Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCBell-Boeing Optimistic Of Foreign V-22 Sales Next Year
NEW YORK–The Bell-Boeing partnership that produces the V-22 Osprey is confident the first foreign sales of the tiltrotor aircraft will take place next year but would not identify the potential […]
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Air ForceSASC Narrowly Approves Limits On DoD Biofuel Development
Proposed limitations on the Pentagon’s controversial alternative-fuel development efforts added to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) new defense bill only narrowly passed the panel and were opposed by its […]
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Navy/USMC
V-22 Certified On Large Deck Carriers, Exec. Says
NEW YORK–The Navy has certified the V-22 Osprey for operations on large deck aircraft carriers, the manufacturers of the tiltrotor aircraft said yesterday. The certification was completed with a latest […]
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CongressHill Notified of Potential $1.7 Billion Worth Of EA-18G Mod Kits To Australia
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Tuesday it notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of 12 EA-18G modification kits to convert Boeing’s [BA] F/A-18F Super Hornet […]
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Air Force
SASC Adds Funds For Planes, Tanks, Submarine in DoD Bill
A Senate panel approved legislation yesterday that demands information from the Obama administration on potential budget cuts and reverses the Pentagon’s plans for everything from retiring Air National Guard planes […]
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ArmyNavistar Defense, Indigen Armor, SAIC Unveil Special Ops Tactical Vehicle
Navistar Defense LLC [NAV], Indigen Armor and SAIC [SAI] today unveiled the team’s Special Operations Tactical Vehicle for the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) 1.1 program. The […]
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Navy/USMC
F-35B Takes First Training Flight At Eglin
The Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter took its first training flight yesterday at Eglin AFB, Fla. The F-35B flight is the beginning of a gradual process […]
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Navy/USMC
DSCA Announces Possible MH-60R Helicopter Sale To South Korea
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said last week it notified Congress of a potential Foreign Military Sale of eight MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters with a potential price tag of […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Plans To Station Eight LCSs in Bahrain, Official Says
The U.S. Navy plans to forward deploy eight Littoral Combat Ships to Bahrain to focus on surface warfare and mine clearing, a senior service official said yesterday. Navy Undersecretary Robert […]
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Air Force
Army CERDEC Leads Breakthrough Effort To Increase Satellite Throughput
Defense Department researchers yesterday said they made a giant leap toward increasing satellite throughput by successfully transmitting an unprecedented 1.3 gigabit per second (Gbps) carrier signal via the Wideband Global […]