Navy/USMC
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Budget
On Capitol Hill, OSD and Navy Officials at Odds Over LCS
During hearings on the budget held Thursday on Capitol Hill, top Defense Department officials revealed a stark difference of opinion over the direction of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, […]
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Navy/USMC
No Second Batch of LRIP for Lockheed Martin’s Remote Minehunting System
After reviewing the recommendations of the independent team charged with assessing the Remote Minehunting System (RMS) program, the Navy has decided not to move forward with a second round of […]
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Business/Financial
GD Announces Acquisition of UUV Manufacturer Bluefin Robotics
General Dynamics [GD] Mission Systems has acquired Bluefin Robotics, a Quincy, Mass.-based developer of autonomous undersea robots used for mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Carlo Zaffanella, […]
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Army
Court: Lockheed Martin Was Unlikely To Prevail In JLTV Lawsuit Against Army
Lockheed Martin [LMT] likely knew its case against the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) contract award to Oshkosh [OSK] was doomed a week before it voluntarily abandoned the five-month contest, […]
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Air Force
2016 Presidential Candidates Slowly Roll Out Defense Spending Proposals
The presidential field has narrowed to a handful of candidates, with two Democrats and six Republicans remaining in the race. In the early months of their campaigns, the presidential hopefuls […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Surrenders Battle To Overturn Army’s JLTV Contract Award To Oshkosh
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has abandoned its protracted battle to convince the Army its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is superior to the Oshkosh [OSK] truck chosen to replace the Humvee. […]
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Congress
Experts Affirm Value of Navy’s New Unmanned Tanker
A panel of experts gave a tentative thumbs up to the Navy’s new plan to develop a carrier-based unmanned tanker aircraft, but told a House panel on Feb. 11 that […]
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Cyber
Navy Finalizes First Eight New Cybersecurity Standards
The U.S. Navy finalized the first eight of over 24 planned foundational cybersecurity standards to govern the majority of the service’s systems and program, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command […]
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Navy/USMC
MQ-4C Triton Completes Operational Assessment, Inches Toward Milestone C Decision
The Navy’s long endurance surveillance drone, the MQ-4C Triton, has wrapped up its operational assessment, inching it one step closer to low rate initial production. After the service completes its […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards Philadelphia Gear Contract Potentially Worth $1 Billion
The Navy on Friday awarded Philadelphia Gear a contract potentially worth $1 billion for non-recurring engineering of main reduction gears for DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers. The contract […]