Navy/USMC

By Geoff Fein The Navy’s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) came through its first round of acceptance trials, receiving fewer trial cards than many first of class surface combatants get […]

By Calvin Biesecker Serco Group said yesterday that its United States-based division Serco Inc., has agreed to acquire federal services provider SI International [SINT] for $423 million in cash in […]

By Geoff Fein While there has been much speculation over how many more DDG-51s the Navy might ask for in its new path forward for surface combatants, a top Raytheon […]

The Navy Monday conducted a successful test launch of two unarmed Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs), Lockheed Martin [LMT] reported. The Lockheed Martin-built missiles were launched from the […]

By Geoff Fein Issues with the Navy’s MH-60S Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) system has led to a two-year delay in the program and landed the effort on the Pentagon’s Selected […]

By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT], under HELLFIRE Services Limited Liability Company (HSLLC), will produce additional combat-proven Hellfirer II precision- strike, laser-guided air-to-ground missiles for U.S. and international armed forces […]

By Geoff Fein Although the Navy’s efforts to develop the AH-1Z helicopter are now facing a two-year schedule slip, service officials point out that the UH-1Y just achieved its initial […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps’ top equipment buyer predicts a nascent Pentagon policy requiring multiple, competitive prototypes in the early stages of large weapon-system programs will yield more cost […]

By Geoff Fein While the Navy continues its internal debate on which direction to pursue for surface ships, the service has begun to lay down the ground work, schedules and […]

By Emelie Rutherford The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s (NORAD) burgeoning maritime-warning role "doesn’t come easy," said its leader, who talked yesterday about challenges with sharing situational-awareness data with partners […]