Navy/USMC

Leonardo’s DRS Technologies is reviving its call for the Navy to incorporate the OTO Melara 76mm Super Rapid Gun on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The pitch isn’t exactly new—the […]

When Senate lawmakers return this June from Memorial Day recess, they will have to contend with the more than 190 amendments to the 2017 defense authorization bill that have been filed Of […]

The Navy is considering awarding multiple contracts for the recompete of the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) instead of relying on a single contractor to run the network, program officials […]

Final operational test and planning for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been pushed back to mid-2018, about a year later than expected, because of ongoing developmental delays with the […]

The Navy awarded General Dynamics [GD] a $46.7 million contract to provide information technology services and security assistance support to the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVUP WSS) […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s $574.5 billion defense spending bill, which the defense subcommittee (SAC-D) approved Tuesday, contained a big surprise: $1 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds to accelerate construction of […]

The Navy on Friday accepted delivery of the first in a class of futuristic destroyers, the future USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000). The ship, built by General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works […]

This year the Navy will conduct another series of tests of a modified, vertically-launched Longbow Hellfire missile before integrating it on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in 2017, a program […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—When a Navy task force late last summer finished a year-long enterprise-wide review of the service’s organization, resourcing and positioning for its cyber security needs, a key finding […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Due to the planned procurement of only one Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in fiscal year 2018, the Navy aims to award a contract for the frigate program and […]