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- The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Washington Or Bust. Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill this week, though they aren't expected to hold any defense-related hearings or vote on Pentagon issues during the brief lame-duck session expected to be dominated by a...
- Research articles 2008-12-08
- Navy SEAL Tells of Tragedy and Triumph in Afghanistan
- Amazing Story Will Make Great Movie Navy SEAL Tells of Tragedy and Triumph in Afghanistan Lone Survivor By Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson Little Brown 390 Pp. $24.99 BY JAMES C. ROBERTS The American military's legacy of valor and sacrifice lives on in the ranks of our active duty personnel...
- Research articles 2008-11-24
- Taylor Vexed By Reports of DDG-51 Acquisition Weighted Toward GD
- By Emelie Rutherford Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) said he is "troubled" about reports the Navy has weighed granting more of the work on a potential new batch of DDG-51 destroyers to General Dynamics' [GD] Bath Iron Works BIW in Maine than to Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Ingalls...
- Research articles 2008-10-24
- J.P. MORGAN'S GREATEST BLUNDER UNITED STATES LINES
- America 's pre-eminent financier created dozens of memorable multi-million dollar mergers yet his heirs weren't able to save one of his pet creations from corporate oblivion J.P. Morgan & Company was one of the most-powerful banking houses in America at the end of the 19th century and into...
- Research articles 2008-10-01
- Pentagon Reports Schedule Slips For Navy's AH-1Z And MH-60S AMCM
- By Geoff Fein Two Navy helicopter programs are each facing schedule slips of up to two years in the most current round of the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports SAR released Monday. Bell Helicopter Textron's [TXT] efforts to upgrade a number of UH-1Ns into AH-1Zs is...
- Research articles 2008-08-19
- EMALS Catapult For CVN-78 Proceeding Through Testing, Appears Back On Track
- By Geoff Fein Testing on the giant motor generator that will be used to power the electromagnetic aircraft launch system EMALS on the Navy's next-generation carrier, the Gerald R. Ford, should wrap-up testing next month at General Atomics' Tupelo, Miss., facility, a Navy official said. ...
- Research articles 2008-08-08
- SPARRING WITH DRAGONS: Captain Giliberto-A Yangtze Legend
- When Gaetano Giliberto first saw the middle section of the Yangtze River above Hankow, it was the spring of 1927. That date was significant for two reasons. First, it marked the worst flooding that the Yangtze had experienced in many decades, and second, it coincided with perhaps the most violent...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Pentagon Seeks Info On Navy Destroyer Shift, Senators Suggest Holding Funds
- By Emelie Rutherford A defense official said late last week the Pentagon is not sold on the Navy's attempt to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers and build eight more DDG-51s, just as General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works BIW and Raytheon [RTN] supporters on Capitol Hill attacked...
- Research articles 2008-07-28
- Key Lawmakers Not Sold On Navy Plan To Stop DDG-1000 Destroyer Buy In Favor of DDG-51
- By Emelie Rutherford Key lawmakers on defense panels said yesterday they were not sold on the Navy's new plan to stop the DDG-1000 destroyer program at the two ships already funded and build more of the older and cheaper DDG-51 combatants. Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Chairman...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- Bath Iron Works' Ultra Hall—A Significant Reinvestment For Shipbuilding, Navy Secretary Says
- By Geoff Fein General Dynamics' [GD] Bath Iron Work BIW ultra hall may be one of the most significant capital reinvestments in the nation's shipbuilding industry in the last few years, according to a top Navy official. "It reflects a lot of the lessons learned in...
- Research articles 2008-07-22
- Lawmakers Weigh Workforce Implications of Changing Navy's DDG-1000 Destroyer Plans
- By Emelie Rutherford As questions swirl on Capitol Hill about whether the Navy will halt its nascent DDG-1000 destroyer program and build more of the older and cheaper DDG- 51s, an outspoken DDG-1000 backer in the Senate said she is concerned about jobs dipping at Bath Iron...
- Research articles 2008-07-17
- Defense Watch
- The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Shelby: Need Tanker Now. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)--a backer of Northrop Grumman's embattled Air Force contract for aerial refueling tankers-- calls on Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a June 2 letter to quickly move forward with...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Marine Corps Helicopter Programs Stabilizing, Official Says
- By Geoff Fein Although Marine Corps rotary wing platforms have had their share of issues, the successful first deployment of the V-22 Osprey demonstrates that the service's aircraft are on the right track, according to the former head of Marine Corps aviation. "Remember when the...
- Research articles 2008-05-22
- BAMS Gives Navy Foothold In UAS World, Official Says
- By Geoff Fein Although the system design and development contract SDD for the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance BAMS unmanned aerial system UAS was three years late, the award earlier this week to Northrop Grumman [NOC] represents the service gaining real traction in the UAS world,...
- Research articles 2008-04-24
- Early Efforts Should Help DDG-1000 Production Avoid Other Programs' Pitfalls
- By Geoff Fein As construction on DDG-1000 gets underway in the coming year, the Navy and the two shipyards heading up the effort will have a design that is significantly further along than any previous surface combatant has ever been, according to a Navy official. ...
- Research articles 2008-04-11
- Navy Could Lower DDG-1000 Cost Even Further By Building Two A Year, Official Says
- By Geoff Fein Although the current plan for seven DDG-1000 class combat ships will see the construction price drop to almost $2.3 billion by the fifth ship, a Navy official said he could get the per hull cost even lower if he could build two a ...
- Research articles 2008-03-31
- Navy Comfortable With Pace of DDG-1000 Design
- By Geoff Fein DDG-1000 is further along in design than any previous surface combatant at the time of contract award, easing fears that with slightly more than half of the design complete, construction costs could increase, Navy officials said. Detail design for the Navy's next generation...
- Research articles 2008-02-20
- Navy Awards Austal, Bath Iron Works And Bollinger Shipyards JHSV Design Contracts
- By Geoff Fein The Navy last night awarded three, $3 million, phase one firm fixed price contracts to develop a preliminary design for the Joint High Speed Vessel JHSV. The winning bids were Mobile, Ala.-based Austal USA, General Dynamics' [GD] Bath Iron Works, Brunswick, Maine;...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Improved Electronics Help Prowlers Keep Pace With Threats
- By Geoff Fein To ensure the Marine Corps will be able to rely on the EA-6B Prowler for the service's electronic attack needs and keep pace with global threats, the Navy has made a number of significant investments in the aircraft, from new electronic systems to...
- Research articles 2007-10-24
- Bath Iron Works To Take Delivery of First Set of DDG-1000 Equipment
- By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday said it was sending the first delivery of mission system equipment MSE for DDG-1000 to General Dynamics' [GD] Bath Iron Works BIW to align ship construction schedules to support the surface combatant industrial base and to manage the Navy's ship...
- Research articles 2007-09-26
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