Navy/USMC

The Navy awarded Austal USA a $91.5 million modification on Sept. 6 for the detail design and construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU)-1700 class craft, making it the second […]

The Marine Corps plans to test its first Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) early next year as it develops the needs for the new Landing Ship Medium (LSM) to be bought […]

This week a Navy contract update revealed how much the Navy is spending on its latest five year, 10-ship multi-year contract for Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. A Sept. […]

Federal officials did not inappropriately block contractors from investigating concerns about a program to refurbish one of the Navy’s two nuclear weapons, the Department of Energy’s inspector general wrote in […]

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it is addressing a higher than desired non-mission capable (NMC) rate for maintenance of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter’s F135 engine by […]

A top Marine Corps official Wednesday said that early next year the service plans to test an autonomous vessel moving a few Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs) to shore to reload […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said in an 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Sept. 6 that the company expects to deliver the first F-35 in a Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) […]

The Navy on Thursday said it aims to issue an open competitive solicitation for the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) in the fourth quarter […]

The top Marine Corps officer ordered a safety review in the wake of a MV-22B Osprey crash that killed three Marines and injured several others. “Marines, when we have any […]

The White House has requested that Congress’ consideration of a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown include a provision allowing planned funds for the Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile […]