Navy/USMC

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is conducting an “engineering review” to determine if recent equipment troubles experienced by several Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) point to design or “systemic” issues, according […]

The Defense Department late Wednesday forced a $6 billion contract on Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the ninth lot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, effectively breaking a negotiating logjam but prompting […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] announced Nov. 3 that its operating income totaled $175 million in the third quarter, down 12.5 percent from the same period last year, as revenue declined […]

The Navy is making progress in fixing remaining technical problems with the first Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78) and expects to set a revised delivery date for the ship by year’s […]

A U.S. Navy official expressed optimism Nov. 2 that the service will ultimately be able to use the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) communications satellite, which experienced a glitch […]

The U.S. Navy formally stood up its first squadron for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance plane during an Oct. 28 ceremony at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida. The creation […]

The Army has plans to modify its long-range artillery missile to hit moving targets at sea, giving the service its first truly “multi-domain” strike capability and its first claim to […]

The Navy will soon begin trying out its new man-portable, bomb-disposing robot, the Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System (AEODRS) Increment 1, according to a service official. AEODRS Increment I […]

General Dynamics [GD] awarded BAE Systems a contract to start work associated with the production of Virginia Payload Module (VPM) tubes for the U.S. Navy’s Block V Virginia-class (SSN 774) […]

If the Navy wants to improve the speed at which it fights wars in the future, it needs to change its focus from procuring physical platforms to procuring capabilities, according […]