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Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday reported a steep drop in fourth quarter earnings driven primarily by declines across its shipbuilding operations. Net income slid 52 percent to $120 million, […]

The head of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) said the organization is working with the Navy on a strategy to buy used ships to replace part of the sealift fleet before […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered the first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the Navy in the Integrated Functional Capability (IFC)-4 configuration on Feb. 1, the company said. The aircraft […]

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nuclear Emergency Support team was scheduled to take one of its radiation-sniffing Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] 412 helicopters out for what figures to be one […]

The Pentagon’s top weapons tester said the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) faces significant operational effectiveness and suitability challenges as it proceeds into the initial operational test and evaluation […]

The Navy is not certain if it will stay on target to integrate Link-16 into the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter fleet by fiscal year 2023 due […]

The Navy is preparing to add upgraded capabilities to four aircraft carriers in support of Project Overmatch, the Navy’s top officer in charge of carrier design, construction, delivery, system integration […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it is packaging a laser weapon system that is set to be installed on the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) this year. The […]

The Navy this week showcased the DDG(X) next large surface combatant’s draft capabilities that could accommodate multiple directed energy laser weapons, hypersonic missiles, and a more powerful radar. The Navy […]

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