Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy, General Dynamics Near Finish Line On Columbia Submarine Design Contract
The U.S. Navy and General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat may soon wrap up negotiations on the detail design contract for the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, an industry official said March […]
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ArmyAnalyst Challenges Notion Military Is In Crisis, Calls For Modest But Steady Budget Increase
The same afternoon President Donald Trump prescribed a $54 billion boost in military spending, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon questioned both the need for such a funding bump and […]
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BudgetSen. McCain Urges Navy To Expand Competition For Future Frigate
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged the Navy Feb. 28 to open its Future Frigate program to more competition to ensure it gets the most capable ship […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Delays Disposal Of First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. Navy has canceled a request for proposals for dismantling and recycling the ex-USS Enterprise (CVN-65), saying it needs more time to determine how to conduct the first-ever disposal […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Secretary Nominee Bilden Withdraws
Investment manager Philip Bilden, the Trump administration’s nominee to be Navy secretary, has withdrawn from consideration, citing “privacy concerns and significant challenges he faced in separating himself from his business […]
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CyberNavy Awards Four Multiple-Award Contracts For Procurement of Information Communication Technology And Equipment
The U.S. Navy awarded four separate indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) firm-fixed multiple-award five year contracts for procurement of information communication technology/equipment (ICT/E), the Defense Department said Thursday. The awardees are Cypher Analytics, […]
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Air ForceBell Helicopter Eyes Middle East V-22 Market As It Nears Completion Of Next-Gen Tiltrotor
ABU DHABI – Because of past and ongoing operations in U.S. Central Command, many countries in the region have seen first-hand what the V-22 is capable of in combat and […]
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CyberCyber Command Chief Aims To Delegate Offensive Warfare
The head of U.S. Cyber Command is trying to push offensive cyber warfare down to the “operational tactical level” in the next five to 10 years. “Offensive cyber, in some […]
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BudgetDoD To Send Budget Amendment To Hill In ‘Days’
The Pentagon plans to send a proposed fiscal year 2017 budget amendment to Congress “in a matter of days,” a Navy official said Feb. 23. “This amended budget is intended […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Completes Successful Initial Integration Test Of G/ATOR Radar System
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the U.S. Marine Corps successfully completed the initial integration event (IIE) for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system in Nov. 2016, the company said Thursday. […]