Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCLead Landing Ship Medium Contract Award Planned For Mid-2026
A contract award to build the lead Landing Ship Medium (LSM) is expected in mid-2026, a senior Marine Corps official said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Lee Meyer, the Marine Corps’ director […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Marks Progress On Flight IIA Destroyer Modernization Effort
Modernization of additional Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA destroyers are underway following the completion of the first phase of the upgrades with the initial destroyer, the USS Pinckney (DDG-91), the program […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Says It’s In Tune With Rapid Production Goal In DoD-L3Harris Agreement
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said that it is in tune with the rapid production goal that the Pentagon said motivated its agreement with L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to spin off the latter’s […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Seeks Defense Spending Over Four Percent Of GDP, Says Adding Nuclear Power To Battleship Would Delay It
The Navy’s top officer this week argued the U.S. annual defense budget should stick to a “new normal” above four percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to maintain […]
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Navy/USMCCNO Supports Battleship Lasers, Foresees Them Reaching One Megawatt-Power Level
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Wednesday said he strongly supports putting large-power laser weapons on the Trump-class battleship and even foresees lasers reaching upwards of one megawatt in […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Seapower Chair Backs Battleship Concept, Reiterates Support For Navy’s F/A-XX
The top lawmaker on the House’s Navy acquisition oversight panel on Wednesday backed the Trump administration’s plan to build a new fleet of battleships, calling the initiative a “great idea.” […]
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Navy/USMC“Wartime Footing” Message Not Reaching Some In Industry, Phelan Says
While Pentagon officials have said that the Defense Department is sending a clear “wartime footing” demand signal to industry to encourage companies to increase capacity and increase their system build […]
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Unmanned SystemsLockheed Martin, Saildrone Eye Missile Launch From USV This Summer During RIMPAC
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and its partner Saildrone this July plan to conduct a live fire launch of the Joint Air-to-Ground (JAGM) missile from an unmanned surface vessel (USV) during the […]
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Navy/USMCZumwalt Installs Of Hypersonic Weapon Tubes On Pace, Testing For IOC Unclear
The Navy’s three Zumwalt-class destroyers are proceeding roughly on time to install the missile tubes and systems that will allow them to be the service’s ships to field hypersonic weapons, […]
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Navy/USMCRobotics Upswing in Navy Shipbuilding Will Boost Job Numbers, Navy Official Says
The Navy’s use of robotics instead of touch labor in the service’s shipbuilding will boost the number of jobs at the nation’s more than 600 shipyards, a Navy official told […]