Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCOpen Architecture To Keep Marine Corps Amphibious Ships Fighting Into 2060s
The Marine Corps’ newest amphibious assault ships are designed to support expeditionary operations for at least the next 40 years, during which the technology inside their hulls will rapidly become […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Lockheed Martin, Austal Contracts for LCS-25 and 26
The Navy on Thursday evening awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal for construction of the 25th and 26th Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The awards modify the each shipbuilder’s’ […]
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Business/FinancialJ.F. Lehman Acquires Firm Servicing U.S. Government Vessels
The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company on Thursday said it has acquired American Scaffold in partnership with company management, adding to its portfolio of companies in the maritime […]
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CongressNavy Funds Two of Three FY ’16 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyers
The Navy on Wednesday funded two of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers it procured in fiscal year 2016, with one ship for Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding and another for […]
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BudgetGD Electric Boat Chosen To Take Lead Role for Ohio Replacement Sub
The Navy has named General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat the prime contractor for the Ohio replacement submarine, while Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding will take a secondary role […]
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CongressLockheed Martin’s Remote Minehunting System Cancelled
The Defense Department in its 2015 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) officially rang the death knell for Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Remote Minehunting System (RMS), a mine detecting semi-submersible that was originally […]
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ArmyOshkosh JLTV Saves Army, Marine Corps $6 Billion Over Life Of Program
By choosing the Oshkosh [OSK] Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the Army and Marine Corps stand to save $6 billion over the life of the program, which will replace portions […]
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Air ForceCost of Procuring, Sustaining F-35 Drops, But Overall Estimated Program Cost Grows by $16B as Lifespan Pushed to 2070
Over the past year, the Defense Department has been able to drive down procurement and operations and sustainment costs of the F-35 joint strike fighter, but a decision to extend […]
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Air ForceBogdan: Separate Program For F-35 Block 4 Mods Would Increase Cost, Schedule Difficulties
Congress’ government watchdog office and the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) are at odds over how to structure the jet’s Block 4 modernization effort. In a March 23 hearing, […]
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Air ForceF-35 Block 3 Software Stability Challenges Program
F-35 software instability in both blocks 3i and 3f causes certain aircraft sensors, including the radar, to shut down for minutes at a time before fully recovering, according to a […]