Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy To Homeport Frigates At Naval Station Everett
The Navy announced on Wednesday that the first set of new Constellation-class guided-missile frigates will be homeported at Naval Station Everett in Washington. The service said Everett will be the […]
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BudgetSecond DDG-51 And Naval Tactical Grid Work In 2022 Leads Navy’s $5.56 Billion Unfunded List
The Navy’s top unfunded priorities for FY ‘22 are $1.66 billion for a second Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 Flight III destroyer and $53.9 million for the Naval Tactical Grid, according to […]
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CongressPentagon Drones Have Flown Twice the Flying Hours of Manned Aircraft
Pentagon unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have flown twice the flying hours of manned, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) planes flying missions comparable to those of the drones, per a new […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s 2022 Budget Requests $3 Billion Less Aircraft Procurement As Programs End
The Navy’s fiscal year 2022 budget request would decrease the service’s new aircraft procurement spending to $16.5 billion, down from $19.5 billion in FY ‘21 amid the end of several […]
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BudgetNavy 2022 Budget Requests $22.6 Billion In Shipbuilding, Prioritizing Readiness Over Fleet Growth
The Navy’s fiscal year 2022 budget request seeks $22.6 billion for eight new battle force ships, cutting a planned destroyer, and also divesting $1.3 billion in capabilities including several cruisers […]
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Navy/USMCNavistar To Pay U.S. $50 Million To Settle Complaint It Overcharged For MRAP Parts
Navistar Defense [NAV] will pay the U.S. government $50 million to settle a complaint that the vehicle manufacturer overcharged the military by inflating the cost of parts for Mine-Resistant Ambush […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Tests First Stage Rocket Of Hypersonic Weapon
The Navy’s Strategic Systems Program successfully conducted a test of the first stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on May 27 for the Defense Department’s hypersonic weapon effort. The test occurred […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Completes Flight Test Integrating Sniper Pods On Kuwait Super Hornets
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Navy completed the first flight integrating the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) with the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, the company said May […]
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Navy/USMCNAVAIR Extending Super Hornet Initiatives To Other Aircraft
The head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) this week explained how the Navy has increased mission capable rates of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and said the same initiatives are being […]
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Navy/USMCLCS-28 Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Savannah (LCS-28) successfully completed acceptance trials on May 14 during demonstrations both in-port and underway in the Gulf of Mexico, the Navy said this week. During these […]
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