Navy/USMC
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CongressMcCain: Prototyping Effort Meant to Push the Navy to Change UCLASS Requirements
For years, the Navy and Congress have been at odds over the service’s future carrier-based drone, called the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). But lawmakers want to ensure […]
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Navy/USMCBidders For Marine Corps Amphibious Vehicle Finalized
Five companies have submitted proposals for the swimming personnel carrier that will replace the Marine Corps’ aging Vietnam War-era amphibious assault vehicles. The deadline for bids in the amphibious combat […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Colonel Makes Case For Land-Based Crisis Response Units
When the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack in 2012, the Marine Corps was unable to dispatch a quick-response force before the facility was overrun and four Americans […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps F-35Bs Head to Sea Ahead of July 1 IOC
The Marine Corps is less than two months from declaring the F-35B ready for combat, but the long awaited fifth-generation aircraft will not be rushed into battle as quickly as […]
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CyberNavy Solicits For Research Supporting Weapons Systems Cyber Warfare Capabilities
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Cyber Warfare Detachment (CWD) announced a solicitation for technical/cost proposals for research support in “resilient cyber warfare capabilities” for NAVAIR Weapons Systems on FedBizOpps […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps V-22s Operational in Wake of Fatal Crash
The Marine Corps fleet of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors remains operational in the wake of a May 17 crash that killed one and injured more than a dozen other Marines. An […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Sub Chief Seeks Expanded Offensive Capabilities
Vice Adm. Michael J. Connor, commander of Navy submarine forces, wants to enhance the conventional deterrent capability of United States submersibles to include the nation’s nuclear and ballistic missile submarines. […]
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ArmyObama Taps Milley For Top Army Job, Richardson For CNO
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on May 13 announced the nominations of Gen. Mark Milley as the next Army Chief of Staff and Adm. John Richardson to become Chief of […]
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CyberNavy Launches Cyber Strategy
The U.S. Navy released the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. Tenth Fleet (FCC/C10F) five-year strategic plan on Wednesday, detailing the five strategic goals first announced last month (Defense Daily, April 9). […]
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Navy/USMCMore Demonstration, R&D Likely Needed Before Fielding UCLASS, Carter Says
Fans of the Navy’s experimental X-47B drone needn’t despair at the program’s end after this fiscal year. Although the aircraft “reached the end of what it had anticipated to do,” […]