Navy/USMC
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Air ForceKendall: Energy Weapons Ideal, But Not Ready For Tactical Air Defense
Directed energy weapons would be ideal for countering many of the anti-access, area-denial threats that peer nations pose to the United States in wartime, but technology has not progressed to […]
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InternationalRaytheon Wins $180 Million Joint Stand-Off Weapon Missiles Contract For U.S. Navy And Saudi Arabia
The Navy on Friday awarded Raytheon [RTN] a contract worth over $180 million for AGM-154 Unitary Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) missiles for the service and Saudi Arabia, the Defense Department […]
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Air ForceF-35 Begins Gatling Gun Ground Testing Ahead of Marine Corps IOC
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on a roll with gun trials of the Air Force version of the jet underway just ahead of a declaration by the Marine […]
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CongressLawmakers Grill Prospective Marine Corps Chief On Iraq Troop Commitment
The prospective 37th commandant of the Marine Corps sailed fairly unscathed through his confirmation hearing Thursday until the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee called him out for lack […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Allowing T-LED Replacement Of Fluorescent Light Bulbs In Facilities
The Navy is now allowing tubular light emitting diode (T-LED) lamps to replace traditional fluorescent light bulbs in facilities, according to a July 14 memo obtained by Defense Daily. The […]
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BudgetNavy Still Wants Super Hornets, With Caveats
Reports stating the Defense Department asked Congress to eliminate funding for 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft in next year’s budget have misrepresented the situation, a Navy spokesman told Defense Daily […]
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Navy/USMCMishap During Builder’s Trials to Slightly Push Back LCS-5 Delivery
The delivery of the fifth Littoral Combat Ship, USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), likely will be delayed about a month because of a mishap at the Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard, according to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Quietly Issues RFP for LHA-8, T-AO(X)
Late last month, the Navy released a request for proposals to Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] and General Dynamics [GD] NASSCO for the detailed design and construction of its next amphibious […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin, Patria Part Ways on Marine Corps’ ACV
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has put forward an entrant for the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicle program, but it’s not the Havoc 8×8 armored modular vehicle they developed with Finnish company […]
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Navy/USMCNaval Experts Skeptical That Potential Carrier Gap in Persian Gulf Will Occur
A third of the airstrikes pummeling the Islamic State originate from the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier slated to leave the Persian Gulf this fall. Reports indicate that it […]