Navy/USMC
-
Navy/USMCSenate Authorizers Push For AUKUS Oversight While Foreign Relations Committee Looks To Authorize SSN Transfers
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill included several provisions to add oversight to the AUKUS agreement to help Australia gain nuclear-powered attack submarines. One […]
-
Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Unveils DARPA Shipboard Drone Concept for Navy Tactical Missions
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has unveiled the design of the new autonomous uncrewed vertical take-off and landing aircraft capable of operating from Navy ships at sea that it will build under […]
-
Navy/USMCDIU Seeks Autonomous Commercial Large UUV Technology
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week published a new solicitation looking for commercial solutions for autonomously navigating Large Diameter Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (LDUUV) to aid the Navy in adding […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCNavy Accepts Delivery Of New Oiler T-AO 206
The Navy accepted delivery of the second new John Lewis-class of fleet replenishment oilers, the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from builder General Dynamics’ [GD] National Steel and Shipbuilding Company […]
Tagged in: -
Advanced / Transformational TechnologyClassified AI Briefing to Senators A ‘Candid, Wake Up Call,’ Schumer Says
Pentagon, intelligence, and White House officials’ classified, artificial intelligence (AI) briefing to about 70 senators on July 11th was a “candid, wake up call,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCNavy Launches USV From EPF-10 Ahead of International Exercise
The Navy and Military Sealift Command launched a Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from an expeditionary fast transport ship ahead of a large multinational maritime exercise in Central and […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCSenate Bill Would Limit Navy Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Accounts For 31 Amphibs
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would restrict Navy funds until it submits a new shipbuilding plan accounting for […]
-
Air ForceLatest AMRAAM Variant Successful In Final Flight Test
RTX [RTX] on Tuesday said the newest variant of its Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) has successfully completed its final flight test, marking the completion of developmental and operational testing. […]
Tagged in: -
Navy/USMCAs Berger Retires, Tuberville’s Block Leaves Marines Without A Senate-Confirmed Leader
Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the Marine Corps, retired from his post on Monday, while the service is now without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in over […]
-
Navy/USMCBAE Systems Nabs Contract To Design Next Generation Launcher
BAE Systems on Thursday said it has received a $37 million contract from the Defense Department’s Ordnance Technology Consortium to design the Next Generation Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Launch System […]