Defense Secretary Ashton Carter could reconsider his plan to reduce the production of the littoral combat ships from 52 to 40 as Pentagon and U.S. Navy officials discuss the program’s pros and
MoreU.S. Navy Capt. David Manero, special assistant to the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been appointed defense attache to Russia. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations, announced Maneroâs
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U.S. Chief of Naval of Operations Adm. John Richardson has pushed for speedy progress in the U.S. Navyâs effort to develop a new unmanned armed aircraft for launch from a carrier at
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Rear Adm. David Lane, formerly a medical officer and director of health services for the U.S. Marine Corps, has been appointed as director of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Secretary of
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Retired Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley, former chief of the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, has been appointed as the first deputy assistant secretary for unmanned systems at the U.S. Navy, USNI News
MoreLt. Gen. Robert Neller, former commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, took on the role of commandant of the service branch during a ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington Thursday, DoD
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The Department of the Navy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power have kicked off construction work on a 210-megawatt direct current solar facility in Arizona to power 14 Navy and Marine Corps installations. Sempra
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Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley Jr., commander of the naval undersea warfare center at Naval Sea Systems Command, has been appointed as program executive officer for submarines. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus
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Rear Adm. Robert Girrier, formerly deputy commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, has been appointed as director of unmanned weapons systems for N99 within the Office of the Chief of
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus believes budget appropriators should look at eliminating bureaucracy and overhead costs at the Defense Department rather than slashing needed defense equipment, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Allyson
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