Navy/USMC

Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite announced the first FFG(X) guided-missile frigate will be named the USS Constellation. Speaking aboard the recreated wooden museum ship USS Constellation in Baltimore on […]

The future Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, USS Mobile (LCS-26), finished acceptance trials on Sept. 25, the Navy said Thursday. The Navy conducted comprehensive tests of the LCS-26 systems during the […]

Several members of Congress commented on Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s new Navy fleet plan somewhat positively, but plan significant adjustments and expressed some concerns. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), chairman […]

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the new Navy future fleet plan calls for over 500 manned and unmanned ships by 2045, including more attack submarines, adding light aircraft carriers […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) directed the establishment of the first MQ-25A carrier aerial refueling unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadron to occur next year, ahead of initial vehicle deliveries. […]

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract worth up to $1.16 billion for follow-on production of the AN/SLQ-32(V)Y Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 systems. This covers […]

BAE Systems won a contract to produce and deliver its Bofors 40 Mk4 and Bofors 57 Mk3 naval guns for the United Kingdom’s Babcock Type 31 general purpose frigate program, […]

The Program Executive Officer (PEO) for unmanned and small combatants (USC) said the service is pushing toward 30-day unmanned surface vehicle (USV) transits while laying out his fiscal year 2021 […]

This week the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for unmanned and small combatants (USC) laid out its fiscal year 2021 priorities and plans as the fiscal year changeover began. Rear Adm. […]

President Trump on Wednesday evening signed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, after the Senate passed the measure earlier in the day by a […]