Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is working with the U.S. Marine Corps to improve the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s survivability and establish its assault-support elements in high-threat situations. Kelly noted that his
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The U.S. Navy performed its first at-sea replenishment when a naval logistics team delivered an aircraft power module to the USS Carl Vinson carrier. USS Carl Vinson, also known as CVN 70,
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NASA has chosen four candidate areas on asteroid Bennu that may serve as sample collection sites for the Lockheed Martin-built Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft. The selected sites measure
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The U.S. Marine Corps plans to hold an industry competition to procure a new ground vehicle platform designed to fit inside military transport helicopters, Defense News reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes Michael
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The Japanese defense ministry requested a $42.38 billion budget for its next fiscal year that will start in April, a 2.2 percent increase from the agency’s current funding levels, Reuters reported Monday.
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The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will conduct joint exercise with regional allies as part of efforts to share maritime operation capabilities with partner nations, Defense News reported Monday.
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The House is considering a defense appropriations bill that would let the Defense Department bring forward new programs before sequestration cuts would start affecting those programs, the Washington Business Journal reports. Some
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