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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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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 […]
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Navy/USMCMarines To Field V-22 Refueling System By FY 2018
The U.S. Marine Corps is moving ahead with plans to pursue the V-22 Aerial Refueling System (VARS) for its MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft. VARS will be able to supply […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Will Ground F/A-18s For 24 Hours After Several Aging Aircraft Crash
Within the next week, the Marine Corps will ground its entire fleet of F/A-18 Hornet jets for 24 hours to evaluated the health of the aircraft and evaluate training and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Trying Out V-22s On Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. Navy is experimenting with three Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) aircraft carrier to help it prepare for its own future variant of the […]
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Navy/USMCPropulsion Problem Plagues Navy’s MUOS-5 Satellite
The fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) communications satellite experienced a “failure” in its orbit-raising propulsion system while being transferred from its initial orbit to its final orbit June 29, the […]