The Marine Corps is set to request $14 billion for modernization efforts in its fiscal year 2020 budget request, a senior official said Wednesday, with leadership emphasizing a need to improve the capabilities on its amphibious warships. Lt. Gen. Brian Beaudreault, deputy commandant for plans, ...

The Defense Department’s agency charged with providing logistics support to warfighters is seeking information from vendors capable of providing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that can deliver food and water to people in remote areas following a disaster. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in an ...

The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a modification on Tuesday to exercise an option to build one FY 2019 Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), LCS-31. The contract announcement did not cite the specific award value because it “is considered source-selection sensitive information and ...

The new House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Republican roster has shrunk by seven in the new Democratic-led Congress, with two new members joining the powerful committee. Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) on Thursday announced the Republican nominations to the committee, pending approval by ...

The Navy is planning to design and field two hulls under the Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-Mission Platform (CHAMP) program to fulfill its five main missions. Last year, the Navy started looking for a common replacement to various auxiliary ships that are approaching the end of their service lives, ...

President Donald Trump plans to unveil the Defense Department’s missile defense review Jan. 17 at the Pentagon after months of delays, a senior White House official said Jan. 16. This will be the first missile defense review issued since 2010, and reflects the “more complex, more threatening ...