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Air ForceEfforts To Tie Nuclear Modernization Spending To Posture Review Largely Fail In House
Efforts to slow modernization of the nuclear triad until the Defense Department completes a comprehensive study of the programs’ total cost largely failed to make it into the House version […]
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Air ForceNDAA Amendment To Allow Base Closures Fails In House
An amendment to delete a ban on base closures from the House version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) failed Thursday prior to consideration of the bill. The […]
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Air Force
NDAA Amendment To Allow Base Closures Fails In House
An amendment to delete a ban on base closures from the House version of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) failed Thursday prior to consideration of the bill. The […]
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Navy/USMCCommittee Approves Spencer As Navy Secretary
Following a generally cordial confirmation hearing Tuesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved the nomination of Richard Spencer to be secretary of the Navy on Thursday. The committee approved […]
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Navy/USMC
Spencer Receives Warm Confirmation Hearing, Promises Accountability And Transparency
The Trump administration’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy promised increased accountability and transparency in Naval acquisition issues during a confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Richard Spencer made an overall […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps KC-130 Crashed During Cross-Country Flight, Killing 16
A Marine Corps KC-130T transport aircraft crashed Monday night in Mississippi, killing all 16 service members on board. The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built aircraft took off from Marine Corps Air Station […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Aviation Chief Retires
Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, the Marine Corps’ most senior aviator, hung up his wings July 10 after a 37-year career in uniform. Commissioned a second lieutenant in May 1980, Davis […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Latest Transport Dock Passes Builder’s Trials
The Navy’s USS Portland (LPD 27), its next amphibious transport dock set for delivery later this summer, has successfully completed Builder’s Trials after four days underway. LPD 27 returned to […]
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Business/FinancialSikorsky Completes First Extended Flight Test For CH-53K Helicopter
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky Aircraft unit announced on Wednesday it successfully completed the first extended flight test for its CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift cargo helicopter from its development facility in […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Eyes Endurance Upgrade To Vertical Takeoff Variant of Aerosonde UAS
Textron [TXT] Systems, which unveiled a kit last year that converts its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system into a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS, is now developing a longer-endurance version of the […]