Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMarines Seek to Expand Crisis Response Unit as its Role Becomes Clearer
As the Marine Corps adjusts to operating with fewer Marines afloat on amphibious ships, the service is better defining the role of its new Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force […]
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Navy/USMCSecond Of Navy’s New Fire Scouts Joins Testing
A second airframe of the newest version of the unmanned Fire Scout MQ-8C helicopter has entered testing at the Navy’s Point Mugu base in California, manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently […]
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ArmyLeidos Develops Energy Efficient Shelter System For Military
Leidos [LDOS] said this week it has developed a highly energy efficient shelter system that provides full-living capability for military personnel at base camps. The Self-sustaining Living Module (SLiM) concept, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Pushing Design Considerations Earlier Into Process to Lower Cost of New Amphibs
The Navy and Marine Corps are moving design considerations up in the acquisition process to help drive down both construction and total ownership costs, the director of amphibious warfare on […]
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Navy/USMCEfforts To Preserve Rocket Motor Industry Insufficient, Admiral Says
The Pentagon and military services are not adequately moving to shore up the strength of the industrial base that supplies solid rocket motors critical to the maintaining the country’s future […]
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Navy/USMCFirst U.S. Aegis Destroyer In Spain For NATO Missile Defense
The first of four of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers equipped with the Aegis ballistic missile defense system arrived in Spain on Tuesday as part of NATO’s plan for […]
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BudgetMarines Hope Cutting Cost from Amphib Construction, Maintenance Could Help Buy More Ships
Despite the pledge of support from some lawmakers, the amphibious warfare community is trying to drive down the cost of building and maintaining its amphibious ship fleet in the hopes […]
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Navy/USMCSikorsky Ground Testing Next Variant of CH-53
Sikorsky Aircraft has conducted ground testing of the engines of the next variant of the heavy lift CH-53 helicopter for the Marine Corps, the company said Monday. The prototype CH-53K […]
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BudgetMarine Corps Size, Navy Fleet Composition Divides Think Tanks in Planning Exercise
Four defense think tanks agreed on many areas where the defense budget should be cut and reprioritized to keep within budgetary limitations while still preserving its most important capabilities. Unfortunately […]
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Navy/USMCFormer Navy Official Robert Work Tapped For Pentagon Deputy
Robert Work, the former undersecretary of the Navy who has headed up a progressive Washington think tank since he left the Pentagon last year, was nominated Friday to serve as […]