Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCCNO: Navy Problems Tied To Poor Self-Assessment and Self-Corrections, Elevates Safety Command
The Navy’s top officer blamed many problems with the service on institutional issues of poor self-assessment and correction that tends to bury mistakes and minimize issues. “Despite the momentum that […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Says Frigate Design Changes From Original Bid
A Navy official on Wednesday argued that changes to the parent design of the Constellation-class frigate largely came from the initial bid to meet the Navy’s requirements. “From a FREMM […]
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Navy/USMCKitchener: Meeting Ready Ship Goals Surface Navy’s ‘North Star’
The U.S. Navy is using data analytics to improve surface ship readiness and set targets for the numbers of such ships needed to meet contingencies, a top service official said […]
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Navy/USMCHuntington Ingalls Scaling Open Architecture, Modularity To Its Larger UUVs
After successfully introducing a version of its small-class unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) last year that features open architecture and modularity to help meet different customers’ needs, Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] […]
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Navy/USMCKitchener Says LCSs Will Complement LAW And Marines EABO Mission
A top Navy official said the service is experimenting with using Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) to support the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) mission as they add new […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards $977 Million In Norfolk Surface Ship Modernization And Maintenance Contracts
The Navy awarded two multiple award contracts (MACs) totaling $977 million total for the complex repair, maintenance and modernization requirements for non-nuclear surface vessels based in or visiting the Norfolk, […]
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Navy/USMCBell-Boeing Nabs $1.6 Billion Osprey Logistics Contract
The Navy awarded the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] Joint Program Office a $1.6 billion logistics requirements contract on Jan. 6 that covers the repair, replacement, required availability, configuration management, and inventory […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Conducting Market Research For Autonomous Navigation Tech
The Navy issued a Request For Information (RFI) on Jan. 3 conducting market research on autonomous navigation technologies to support Navy ships and submarines. The technology is called Bride Decision […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s New Unmanned Minesweeper Completes Shock Trials
The Navy on Tuesday said it successfully completed underwater explosion shock testing (UNDEX) for its newest unmanned minesweeper, the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS). The UISS is an Unmanned Surface […]
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Navy/USMCKratos Wins $51 Million Order For 65 More Navy Aerial Targets
The Navy on Dec. 23 awarded Kratos [KTOS] a $51 million modification to procure 65 more BQM-177A subsonic aerial targets. The order covers 50 targets for the U.S. Navy, seven […]
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