Navy/USMC

By Emelie Rutherford While the Navy’s new destroyer-building proposal to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) calls for building eight more DDG-51s starting in fiscal year 2010, service […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Navy’s new plan to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers in favor of older DDG-51 combattants results partly from a threat assessment showing a need for combating foes who […]

By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations defense subcommittee’s fiscal year 2009 defense bill includes no money for buying a Navy DDG-1000 destroyer, yet its chairman expressed doubts yesterday about the […]

By Geoff Fein Over the remaining nine days, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Navy will put the  Freedom (LCS-1) through her paces preparing the vessel for acceptance trials slated to […]

By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday reported solid increases in net income and sales although the higher earnings were driven by lower corporate and pension expenses as three of […]

By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] USS Freedom (LCS-1), the first of a new breed of multi-mission Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), began builders trials Monday, nearly two years since she […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] is currently working on a new offer to the Navy for the company’s Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile, though the new contract will likely not […]

By Geoff Fein Sean Stackley was sworn in yesterday as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition ASN (RDA). Stackley, a retired Navy officer, has been Republican […]

By Emelie Rutherford A defense official said late last week the Pentagon is not sold on the Navy’s attempt to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers and build eight more DDG-51s, just […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday acknowledged that it would seek to buy eight DDG-51s and cease any further acquisition of DDG-1000 beyond the two already planned. "The Department of […]