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Navy willing to pay more for more maintainable ships
The Navy is willing to pay more for new ships upfront if it means saving on maintenance and personnel costs throughout the life of the program.
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Boeing conducts first manned-unmanned teaming event with MQ-25 tanker
Boeing demonstrated its unmanned MQ-25 tanker could take commands from pilots midair and deviate from preplanned missions, in the first manned-unmanned teaming test for the drone.
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Navy will incur some cost in replacing Freedom-variant LCS combining gears
Though the Navy argues the flawed combining gear is a “latent defect” in Lockheed Martin’s design, the best-case scenario for the Navy still involves paying some of the cost of replacing the system on all Freedom-variant littoral combat ships.
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Pentagon needs reorg before Navy can develop maritime strategy, says Rep. Luria
Rep. Elaine Luria says the Navy needs a proper maritime strategy that defines its role in the world, but that a reorganization at the Pentagon must be the first step.
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Gilday: The budget request supports future fleet vision, even if it’s a smaller fleet
The chief of naval operations remains firm that the fiscal 2022 budget request is well aligned with the U.S. Navy’s future fleet design plans – even if current spending levels would force the fleet to shrink instead of grow towards the 355-ship goal.
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As new NATO command becomes fully operational, top US military officer issues warning over ‘great power war’
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says Joint Force Command Norfolk and NATO are responsible for ensuring another world war never happens.
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US Navy, Pentagon to test large unmanned ships as program winds down
The U.S. Navy and the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office are making the most of the remaining months of their partnership on the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel program, taking lessons learned from two recent voyages across the Panama Canal and upping the ante by putting these USVs into fleet exercises and operations.
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House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
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US Navy sees better LCS maintenance from sailors in ongoing Tulsa, Charleston deployments
U.S. Navy is seeing improved maintenance on deployed littoral combat ships amid efforts to boost readiness and operational endurance, now that is has switched from contractor-based work to sailor-performed maintenance, the commander of a destroyer squadron said.
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US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers — but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.
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Navy willing to pay more for more maintainable ships
The Navy is willing to pay more for new ships upfront if it means saving on maintenance and personnel costs throughout the life of the program.
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Boeing conducts first manned-unmanned teaming event with MQ-25 tanker
Boeing demonstrated its unmanned MQ-25 tanker could take commands from pilots midair and deviate from preplanned missions, in the first manned-unmanned teaming test for the drone.
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Navy will incur some cost in replacing Freedom-variant LCS combining gears
Though the Navy argues the flawed combining gear is a “latent defect” in Lockheed Martin’s design, the best-case scenario for the Navy still involves paying some of the cost of replacing the system on all Freedom-variant littoral combat ships.
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Pentagon needs reorg before Navy can develop maritime strategy, says Rep. Luria
Rep. Elaine Luria says the Navy needs a proper maritime strategy that defines its role in the world, but that a reorganization at the Pentagon must be the first step.
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Gilday: The budget request supports future fleet vision, even if it’s a smaller fleet
The chief of naval operations remains firm that the fiscal 2022 budget request is well aligned with the U.S. Navy’s future fleet design plans – even if current spending levels would force the fleet to shrink instead of grow towards the 355-ship goal.
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As new NATO command becomes fully operational, top US military officer issues warning over ‘great power war’
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says Joint Force Command Norfolk and NATO are responsible for ensuring another world war never happens.
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US Navy, Pentagon to test large unmanned ships as program winds down
The U.S. Navy and the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office are making the most of the remaining months of their partnership on the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel program, taking lessons learned from two recent voyages across the Panama Canal and upping the ante by putting these USVs into fleet exercises and operations.
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House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
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US Navy sees better LCS maintenance from sailors in ongoing Tulsa, Charleston deployments
U.S. Navy is seeing improved maintenance on deployed littoral combat ships amid efforts to boost readiness and operational endurance, now that is has switched from contractor-based work to sailor-performed maintenance, the commander of a destroyer squadron said.
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US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers — but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.
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Navy willing to pay more for more maintainable ships
The Navy is willing to pay more for new ships upfront if it means saving on maintenance and personnel costs throughout the life of the program.
-
Boeing conducts first manned-unmanned teaming event with MQ-25 tanker
Boeing demonstrated its unmanned MQ-25 tanker could take commands from pilots midair and deviate from preplanned missions, in the first manned-unmanned teaming test for the drone.
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Navy will incur some cost in replacing Freedom-variant LCS combining gears
Though the Navy argues the flawed combining gear is a “latent defect” in Lockheed Martin’s design, the best-case scenario for the Navy still involves paying some of the cost of replacing the system on all Freedom-variant littoral combat ships.
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Pentagon needs reorg before Navy can develop maritime strategy, says Rep. Luria
Rep. Elaine Luria says the Navy needs a proper maritime strategy that defines its role in the world, but that a reorganization at the Pentagon must be the first step.
-
Gilday: The budget request supports future fleet vision, even if it’s a smaller fleet
The chief of naval operations remains firm that the fiscal 2022 budget request is well aligned with the U.S. Navy’s future fleet design plans – even if current spending levels would force the fleet to shrink instead of grow towards the 355-ship goal.
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As new NATO command becomes fully operational, top US military officer issues warning over ‘great power war’
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, says Joint Force Command Norfolk and NATO are responsible for ensuring another world war never happens.
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US Navy, Pentagon to test large unmanned ships as program winds down
The U.S. Navy and the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office are making the most of the remaining months of their partnership on the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel program, taking lessons learned from two recent voyages across the Panama Canal and upping the ante by putting these USVs into fleet exercises and operations.
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House appropriators would protect three of four littoral combat ships
House appropriators ripped a proposal to decommission four littoral combat ships contained in President Joe Biden’s Pentagon budget request for next year as “a misuse of taxpayer funds.”
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US Navy sees better LCS maintenance from sailors in ongoing Tulsa, Charleston deployments
U.S. Navy is seeing improved maintenance on deployed littoral combat ships amid efforts to boost readiness and operational endurance, now that is has switched from contractor-based work to sailor-performed maintenance, the commander of a destroyer squadron said.
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US Navy facing early challenges in modernizing dry docks for submarine maintenance
The Navy needs to overhaul several dry docks at its four public shipyards so they can accommodate new attack submarines and aircraft carriers — but the first attempt to build a new dry dock in Maine is already facing cost-overruns and schedule delays.
