Navy/USMC
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Air ForceMissile Defense Systems Assailed In Think Tank Report
Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]
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Business/FinancialFirst VH-71 Pilot Production Arrives For Testing At NAS Pax River
The first production VH-71 presidential replacement helicopter arrived last month at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md., and will undergo two months of tests before systems installation work begins, […]
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ArmyPentagon Eyeing $1.5 Billion Request To Hill For New All-Terrain MRAP Effort
By Emelie Rutherford The new mine-resistant-vehicle competition the Pentagon is preparing to launch next week could cost $3 billion, a price tag that would be supported by an expected $1.5 […]
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Business/FinancialIndustry Readying For Navy’s Release of SEWIP Block 2 RFP
By Geoff Fein Several teams are partnering for a planned request for proposal (RFP), expected by the end of the year, for the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Awards Lockheed Martin $500 Million For Presidential Helicopter Work
Lockheed Martin [LMT] was awarded a $500 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide additional funds for engineering development efforts in support of the System Development and […]
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Business/FinancialLPD-17’s Ship Wide Area Network Already Undergoing Upgrade
By Geoff Fein The Navy’s San Antonio-class of amphibious ships brings two big advantages to the fleet, lift and its command and control capability, according to a Navy official. While […]
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Business/FinancialLPD-17 Heads Out To Sea After Repairs Made On Main Propulsion Oil System
By Geoff Fein The Navy competed repairs on the USS San Antonio (LPD-17) on Monday, after the ship was sidelined in Bahrain due to a main propulsion lube oil system […]
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Business/FinancialNavy OA Report Shows How Ship Upgrades Can Be Done Faster, Cheaper
By Geoff Fein The Navy’s fourth report to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on efforts to incorporate open architecture (OA) demonstrated that for the period of July through September, […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Set To Award Block III Virginia-Class Contract Within One Month
By Geoff Fein The Navy has notified Congress it will award a multiyear contract in excess of $500 million to General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat for Block III of the […]
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Business/FinancialAustal USA Expands Facility, To Hire Workers For JHSV And Future LCS Work
By Geoff Fein The mid-November contract award to Austal USA for design and construction of the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) was the culmination of almost a decade’s worth of […]