Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy Declares Newest Joint Standoff Weapon Ready For Operations
The U.S. Navy has declared the Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 (JSOW C-1), the newest variant of the air-launched weapon, ready for operations. The guided glide weapon achieved its initial operational […]
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CongressCoast Guard, Navy Considering Joint Office For Heavy Icebreaker; Coast Guard Mulls Medium Icebreaker Needs
Coast Guard and Navy officials told a House panel on Tuesday that their two services are considering creating a joint program office related to the acquisition of a heavy icebreaker […]
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CongressNavy, McCain Clash Over First Ford-Class Carrier
The U.S. Navy and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) offered sharply different assessments of the first Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78) July 12, with the Navy touting the ship’s “significant progress” and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Weighing Fate of Advanced Arresting Gear For Aircraft Carriers
The U.S. Navy says it plans to decide by December whether to proceed with its troubled Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) program or pick an alternative landing system for future Ford-class […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s MUOS-5 Satellite Suffers Glitch In Space
The Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) communications satellite, launched in late June, experienced an “anomaly” while being moved in space, the Navy announced July 8. MUOS-5 lifted off […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Gearing Up To Award Contract for Ohio Replacement Sub
The U.S. Navy plans to award the design contract for the Ohio replacement submarine to prime contractor General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat by October, a service official said July 8. […]
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Navy/USMCPresidential Helicopter Replacement Program Focusing On Communication Capabilities
The Marine Corps is committing to mastering the communications system in the Presidential Helicopter Replacement (PHR) program to ensure the new helicopter to fly future presidents actually gets fielded. A […]
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Air ForceNavy Issues Roughly $2 Billion In F-35 Contracts
The Navy on Thursday awarded a pair of F-35 contracts worth nearly a combined $2 billion, according to a Defense Department statement. The Navy awarded Pratt & Whitney a $1.5 […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Delivers First AN/SPY-6(V) Air And Missile Defense Radar Ahead of Live Target Testing
Raytheon [RTN] delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) array to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii for use in an upcoming initial radar […]
