Navy/USMC
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BudgetNavy May Delay Los Angeles-Class Sub Retirements To Mitigate SSN Shortfall
The Navy is beginning to monitor its Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarines to determine if any can remain in the fleet past their expected service lives, as the SSN fleet […]
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Air ForceAegis BMDS, THAAD Successful In Complex MDA Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01) on Sept. 9, proving the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]
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Air ForceInternational AEHF Partners Working Toward Terminal Development Testing, Air Force Says
The United States anticipates that its international Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellation partners–Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom–will join it in performing terminal development testing in the […]
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Air Force
DoD’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Program Successfully Air Launches First Prototype
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully air launched in late August their prototype for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Completes Testing Of Mine Hunting Vehicle For LCS
The Navy completed launch and recovery developmental testing of an unmanned mine hunting vehicle designed to operate off of Littoral Combat Ships, the service said Friday. The launch and recovery […]
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Navy/USMCBell Boeing Successfully Tests V-22 Osprey Aerial Refueling Concept
Bell Boeing, a partnership between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. [TXT] and Boeing [BA], successfully tested the potential use of the V-22 Osprey as an aerial refueling tanker, the company said […]
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Budget
Pentagon: Budget Woes Not An Issue Regarding Syria Strike
Budget turmoil and the automatic sequestration cuts impacting the Pentagon will not affect the military’s ability to attack Syria, spokesman George Little said yesterday. Even though fiscal 2013 has been […]
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InternationalRaytheon Completes Test Flights For Upgraded SeaVue Radar With Australian Border Patrol
Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday that it successfully completed a yearlong series of test flights for its SeaVue eXpanded Mission Capability (XMC) maritime surveillance radar with the Australian government. Photo: Raytheon. […]
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CongressCNO Outlines Shipbuilding, Aircraft Cuts In Fiscal ’14
Unless budget relief from Congress is forthcoming, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said yesterday the Navy will have to cut its ship and aircraft procurement plans in fiscal […]
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Budget
GAO Warns Of More Cost Overruns On Ford Carrier
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned in a report published yesterday that the cost overruns on the first ship of the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN-78) of aircraft carriers may […]