Market Sectors :: Navy/USMC
May 9, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford The dual-year war-supplemental bill House and Senate lawmakers are expected to address next week includes at least $42 billion for buying systems including F/A-18 Super Hornet strike aircraft and an array of tactical vehicles. Aides said...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2611.html
May 9, 2008
By Emelie Rutherford Three House panels yesterday recommended changes to the White House's proposed defense budget including tacking on up to four additional Navy ships, calling for irregular- warfare organizational changes in the Pentagon and adding nearly...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2615.html
May 9, 2008
By Geoff Fein Defense officials are beginning a review of the roles and missions of the armed forces that will explore how the services handle unmanned aerial systems (UAS), intra-theater lift, cyber and irregular warfare, according to a senior defense...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2616.html
May 8, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy has lost a lot of its proficiency in anti-submarine warfare (ASW), at a time when the threat from diesel-electric subs is growing, according to a senior service official. Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2597.html
May 7, 2008
By Geoff Fein Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead has directed the establishment of a permanent Navy organization to undertake both the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and the QDR Review of Department of Defense Roles and Missions (QRM), a move that...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2585.html
May 7, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the process of preparing to release a request for proposal (RFP) in June for Increment II of its presidential helicopter, as the service looks to put the troubled program back on track The RFP is required because of the changes...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2589.html
May 6, 2008
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday filed a protest of the Navy's award of a $1.16 billion contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial system (UAS). The service awarded Northrop Grumman the...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2583.html
May 5, 2008
The White House last week sent Sean Stackley's name to the Senate for nomination as the Navy's top weapons buyer. However it's unknown when the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will take the matter up. Stackley, a SASC staff member, would oversee a...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2555.html
May 5, 2008
By Geoff Fein During his tenure as Navy Secretary, Donald Winter has made it a point to visit foreign shipyards when the opportunity presents itself. The visits have enabled Winter to see best practices of the shipyards as well as some of the platforms the...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2556.html
May 5, 2008
In an ominous development, new pictures of an advanced Chinese long-range-missile-carrying submarine also show China is building a major base for its subs at Hainan Island, including underground tunnels. Those pictures, taken by DigitalGlobe...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2569.html
May 1, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), a small submersible capable of deploying Special Operations Command (SOCOM) from a submarine operated for the first time from one of the Navy's newest SSGN's, the USS Michigan (SSGN-727), according to...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2538.html
April 30, 2008
Boeing's [BA] ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA) logged a pair of service milestones as it surpassed 50,000 combat flight hours with Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in Iraq and 1,000 shipboard recoveries with the Navy, the company reported. ScanEagle is a...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2521.html
April 30, 2008
By Geoff Fein Reliability issues with the AQS-20 sonar's cable winch system aboard the MH-60S Seahawk, have led the Navy to suspend the system's operational evaluation (OPEVAL) while an independent team reviews the effort. Last Friday the Navy told lawmakers...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2522.html
April 29, 2008
By Geoff Fein When the USS North Carolina (SSN-777) is commissioned Saturday, May 3, it will mark improvements in the way the newest attack submarines are built, enabling the Navy and its industry partners to decrease deficiencies and cut months off of the...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2492.html
April 28, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy's next multi-year Virginia-class submarine contract, expected to be signed by the end of the year, will not only mark the beginning of building two subs per year in fiscal year '11, it will also introduce changes to make the boats more...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2471.html
April 24, 2008
By Geoff Fein Although the system design and development contract (SDD) for the Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial system (UAS) was three years late, the award earlier this week to Northrop Grumman [NOC] represents the service...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2447.html
April 23, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $1.16 billion contract to develop the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aerial system (UAS), beating out teams led by Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The contract award...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2443.html
April 22, 2008
By Geoff Fein The Pentagon's chief weapons buyer is looking to a number of efforts such as competitive prototyping to improve program execution and help deliver systems and technologies to warfighters quicker. John Young, Under Secretary of Defense for...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2433.html
April 21, 2008
The U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) has recommended the Coast Guard accept delivery of the first National Security Cutter (NSC-1), following correction or waiver of several deficiencies. The CGC Bertholf (NSC-1) generated approximately...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2413.html
April 21, 2008
The federal government needs to step up to the challenge and fully fund myriad defense programs, specifically including procurement of ships, tanks, planes, missiles and more, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) stated in a new report. The AIA noted...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/navy_usmc/2424.html

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