Navy should buy more unmanned, fewer manned aircraft: Analyst

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A military analyst believes that the Navy should buy fewer F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) for duty on aircraft carriers and more Joint Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (J-UCAV) if those pilotless planes can land safely on pitching carrier flight decks. Robert Work, senior analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), has given his opinion on the Navy's next-generation DD(X) class destroyer program and the piloted JSFs.

General services, Facilities & equipment, Management dynamics, Aircraft Manufacturing, Fighter Aircraft, Defense Procurement, Management, Purchasing, Equipment and supplies, Fighter planes, Company business management, Military procurement, F-35 (Aircraft), Defence buying

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Sikorsky says it has Marine One supplier in 41 states

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. reported that it will have suppliers in 41 states if it wins the Navy contract for the future Marine One presidential transport helicopter. The company has widespread infrastructure in place to produce and maintain Marine One helicopter as it is building presidential transport helos since the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower.

Product development, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Contracts & orders received, Contracts & orders let, Contracts, Contract agreement, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Company business forecast/projection, Company forecasts, Transport helicopters

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Opponents assail plans to close New London, Portsmouth bases

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Plans to close the Naval Submarine Base, in New London at Groton, Connecticut, are discussed. State officials and representatives from General Dynamics Corporation provide reasons why the submarine base should not have been included on the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission' s base-closing list.

Plant shutdown, Connecticut, Political aspects, General Dynamics Corp., GD, Navy-yards and naval stations, Naval bases, Facility closures

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