Navy/USMC

The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier recently finished its combat systems ship’s qualification trials (CSSQT) and reached 8,000 aircraft launches and recoveries. The CSSQT work onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford […]

A new paper by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the Hudson Institute advises the Pentagon to undertake a study to determine the most cost-effective long-range strike systems to […]

Last week, leading Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) lamented the significant, ongoing problems with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 nearly 20 years after the company beat Boeing […]

This month two leading House Armed Services Committee members submitted a bipartisan bill  to extend the Annual Report on Material Readiness of Navy Ships, conducted by the Board of Inspection […]

The Joint Program Office (JPO) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter at Patuxent River, Md. expects to receive an analysis by Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and the […]

A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released April 22 estimates the Navy’s latest long-term shipbuilding plan would cost 10 percent more than the service expects. The Navy submitted the […]

The head of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and the top U.S. Air Force deterrence official defended the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) leg of the nuclear triad in separate forums on […]

The Navy this week awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $107 million contract action for more long-lead time material (LLTM) for the future America-class amphibious assault ship, LHA-9. The Defense […]

The Pentagon plans to release an unclassified version of the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, which Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin may sign soon, a top DoD official […]

The Navy this week revealed more details about the ongoing Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) exercise being led by U.S. Pacific Fleet, including that it will have an offensive […]