The Navy collected data on its biofuel consumption for more
than a week during the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise near Hawaii, rather
than for the one to two days the service had previously announced.680 words
Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems took the hardest hit to
its operating income of the company's four segments in the second quarter of
2012, in part due to switching to a new multiyear contract for the F/A-18E/F
Super Hornet, the company announced in a July 25 conference call.600 words
Lockheed Martin is looking ahead to what is next after Mobile
User Objective System satellite production, whether it is a continuation of the
MUOS franchise or increased capability, according to a company executive.545 words
As evolving warfighter needs push the limits of aircraft
power generation, the Office of Naval Research is looking to advance propulsion
systems for sea-based aviation and will soon begin accepting research proposals
on that new focus area.632 words
The Navy has
established a new program executive office to oversee the planning and
procurement of John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) and follow-on Gerald Ford-class
aircraft carriers, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a July 27 statement. Capt.
Doug Oglesby will lead the new program office, PMS-379. The future carriers
program office, PMS-378, will oversee only the Gerald Ford (CVN-78). The move
will allow the program to begin continuous production while ensuring CVN-78
completes construction and delivery, according to the statement. When
the Ford is finished, the programs will merge back together.94 words
The Navy has shut down its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program
efforts and moved funding elsewhere as the Army and lawmakers figure out what
they'll need to do to keep the program afloat as it is being restructured,
according to Naval Air Systems Command.387 words
A potential candidate for the Navy's upcoming Unmanned
Influence Sweep System competition, an unmanned surface vehicle that would
assist in mine-sweeping activities for the Littoral Combat Ship, participated
in mine detection activities during the Trident Warrior exercise earlier this
month.404 words
General Dynamics is "confident" the Navy will enter into
multiyear contracts to buy 10 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and 10
Virginia-class attack submarines, rather than nine apiece as the Navy had
originally planned for, an executive told investors last week.433 words
The Navy is greatly underestimating how much it will cost to
build ships in the coming years, although the service is not off by as much as
last year, according to the Congressional Budget Office's latest annual report
on shipbuilding.287 words
MANASSAS, VA -- EADS North America plans to take a shot at
the future military helicopter market with its X3 platform, and a company
official said here last week he believes the aircraft could replace H-1s, H-60s
or even the V-22 Osprey at some point.784 words
The Navy is buying a set of high-altitude balloons and
communications systems to act as a sort of temporary mobile communications
relay for troops with radios in the field, according to a notice posted on Federal
Business Opportunities last week.254 words
Cloud computing is not a "cure-all" for the Navy due to the
potential risk it brings the service, but the benefits far outweigh the
challenges for Fleet Cyber Command, according to a top Navy official.578 words
The Obama Administration has given up on pursuing a fiscal
year 2013 round of Base Realignment and Closure after Congress made it clear it
did not support the process despite planned end-strength reductions across the
services.886 words
The Navy may use nontraditional models in the future when
recruiting its cyber workforce, but the field has not yet reached that critical
tipping point, according to a top service official.655 words
The Navy is investigating whether officials at the Naval
Postgraduate School, which has an annual operating budget of hundreds of
millions of dollars, violated rules or the law by mismanaging funds, according
to an internal memo.434 words
Defense Department contracts awarded during the first quarter
of fiscal year 2013 would essentially be exempt from sequestration, but that is
providing little comfort to the industrial base given that the budget-cutting
mechanism would still confront DOD with roughly $50 billion in cuts in FY-13.646 words
The Defense Department has sent Congress an independent assessment
of the United States defense posture in the U.S. Pacific Command area of
responsibility, along with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's comments on the
study.827 words
The United States should declare that mutual nuclear
vulnerability with China is a "fact of life" for both countries rather than
investing in strategic offensive and defensive capabilities designed to negate
China's nuclear forces, according to a draft report prepared by a federal
advisory panel led by former Defense Secretary William Perry.955 words
The Pentagon has released an alternative fuels policy to
steer investment decisions in the fiscal year 2014 budget cycle.469 words
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