Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCDrones Swarm And Skirmish In Navy Test
The U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently pitted two swarms of small unmanned aerial vehicles against each other in what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind demonstration, a Navy official […]
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Business/FinancialHuntington Ingalls Posts Strong Earnings In Fourth Quarter
Buoyed by strong operating performance combined with a pension tailwind and lower taxes, Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday reported strong earnings in its fourth quarter, trouncing consensus estimates. Net […]
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Air ForceBogdan Says F-35 Development Short $532 Million; Funds Will Be Found Within Program
The budget to complete system development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is about $532 million short over the next few years but the funding to complete this work will […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Talks To Shape Future Surface Combatant
The U.S. Navy intends to hold informal talks in the coming months to explore potential successors to its cruisers and destroyers, including what the future vessels should do and how […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Aims To Protect Sensitive Information On Captured Unmanned Sea Systems
Two months after the Chinese military briefly detained a U.S. Navy unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), the service is taking a close look at how to ensure its unmanned maritime systems […]
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Navy/USMCBuilding ‘Flexible’ Ships With Open Architectures Delivers Vessels Superior ‘In All Cases’
Building “flexible” surface ships designed to accept incremental capability upgrades throughout their service lives is more expensive up front, but delivers superior mission performance than traditional ships designed for a […]
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ArmySOCOM Chief: Open Architecture Key To Maintaining Tech Edge For U.S. Commandos
As the most rapidly evolving subset of the U.S. military, Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has high demand for technically advanced, open architecture equipment for individual troops. Army Gen. Raymond Thomas, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Test Electromagnetic Railgun’s Firepower, Endurance
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) plans to conduct a series of test-firings of the BAE Systems [BA] electromagnetic railgun this year to help it assess the developmental system’s maturity, the […]
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Air ForceNew CBO Estimate Puts Nuclear Force Operations And Modernization Costs At $400 Billion Over Decade
The projected cost to operate, maintain and modernize America’s nuclear forces during the next 10 years is $400 billion, an average of $40 billion annually, according to the Congressional Budget […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Seek Bids For Afloat C4ISR Installation Services
The U.S. Navy is launching an industry competition to provide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) installation services for surface ships and submarines. According to an “Afloat Global […]