Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNAVSEA Commonality Directorate Will Create Tools to Simplify Acquisition for Navy, Industry
Naval Sea Systems Command’s new Acquisition and Commonality Directorate (SEA 06) will aid government and industry as they use commonality in parts to simplify work for sailors in the fleet […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Shuffling Acquisition Commands; Rear. Adm. Lewis To Head SPAWAR
The Navy said Monday that Rear Adm. David Lewis, the program executive officer for ships at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), has been selected to become the chief of Space […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Confident Of Design Process For Next Version of DDG-51 Destroyers
The Navy is confident it can transition to the next version of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers in the 2016 timeframe now that the service has settled on a new […]
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Air ForceDoD Reports Four Programs With Nunn-McCurdy Breaches
The Defense Department reported four programs in its 2013 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) summary with critical or significant Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breaches to their current or original Acquisition Program Baseline […]
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ArmyArmy Transitions To Excalibur Ib Production, Aims Toward Full Rate Production Decision
The Excalibur Program Office April 3 said it transitioned to Increment Ib production and heads toward a summer decision on full-rate production, now that it has completed assembly of the […]
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Navy/USMCMarines’ Expeditionary Force 21 Concept Suggests Some MSC Ship Upgrades
The Marine Corps’ new Expeditionary Force 21 capstone concept calls for alternative platforms to supplement amphibious ships in both seabasing as well as responding to crises, and the solution to […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Long-Awaited Draft RFP For UCLASS Shared With Industry–Not The Public
The Navy submitted its long anticipated draft request for proposals for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program on Thursday to four competing companies already conducting early designs […]
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Air ForceDoD Reports Increase In F-35 Acquisition Costs
F-35 acquisition costs increased $7.4 billion over a year, up 1.9 percent from last year, according to the 2013 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) submitted to Congress Thursday. Acquisition costs rose […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Systems Shows Off Mk 38/APKWS Combo to U.S., International Navies
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – BAE Systems is looking to couple two systems already in the fleet– its Mk 38 gun and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS)–to create an all-in-one surface […]
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Navy/USMCNAVAIR, NAVSEA Working to Boost Commonality, Interoperability in the Fleet
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Naval Air Systems Command will work at the early engineering level to create capability-specific technical standards rather than platform-specific tech standards, and the Naval Sea Systems […]