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Navy/USMCCaudle Succeeds Grady As Commander of Fleet Forces
Adm. Daryl Caudle relieved Adm. Chris Grady as commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) in a ceremony on Dec. 7 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Host Workshop To Explore UUV System Capabilities
The Navy is planning to host a workshop in February with industry and academia to explore and better understand the state of unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) system capabilities and identify […]
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Navy/USMCGD NASSCO Starts Building ESB-7
Construction of the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB-7) Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base ship began with a ceremony on Dec. 1 at General Dynamics’ National Steel and Shipbuilding […]
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UncategorizedNorway Accepts First Of Five P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
The Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency (NDMA) accepted the first of five Boeing [BA] P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the company said Nov. 18. This first P-8A, named Vingtor, was delivered […]
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UncategorizedNR Head to Industry on Nuke Propulsion Transfer to Australia: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You
The head of Naval Reactors invited defense industry executives here Wednesday to think about how they’d contribute to a three-way effort to transfer nuclear submarine propulsion to Australia — but […]
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Navy/USMCSecNav Confirms DDG Multi-Year Procurement Planned, Agrees With Ending F/A-18E/F Purchases
The Secretary of the Navy confirmed the department will seek another multi-year procurement contract for Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers and backs previous service plans to end new purchases of the […]
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Navy/USMCFincantieri Wins Surface Ship Repair, Maintenance Contract
The Navy awarded a $115 million contract for repair and maintenance of surface ships homeported in Mayport, Fla., to Fincantieri’s Marine Systems North America, Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., and St. […]
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ArmyGeneral Dynamics And Epirus Team Up To Add Counter-Swarm Capabilities To Strykers
General Dynamics’ Land Systems [GD] (GDLS) and Epirus announced on Monday they agreed to team up to integrate a directed energy system onto the Army’s Stryker for more Short Range […]
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CongressSenators Direct Review Of Navy Budgets Underfunding Programs
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft FY 2022 defense spending bill includes a provision calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the Navy Department’s budget request tactics that appear […]
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ArmyAs Army Black Hawks Ramp Down, Sikorsky Looks To Lifetime Upgrades
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Sikorsky is looking to long term upgrades and modernization of the UH-60 Black Hawk over the coming decades while the Army conducts a last multi-year contract and […]
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