Navy/USMC
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ArmyArmy Transitions To Excalibur Ib Production, Aims Toward Full Rate Production Decision
The Excalibur Program Office April 3 said it transitioned to Increment Ib production and heads toward a summer decision on full-rate production, now that it has completed assembly of the […]
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Navy/USMCMarines’ Expeditionary Force 21 Concept Suggests Some MSC Ship Upgrades
The Marine Corps’ new Expeditionary Force 21 capstone concept calls for alternative platforms to supplement amphibious ships in both seabasing as well as responding to crises, and the solution to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Long-Awaited Draft RFP For UCLASS Shared With Industry–Not The Public
The Navy submitted its long anticipated draft request for proposals for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program on Thursday to four competing companies already conducting early designs […]
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Air ForceDoD Reports Increase In F-35 Acquisition Costs
F-35 acquisition costs increased $7.4 billion over a year, up 1.9 percent from last year, according to the 2013 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) submitted to Congress Thursday. Acquisition costs rose […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Shows Off Mk 38/APKWS Combo to U.S., International Navies
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – BAE Systems is looking to couple two systems already in the fleet– its Mk 38 gun and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS)–to create an all-in-one surface […]
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Navy/USMCNAVAIR, NAVSEA Working to Boost Commonality, Interoperability in the Fleet
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Naval Air Systems Command will work at the early engineering level to create capability-specific technical standards rather than platform-specific tech standards, and the Naval Sea Systems […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Integrate Unmanned X-47B In Carrier Ops
The Navy plans to test the unmanned X-47B in integrated air and flight deck operations off an aircraft carrier later this year to gain more knowledge about the system and […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps’ RQ-21A to Complete At-Sea Tests This Summer; Insitu Extending Vehicle Endurance
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Marines’ RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned aerial system will finish its testing this summer and begin workups with a Marine Expeditionary Unit this fall, as […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Mulling Cross-Class Joint Buys, Multiyear Contracts to Meet Ohio-Replacement Goals
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Navy signed off on the specifications of the Ohio-replacement ballistic missile submarine in the first week of April, giving program officials six and a half years […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Test Of Railgun At Sea
The Navy plans to begin testing of the prototype electromagnetic railgun at sea beginning in fiscal 2016, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, the chief of the Office of Naval Research said […]