Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCTrump Picks Donor, Financier As Navy Secretary
President-elect Trump picked financier John Phelan as his nominee to be the next Secretary of the Navy, he announced Tuesday. “It is my great honor to announce John Phelan as […]
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Navy/USMCWhite House Requests $7.3 Billion To Keep Funding Columbia, Virginia Sub Construction Shortfall
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Monday requested another $7.3 billion from Congress to continue to build the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and cover shortfalls […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards BAE $212 Million Contract For Maintenance on LPD-20
The Navy awarded BAE Systems a $212 million contract on Nov. 25 to perform maintenance on the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. The award […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Set Aside Some MSC Ships To Ease Stress On Civilian Mariners
The Navy said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro approved a plan on Oct. 30 to ease stress on the civilian mariners in Military Sealift Command (MSC), in part […]
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Navy/USMCLatest 5th Fleet Unmanned Exercise Tests Remote Launch And Launching a Drone Off USV
The Navy’s 5th Fleet group that focuses on unmanned testing conducted another iteration of unmanned tests, this time with remote launch of a loitering munitions and the take-off and landing […]
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Business/FinancialBlueHalo Acquires Underwater Robotic Vehicle Developer VideoRay
BlueHalo last Friday said it has acquired VideoRay, a developer and manufacturer of remotely operated underwater vehicles, giving the defense technology company a presence in the unmanned maritime market. Terms […]
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Air ForceMusk Comments on F-35 Receive Pushback
While Elon Musk said that the “F-35 design was broken at the requirements level because it was required to be too many things to too many people,” the U.S. Air […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Receives Nearly $870 Million in Long Lead Funding for F-35 Lot 20
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a nearly $870 million award for long-lead items and parts for production Lot 20 of the company’s F-35, DoD said in a Friday contracts announcement. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Orders $1.7 Billion In Seven More International Boeing P-8As
The Navy awarded Boeing [BA] a $1.7 billion modification Nov. 21 to procure seven more P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft for international customers. This award adds scope to […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Report Noted F-35 Deficiencies A Month Before Full-Rate Pentagon Go Ahead
The Pentagon said on March 12 that it had approved the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 for full-rate production–nine years after the fifth-generation fighter entered service. A month before the DoD […]