Navy/USMC
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BudgetMcCain, Reed Slam LCS Mission Modules
The two top senators on the armed services committee called for the Navy to reevaluate its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) deployment strategy, citing concerns about the ship’s mission modules for […]
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BudgetFunding for Anti-Ship SM-6, Additional F-35Cs and F-18s Included in Budget, Carter Says
During his trip to California this week, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter detailed a number of shipbuilding, aviation and munitions investments from the fiscal 2017 budget request, including a plan to […]
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CongressNavy Details Potential Fixes for Super Hornet Pilot Health Issues
Lawmakers on Thursday pressed a panel of Navy aviation leaders about a rise in health problems in Super Hornet pilots that could be caused by insufficient oxygen, depressurization or other […]
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BudgetNeller Confirms Navy to Request LHA-8 in FY ’17 Budget
The president’s 2017 budget request will include funding for LHA-8, the third America-class amphibious assault ship, Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller confirmed on Thursday. That ship will help the Navy […]
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CongressCRS Analyst Estimates $1 Billion In Savings If Coast Guard Shifts Shipbuilding To Multiyear Contracts
The Coast Guard could save up to $1.2 billion in its acquisition budget if its shifts several new and ongoing shipbuilding projects to some form of multiyear contracting, a naval […]
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ArmyReport: Oshkosh JLTV Five Times More Reliable Than Lockheed In Army, Marine Corps Testing
In operational tests by the Army and Marine Corps, the Oshkosh [OSK] Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) drove more than five times as far on average between failures as the […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Awards Contract For Delivery Of Open Architecture Marksmanship Training Simulators
The Marine Corps has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a $7.2 million contract as part of a larger $32.7 million contract to continue development of the service’s virtual small-arms marksmanship training […]
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BudgetFY ’17 Defense Budget Adds $2 Billion Over 5 Years for Tomahawk Program, Extending Production Line
For the past two years, the Tomahawk cruise missile program has faced potential procurement numbers too low to meet the minimum sustaining rate and the threat of a production line […]
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Air ForceIn $582.7 Billion FY ’17 Budget Request, Pentagon to Increase Funding for Undersea Warfare, Munitions
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request will call for a topline of $582.7 billion, hewing closely to the levels set in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement made last year. […]
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Navy/USMCSeapower Committee Chair Sees Shift To Support For Larger Navy, Increased Budgets
The fiscal year 2017 budget, the last for the outgoing Obama administration, is still a week from officially going public, but Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) is predicting the spending plan […]