Navy/USMC

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 […]

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 […]

Collins Aerospace [RTX] sees the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter and other military systems as opportunities for its Perigon flight control computer, which the company announced […]

A Navy official on Wednesday said two of the Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) the Navy proposed divesting of in the latest budget request could be used in reserve or sold […]

This week the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) provided an update on the status of the USS Gerald R. Ford, its delayed Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs), and lessons learned from […]

The leaders of the House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee on Tuesday criticized the Navy’s latest 30-year shipbuilding plan over its lack of specifics and for downplaying Congress’ previous requirement to […]

Last week Navy officials told a House panel how the service plans to close the current strike fighter shortfall years earlier than previously planned via a set of fleet structure […]

The Marine Corps announced on Friday it has selected General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems and Textron’s [TXT] Textron Systems for its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) prototyping effort, with each company […]

Defense Department officials this week said how the Navy and Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is learning from the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to inform future larger unmanned […]

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that President Joe Biden made three naval nominations for positions at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and the Joint Staff. Vice Adm. […]