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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Extends Connector RFI, Hopes Responses Will Inform ‘Integration Matrix’

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 19th, 2014

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Marine Corps Extends Connector RFI, Hopes Responses Will Inform ‘Integration Matrix’

The Joint High Speed Vessel. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Marine Corps and Office of Naval Research have extended their request for information (RFI) to industry on how to improve seabasing operations through future connector capabilities and improvements to interoperability among the current platforms, in the hopes of finding more capability-boosting tweaks hiding in plain sight. The RFI was originally set to expire on Aug. 29 but has been extended to Nov. 28, Jim Strock, director of the Marine Corps’ Seabasing Integration Division, told Defense Daily in an Aug.…

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

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Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

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Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]

Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

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