The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) aims to keep the Navy’s Force Structure Assessment (FSA) ongoing past the upcoming report while also admitting the service has not yet decided what comes after the Ford-class carriers and carrier-variant F-35C Joint Strike Fighters. “When I came into this job ...
Rich Abott
A top Navy official confirmed the service is examining anomaly requests for a possible longer-term continuing resolution (CR) while a Marine Corps official expected no anomalies for his service. Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, Commanding General of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Deputy ...
Two Navy officials on Wednesday told Congress the second continuing resolution (CR) may impacted five more ship maintenance contracts while noting the long-delayed USS Boise (SSN-764) maintenance will start when it enters drydock in the spring. In written testimony before the Senate Armed Services ...
Members of Congress from the states where the new Block V Virginia-class attack submarines will be built support the new contract but emphasized they want to see the optional 10th boat built. On Monday, the Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] long-awaited a $22.2 billion contract to ...
The Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] $22.2 billion in the “largest shipbuilding contract the Navy has ever awarded” for nine Block V Virginia-class attack submarines and an option for a 10th, the Navy’s top acquisition official said on Monday. The award covers nine submarines, ...
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] two contracts worth a total of $1.16 billion on Nov. 26 to produce and deliver 15 Lot 14 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters for Australia and the first advance support award for 48 Lot 15 F-35As for the U.S. The first award, a $831 million ...
