Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Responds To Navy’s Immediate Need For Affordable New Weapons
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Missile manufacturers anticipate Navy requirements for new weapon capabilities will come directly from deployed fleets, emerging as urgent operational needs rather than traditional acquisition programs. Rather […]
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Navy/USMCNewport News Anticipates Big Savings From CVN-80 Digital Design
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding plans to use digital-only blueprints for the USS Enterprise (CVN-80), an investment that the company hopes will save more than 15 percent, a […]
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Business/FinancialSaab Presents Anti-IED Underwater Robot
Saab AB on Tuesday unveiled Sea Wasp, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) aimed at identifying, relocating, and neutralizing underwater improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Presented at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition […]
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BudgetCarter Slams 2017 NDAA For ‘Raid’ On War Funding, Will Recommend Veto
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will advocate that President Obama veto the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act if it contains provisions included by the congressional defense […]
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CyberAcquiring Cyber Security Tools Quickly Is A Challenge, Navy And Marine Officers Say
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The pace of cyber threats facing military systems and networks is expanding and evolving rapidly but the ability to quickly acquire and deploy tools to counter these threats […]
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Navy/USMC
USS Ford Carrier Will Begin Sea Trials In August Prior To Planned September Delivery
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Navy’s newest carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), is almost entirely complete and should go to sea for acceptance trials in August with delivery to […]
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InternationalGermany Looks To Replace CH-53G Fleet
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Germany is taking initial steps toward replacing its fleet of Sikorsky [LMT] CH-53G heavy lift aircraft, according to a company official. Sikorsky Vice President for CH-53K Mike Torok […]
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InternationalGermany Looks To Replace CH-53G Fleet
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Germany is taking initial steps toward replacing its fleet of Sikorsky [LMT] CH-53G heavy lift aircraft, according to a company official. Sikorsky Vice President for CH-53K Mike Torok […]
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Navy/USMCNavy, Marine Corps Chiefs Lament Sluggish Acquisition System
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –-The military and defense contractors must find ways to speed the acquisition and fielding of new technologies so that gear is not obsolete by the time it […]
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Navy/USMCGen. Paxton: Sea Services Falling Behind Near-Peer Nations In Key Capabilities
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –Potential adversaries have outpaced the Marine Corps’ assumed technological superiority in a high-end fight while the service has been focused on two counterinsurgency conflicts over the past […]