Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Planning To Upgrade Old Destroyers with SPY-6 Radars
The Navy is studying how to backfit older Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 Flight IIA destroyers with a variant of the new AN/SPY-6 radar, officials said Wednesday. “We’re working hard – it’s […]
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BudgetGallagher: Unified ConOps, More Shipbuilding, Fewer Amphibs Needed to Counter China
The Navy deserves a larger cut of the annual budget to ensure it is prepared for its role in a future conflict with peer adversaries, but must make tough choices […]
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Navy/USMCGreater Integration With Navy Required For Competition With China, Marine Corps Commandant Says
The Marine Corps’ must work to better integrate future capabilities and warfighting concepts with the Navy to prepare for the growing power competition with China, the commandant said Wednesday. Gen. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Pushes LSC Back Again To Late 2020s
A Navy official said the service is pushing back acquiring the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC) again to the late 2020s. Officials had previously said they hoped to have the […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: Ship Count Will Not Include Unmanned; Bigger Topline Needed For Fleet Goal
The Chief of Naval Operations said the upcoming integrated Force Structure Assessment (FSA) will not count unmanned vessels in the battle force ship count and that the service needs a […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Improving LCS Lethality, Integrating Combat System
The Navy has started a two-phase Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) lethality and survivability program to improve the capabilities of both ship variants. “We are going into a lethality and survivability […]
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Navy/USMCLeonardo Wins New Navy Trainer Competition
In a hotly contested competition, the Navy on Monday selected Leonardo’s AgustaWestland to produce and deliver the new TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training Systems as the new Navy trainer. Other competitors […]
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Navy/USMCModly Starts Summit To Push CVN-78 Faster
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly convened a “Make Ford Ready” summit on Jan. 9 to help get the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) transitioned to fleet operations as fast as […]
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CongressMaine Senators Oppose Possible Shipbuilding Cuts In Esper Letter
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) are “deeply concerned” with reports the Defense Department may reduce planned ship procurement in the fiscal year 2021 budget request, according […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Moves Sea Hunter From ONR To SURFDEVRON One
Last month, the Navy transferred the Sea Hunter unmanned surface vessel from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Surface Development Squadron One (SURFDEVRON One). A memorandum of agreement (MoA) […]