Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCBoeing Protests Navy’s CAC2S Award To General Dynamics
Boeing [BA] filed an agency-level protest over the Navy’s award of a $41 million contract to a team lead by General Dynamics [GD] for the Marine Corps’ next-generation aviation command […]
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Navy/USMC
Path For Directed Energy Tricky, Stackley Says
Fielding directed energy weapons in the future remains a challenge for the Navy as it continues to develop a “roadmap” for bringing the technology to the warfighter and examining how […]
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Navy/USMC
DARPA Chief To Russia: ‘It’s Not That Easy’
The head of the Pentagon’s agency for developing cutting edge ideas and turning them into real weapons technology cautioned yesterday that Russia’s endeavor to establish a similar organization won’t be […]
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Air ForceRomney, Obama Debate Defense Budget, Navy Shipbuilding
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney battled over Pentagon spending and Navy shipbuilding last night during the final presidential debate before the Nov. 6 election. Obama mocked Romney, […]
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Navy/USMC
Role Of Data Rights For Open Systems Need Clarifying, Navy Official Says
Pentagon acquisition officials still need to work toward optimizing data rights requirements to ensure that developing open architecture (OA) systems save money but in a way that is also beneficial […]
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ArmyOshkosh Defense Vehicle Deliveries Reach Milestone Accomplishment
Oshkosh Defense [OSK], producer of light, medium and heavy tactical and armored Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, this week celebrated the delivery of its 100,000th military vehicle. Oshkosh employees gathered […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Exercises Option On General Dynamics Sub Contract
The Navy has awarded General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat a $459 million contract modification to continue providing design, engineering and logistics support on submarines. The option was exercised under a […]
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Army
DoD Chief Tester Wants Oversight, Tests, On Harris AN/PRC 117G
The Army’s top acquisition official and a program executive officer (PEO) must provide the DoD’s chief tester with a test plan by January for the Harris [HRS] Falcon III AN/PRC-117G […]
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CongressRomney Backs LCS Program, But Not In Higher Numbers, Aide Says
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney backs the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, but increasing the annual build-rate of the vessels designed for close-to-shore operations is not part of his overall […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy To Evaluate Second Electromagnetic Railgun
The Navy has begun evaluating the second prototype electromagnetic (EM) railgun being developed by General Atomics and designed to capitalize on the potential of using electricity to launch projectiles instead […]