Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCU.S. And Japanese Naval Forces Begin Resilient Shield Exercise
The U.S. Navy and Japan Self-Defense Force are undertaking the computer-based Resilient Shield 2021 missile defense exercise from Feb. 22-26 in Japan, the Navy said Feb. 22. Resilient Shield is […]
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InternationalFrance Starts Third-Generation SSBN Submarine Program
France launched the production program of its new third generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly said Feb. 19. France plans to procure four […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starts Testing Long-Range UAS Cargo Prototype
The Naval Air Force Atlantic conducted a test of the Blue Water maritime logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) on Feb. 21, the service said Monday. The Blue Water UAS is […]
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Navy/USMCAustal USA President Resigns Amid LCS Investigations
Austal USA President Craig Perciavalle resigned amid U.S. and Australian investigations concerning the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the company said Tuesday. Parent company Austal acknowledged separate but related investigations being […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Sees Opportunity for Freedom Radio on Future Aircraft
U.S. Air Force testing of its future Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) last year saw the use of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Freedom 550 gateway radio to link the Lockheed […]
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Navy/USMCCourtney Wants More Unmanned Vessel Answers Before Full Production
The head of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee said Congress wants to see more prototyping and testing of larger unmanned vessels before they will fully fund […]
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Navy/USMCHII Wins $3 Billion Contract For USS John C. Stennis Refueling And Overhaul
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding [HII] a $3 billion contract on Feb. 19 for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS John C. Stennis […]
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Congress
Courtney and Wittman Continue Submarine and Navy Push
The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee today repeated their push for the Navy to buy three attack submarines per year and increase its share of the […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Delivers First ACV Command And Control Variant, Working On Turreted Version
BAE Systems has delivered the first command and control variant of the new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV-C) to the Marine Corps for testing, with two more vehicles set to be […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Receives $237 Million From Marine Corps For Eight More G/ATOR Radars
The Marine Corps has placed its latest full-rate production order for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) systems, awarding Northrop Grumman [NOC] $237 million for eight more radars. The Lot […]