Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Equips New Magnetic Intrusion Detector Ahead Of Schedule
Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is equipping Marines with the new and improved Magnetic Intrusion Detector II used to detect vehicles and rifle-sized targets traveling within their electromagnetic fields, the […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Receives Eighth Littoral Combat Ship
The Navy formally accepted delivery of its eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) during a ceremony Aug. 12 at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in Marinette, Wis. The future USS […]
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Navy/USMCLittoral Combat Ship Surrogate Undergoes Fire Tests
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program has completed tests to assess the vessel’s ability to withstand blasts and fire caused by weapons, the Navy said Aug. 11. The tests, which […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Pratt & Whitney $152 Million For F-35 Initial Spare Modules, Trainers
The Navy on Thursday awarded Pratt & Whitney a $152 million contract modification for a variety of F-35 products, according to a Defense Department statement. The contract modification will procure […]
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Navy/USMC
Marines Begin ‘Reset’ Of CH-53E Helicopter Fleet
The U.S. Marine Corps has begun a three-year effort to repair all of its 147 aging CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Aug. 10. During […]
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Air ForceU.S. And Raytheon Successfully Test Fires Three AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles Launched From F-35
The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Raytheon [RTN] together successfully test-fired three AIM-9X Block I Sidewinder missiles from an F-35A at airborne targets for the first time, the company said […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Near F-35’s First Overseas Deployment
The U.S. Marine Corps is on track to begin deploying its new Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter overseas for the first time in early 2017 in the Western […]
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Navy/USMCGAO Urges Delay In Navy’s DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer Purchases
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) urged the Navy Aug. 4 to hold off on procuring a new version of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) guided-missile destroyer until the ship’s design is […]