The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding division on May 6 to start its mid-life refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). “For the last three years, we have planned each step of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis‘ ...

After a year of testing, BETA Technologies‘ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, has received the first airworthiness approval for manned flight in an electric aircraft from the Air Force, the Air Force announced on May 5. BETA and the Air Force will sign a contract ...

General Dynamics’ [GD] Land Systems division this week announced it submitted a prototype proposal for the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) prototype competition. GD is the incumbent that built the current fleet of over 600 Light Armored Vehicle-25s (LAV-25) that the service ...

Germany’s Rheinmetall on Thursday unveiled its newest tactical truck, the HX3, which has capacity for autonomous driving and is able to carry advanced artillery systems. Alexander Westermann, the company’s vice president of sales, said during a virtual presentation Rheinmetall has built three ...

The Army announced Thursday it is starting a new small-business cohort looking for innovative ideas to apply sensor capabilities for sustainment of its future fleet of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV.) The first phase of the program will include selecting up to 10 firms, who will each receive $200,000, ...

During a nearly three-hour budget hearing into which nuclear weapons seldom figured, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she supports building a two-state complex to produce at least 80 plutonium pits annually. That’s among the most, if not the most, definitive statement of ...