planned aircraft carrier gap in the Middle East this […]
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CyberNavy Awards Leidos $4.3 Billion For Healthcare Management System Modernization
The Navy on Wednesday awarded Leidos [LEI] a $4.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program, according to a Defense Department statement. The contract has […]
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InternationalBoeing Rolls Out First Australian E/A-18G Growler
ST. LOUIS — The Royal Australian Air Force on Wednesday got its first look at its inaugural E/A-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, which will be flying in the Australian fleet […]
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Air ForceKendall: Energy Weapons Ideal, But Not Ready For Tactical Air Defense
Directed energy weapons would be ideal for countering many of the anti-access, area-denial threats that peer nations pose to the United States in wartime, but technology has not progressed to […]
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InternationalRaytheon Wins $180 Million Joint Stand-Off Weapon Missiles Contract For U.S. Navy And Saudi Arabia
The Navy on Friday awarded Raytheon [RTN] a contract worth over $180 million for AGM-154 Unitary Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) missiles for the service and Saudi Arabia, the Defense Department […]
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Air ForceF-35 Begins Gatling Gun Ground Testing Ahead of Marine Corps IOC
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on a roll with gun trials of the Air Force version of the jet underway just ahead of a declaration by the Marine […]
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CongressLawmakers Grill Prospective Marine Corps Chief On Iraq Troop Commitment
The prospective 37th commandant of the Marine Corps sailed fairly unscathed through his confirmation hearing Thursday until the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called him out for lack […]