Navy/USMC
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Budget
Second Forward Deployed Aircraft Carrier In Pacific Could Help Navy Meet Readiness Needs, Study Says
The Navy and Marine Corps are overextended and stressed, with not enough ships to meet demands and maintenance deferred as deployments become longer and longer. A new study by the […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps ACV Decision Expected Early Next Week
The Marine Corps plans to cull the field of five companies competing to build the its next amphibious vehicle to just two early next week. A spokesman for the Marine […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Introduces Cincinnati AutoDrill To F-35 Production Facility
FORT WORTH, Texas—Lockheed Martin [LMT] in December will begin operating at its F-35 production plant here a Cincinnati AutoDrill that performs overlap machining to install the left-hand and right-hand side […]
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Cyber
Navy Officer Warns Of ‘Cyber Mania,’ Says More Cyber Value Needed With Processes
Too often enemy cyber attackers are thought of as being more capable and better prepared than they probably are and while there is always the chance of a catastrophic cyber […]
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New CNO Calls For More Risk, Experimentation in Acquisition Process
New Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson wants to Navy to fail more—that is, he wants to see the service take more risk during the early stages of weapon […]
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Navy/USMC
Mechanical Failure Ruled Out As Cause Of Marine Helicopter Crash In Nepal
The Marine Corps helicopter that went down during humanitarian relief operations in the aftermath of a May earthquake in Nepal, killing all aboard, likely crashed because of unfamiliar terrain and […]
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Congress
Navy to Experience Additional Carrier Gaps in 2016
The Navy, which has been operating without an aircraft carrier in the Middle East since the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) moved out of the Persian Gulf last month, expects […]
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Business/Financial
Ingalls Division Drives Strong Third Quarter Results At Hungtington Ingalls
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday posted strong third quarter financial results on the back of its Ingalls Shipbuilding division, which benefited from higher sales of Navy destroyers and improved […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Expanding F-35 Assembly Line Capacity For Production Ramp Up
FORT WORTH, Texas–F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] is expanding the capacity of its one-mile, 25-foot long aircraft assembly line facility here so it is capable of producing roughly 200 […]
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Air Force
Weapons Programs Take a Hit After Lawmakers Reduce NDAA by $5 Billion
The Air Force’s new bomber, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and MQ-9 Reaper were among the weapons programs affected when lawmakers on Monday evening chopped $5 billion from the National Defense Authorization […]