By Geoff Fein The Navy is undertaking a number of measures to make sure it can keep its fleet of Northrop Grumman [NOC] EA-6B Prowler's flying until at least 2012 and as far out as 2018 for the Marine Corps, according to a Navy official. The Marine Corps is also planning to add Northrop Grumman's Litening Pod, an advanced airborne infrared targeting and navigation pod, to give the EA-6B an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. In the past few…
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]
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