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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is being awarded a $4 billion fixed-price U.S. Navy contract for 30 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, the fifth batch of low-rate initial production, the Defense Department said on Friday.The deal would provide 21 conventional models ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged a Marine Corps reservist with shooting at four military buildings around Washington, including the Pentagon, and also said he appeared to be trying to build a bomb.Yonathan Melaku, 22, was charged with four counts ...

A House committee late Wednesday OK'd an amendment to the defense budget that aims to slow down repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'The House Armed Services Committee late Wednesday OK'd an amendment to the defense budget that aims to slow down repeal ...

At a House Armed Services Committee hearing, testimony by the military's four service chief left Chairman Buck McKeon reelingAt a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, testimony by the military's four service chief left Chairman Buck McKeon reeling. Last year, Congress ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven of 10 F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp were cleared to resume flight tests this week as government auditors raised questions about the long-term affordability of the program.The Pentagon's F-35 program director said one Air Force ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerful Republican lawmaker criticized the Obama administration's plan to strip tens of billions of dollars from the Pentagon's budget and worried that national security considerations were at risk.Howard "Buck" McKeon, the new chairman of the House of Representatives ...

Legislation to be introduced by California Representative Duncan Hunter would almost certainly block repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'Legislation to be introduced by California Representative Duncan D. Hunter, a Republican, would almost certainly block repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” if approved. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers and industry executives began raising concerns this week about new Pentagon cost-cutting measures, saying the moves could have unintended consequences and might prove difficult to implement.Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered "a brilliant preemptive strike that kind of frames ...

Citing "dire" fiscal pressures, Defense Secretary Robert Gates proposed deeper cuts than planned in US military programs, scaling back ground forces for the first time since the 1990s.Gates, in a compromise with the White House, said the 78 billion dollars in cuts ...

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Topic: U.S. Marine Corps

Lockheed in $4 billion U.S. F-35 fighter deal

Marine reservist charged in military shootings

Duncan Hunter's Bill To Derail DADT Repeal Gets House Panel OK

To Buck McKeon's Chagrin, Service Chiefs Say DADT Repeal Training On Track

Some Lockheed F-35 fighters cleared for flight

Panel chair challenges Obama's defense cuts

Rep. Duncan Hunter's Bill Would Block DADT Repeal

Defense budget changes raise questions and concerns

Gates moves to cut US defense budget

Citing deficit, Gates moves to cut US defense budget

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