– Defense Technology International – Now that the U.S. Navy has worked out its shipbuilding plan for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the service can start eyeing a possible common combat system for the LCS fleet.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
US Navy – U.S. Navy Awards LCS Contracts to Lockheed and Austal
– Defense Technology International – The Navy wasted little time in taking advantage of congressional support for the service’s dual-block-buy plan for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), awarding fixed-price-incentive contracts tonight to both Lockheed Martin and Austal USA for the design and construction of a 10 ship block-buy each.
US Navy – Transforming U.S. military might into 21st-century weapons
– Washington Post – Nice insight into how the US should be spending its defense dollars…
US Navy – Air Sea Battle A Point of Departure Operational Concept
– Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments – A detailed look at the Air Sea Battle plan…
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Portugese Navy – Portugal takes delivery of second sub
– UPI – Portugal took delivery of the second of two Class 209PN diesel submarines, the NRP Arpao, handed over at the Baltic coast shipyards of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.
Chinese Navy – Military strength is eluding China
–Chinese Navy – Military strength is eluding China – A different view of the Chinese Navy’s strength…
US Marines – Navy, Marines Game Out Their Future
– Defense Technology International – On December 11, the Navy and Marine Corps kicked off Bold Alligator, a simulation that marks the largest joint fleet simulated amphibious exercise in the last 10 years. Brig. Gen. Christopher S. Owens of the II Marine Expeditionary Force, the Marine component of Exercise Bold Alligator, said in a conference call last week that while it’s the first brigade-level amphibious exercise in quite some time, “it’s also a first step in our revitalization of our amphibious proficiency with larger or brigade-size units” after a decade of kicking sand.
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