Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCLeidos Takes Over Responsibility For Navy IT Network Management
Leidos [LDOS] said on Monday that it has assumed full responsibility for operating the Navy’s and the Marine Corps’ information technology (IT) networks following its win in February 2020 of […]
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Navy/USMCHouse Panel Explores Deploying MCM On ESBs And Lasers On Destroyers
A House panel is looking to have the Navy brief it on adding mine countermeasures (MCM) systems on Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ships and adding lasers to current and future […]
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Navy/USMCHASC Seapower Mark Directs Design Maturity, DDG(X) Testing
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel would direct design maturity in future shipbuilding programs and require the Navy use a land-based test site before building the next generation destroyer […]
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Air ForceHASC Panel Wants DoD Report on F-35 Pilot Breathing System
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel wants the Pentagon to submit a report on the pilot breathing system for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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Navy/USMCHASC May Allows Cruiser Retirements, Adding Second Destroyer And Multiyear Authority
A House panel may allow the Navy to retire aging cruisers while it is also recommending adding a second destroyer to the Navy’s fiscal year 2022 budget and authorizing another […]
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Navy/USMCBAE Wins $117 Million Contract To Build LRASM Seekers
BAE Systems said Monday it received a $117 million contract from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to produce new missile seekers for the latter’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). BAE said this […]
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Missile DefenseMDA Conducts SM-6 Missile Raid Intercept Test
The Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) over the weekend fired four Standard Missile (SM)-6 Dual II missiles against a raid of two short-range ballistic missile targets, successfully intercepting at […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Official Calls SSN(X) The ‘Ultimate Apex Predator’
A Navy official this week called the next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine, SSN(X), an apex predator that will combine the best capability and technologies from three earlier designs. “We are looking […]
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CongressSASC’s FY ‘22 NDAA Authorizes Second Navy Destroyer, Adds One More F-35A
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) restores funding for a second Navy destroyer and calls for adding an additional F-35 […]
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Navy/USMCVTG Awarded Contract To Install ODIN Laser Weapons On Five More Destroyers
The Navy awarded VTG a contract worth $9 million to install and integrate the Navy’s new dazzling directed energy laser on five more Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The company said the […]
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