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Corker vows to block US arms sales to GCC
Powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker announced he is blocking U.S. arms sales to Gulf Cooperation Council member states to pressure a resolution to the escalating row over Qatar.
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US Navy ballistic missile intercept test fails
The U.S. Navy conducted a failed ballistic missile intercept Wednesday with its SM-3 Block IIA off the coast of Hawaii.
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Revealed: Trump’s $110 billion weapons list for the Saudis
The administration’s arms proposal to Saudi Arabia, previously slim on specifics, includes seven THAAD missile defense batteries, over 100,000 air-to-ground munitions and billions of dollars’ worth of new aircraft, according to a White House document obtained by Defense News.
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Navy says ‘tens of thousands’ of gallons of jet fuel leaked at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia
JP-5 jet fuel has leaked at Naval Air Station Oceana and shut down part of London Bridge Road. No injuries have been reported.
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Boeing pulls Harpoon from US Navy missile competition
Citing continuing requirements changes that would mean giving ships a less-capable weapon than those carried by aircraft, Boeing said Tuesday it would drop out of a U.S. Navy effort to buy an over-the-horizon (OTH) cruise missile for littoral combat ships (LCS) and frigates.
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Boeing exec, Russia cynic among Trump’s picks for top DoD posts
President Donald Trump has announced his nominees to fill five of the top spots at the Pentagon, including naming a Boeing vice president to be deputy secretary of defense.
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Fix the Fleet! US Navy Makes Maintenance Top Priority
With no fiscal 2017 defense budget in sight and little chance of an agreement before April – if then – the military services are submitting second and possibly third rounds of unfunded requirements lists to Congress. The lists include items left out of the original budget requests, ranked in order of priority should Congress find…
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US Congress Passes Waiver for Mattis to Lead Pentagon
Congress on Friday passed historic legislation allowing US Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to serve as the next defense secretary, overriding some Democrats who took a stand for civilian control of the military.
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US Navy’s New Fleet Goal: 355 Ships
Tossing overboard the budget constraints that have weighed down the US Navy’s attempts to grow its fleet, the world’s most powerful sea service is embarking on the biggest proposed expansion since the early 1980s.
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New Warship’s Big Guns Have No Bullets
Barely two weeks after the US Navy commissioned its newest and most futuristic warship, armed with two huge guns that can hit targets 80 miles away, the service is moving to cancel the projectiles for the guns, citing excessive costs that run up to $800,000 per round or more.
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Corker vows to block US arms sales to GCC
Powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker announced he is blocking U.S. arms sales to Gulf Cooperation Council member states to pressure a resolution to the escalating row over Qatar.
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US Navy ballistic missile intercept test fails
The U.S. Navy conducted a failed ballistic missile intercept Wednesday with its SM-3 Block IIA off the coast of Hawaii.
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Revealed: Trump’s $110 billion weapons list for the Saudis
The administration’s arms proposal to Saudi Arabia, previously slim on specifics, includes seven THAAD missile defense batteries, over 100,000 air-to-ground munitions and billions of dollars’ worth of new aircraft, according to a White House document obtained by Defense News.
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Navy says ‘tens of thousands’ of gallons of jet fuel leaked at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia
JP-5 jet fuel has leaked at Naval Air Station Oceana and shut down part of London Bridge Road. No injuries have been reported.
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Boeing pulls Harpoon from US Navy missile competition
Citing continuing requirements changes that would mean giving ships a less-capable weapon than those carried by aircraft, Boeing said Tuesday it would drop out of a U.S. Navy effort to buy an over-the-horizon (OTH) cruise missile for littoral combat ships (LCS) and frigates.
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Boeing exec, Russia cynic among Trump’s picks for top DoD posts
President Donald Trump has announced his nominees to fill five of the top spots at the Pentagon, including naming a Boeing vice president to be deputy secretary of defense.
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Fix the Fleet! US Navy Makes Maintenance Top Priority
With no fiscal 2017 defense budget in sight and little chance of an agreement before April – if then – the military services are submitting second and possibly third rounds of unfunded requirements lists to Congress. The lists include items left out of the original budget requests, ranked in order of priority should Congress find…
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US Congress Passes Waiver for Mattis to Lead Pentagon
Congress on Friday passed historic legislation allowing US Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to serve as the next defense secretary, overriding some Democrats who took a stand for civilian control of the military.
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US Navy’s New Fleet Goal: 355 Ships
Tossing overboard the budget constraints that have weighed down the US Navy’s attempts to grow its fleet, the world’s most powerful sea service is embarking on the biggest proposed expansion since the early 1980s.
-
New Warship’s Big Guns Have No Bullets
Barely two weeks after the US Navy commissioned its newest and most futuristic warship, armed with two huge guns that can hit targets 80 miles away, the service is moving to cancel the projectiles for the guns, citing excessive costs that run up to $800,000 per round or more.
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Corker vows to block US arms sales to GCC
Powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker announced he is blocking U.S. arms sales to Gulf Cooperation Council member states to pressure a resolution to the escalating row over Qatar.
-
US Navy ballistic missile intercept test fails
The U.S. Navy conducted a failed ballistic missile intercept Wednesday with its SM-3 Block IIA off the coast of Hawaii.
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Revealed: Trump’s $110 billion weapons list for the Saudis
The administration’s arms proposal to Saudi Arabia, previously slim on specifics, includes seven THAAD missile defense batteries, over 100,000 air-to-ground munitions and billions of dollars’ worth of new aircraft, according to a White House document obtained by Defense News.
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Navy says ‘tens of thousands’ of gallons of jet fuel leaked at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia
JP-5 jet fuel has leaked at Naval Air Station Oceana and shut down part of London Bridge Road. No injuries have been reported.
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Boeing pulls Harpoon from US Navy missile competition
Citing continuing requirements changes that would mean giving ships a less-capable weapon than those carried by aircraft, Boeing said Tuesday it would drop out of a U.S. Navy effort to buy an over-the-horizon (OTH) cruise missile for littoral combat ships (LCS) and frigates.
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Boeing exec, Russia cynic among Trump’s picks for top DoD posts
President Donald Trump has announced his nominees to fill five of the top spots at the Pentagon, including naming a Boeing vice president to be deputy secretary of defense.
-
Fix the Fleet! US Navy Makes Maintenance Top Priority
With no fiscal 2017 defense budget in sight and little chance of an agreement before April – if then – the military services are submitting second and possibly third rounds of unfunded requirements lists to Congress. The lists include items left out of the original budget requests, ranked in order of priority should Congress find…
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US Congress Passes Waiver for Mattis to Lead Pentagon
Congress on Friday passed historic legislation allowing US Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to serve as the next defense secretary, overriding some Democrats who took a stand for civilian control of the military.
-
US Navy’s New Fleet Goal: 355 Ships
Tossing overboard the budget constraints that have weighed down the US Navy’s attempts to grow its fleet, the world’s most powerful sea service is embarking on the biggest proposed expansion since the early 1980s.
-
New Warship’s Big Guns Have No Bullets
Barely two weeks after the US Navy commissioned its newest and most futuristic warship, armed with two huge guns that can hit targets 80 miles away, the service is moving to cancel the projectiles for the guns, citing excessive costs that run up to $800,000 per round or more.
