Navy/USMC
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ArmyLockheed 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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CongressExperts 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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CyberNavy 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/USMCMQ-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/USMCNavy 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 […]
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BudgetCNO Eager to Restart Carrier-Based Drone Program
Days after the Navy announced its new strategy for putting an unmanned aerial system (UAS) on the deck of an aircraft carrier, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson voiced […]
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Air ForceCuts To Procurement In FY ’17 Could Be Largely Healed By Congress That Favors Aviation, Shipbuilding
Congress is likely to alleviate the drubbing that platform procurement, particularly aircraft programs, took in the Defense Department’s fiscal 2017 budget request, according to a review of the spending plan […]
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Air ForcePentagon Budget Officials Wanted $17 Billion More For FY ’17 Budget
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled the $582.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, a sum that conforms to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement and includes $523.9 billion in base spending […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Makes Aviation Investments, Shrinks To 182,000 In Fiscal 2017 Budget
As requested, the Marine Corps fiscal year 2017 budget will complete the service’s eight-year reduction in end strength to 182,000, which the service plans to maintain for at least the […]
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BudgetNavy’s $33.3 Billion Procurement Budget For FY ’17 Contains Less Funding For Aircraft, Shipbuilding Than FY16
The Navy on Tuesday released its $164.9 billion budget request for fiscal year 2017, which includes $33.3 billion for ship, aircraft and weapon procurement. The service emphasized increasing its investments […]