Navy/USMC

A Navy official on Tuesday explained the service’s unmanned campaign plan to build a centralized management and leadership of technologies supporting all unmanned platforms. The plan, directed by the Chief […]

Navy officials unveiled a new prototyping effort Tuesday to integrate sensors and payloads into a single unmanned maritime project, the Rapid Autonomy Integration Lab (RAIL). RAIL is being led by […]

The White House’s request to Congress for exemptions to be included in a likely stopgap spending measure covers procurement of two Columbia-class submarines, development of the W93 submarine-launched nuclear warhead […]

The Navy awarded six companies contracts Friday for studies of a Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) with a combined value of $42 million. The winners are Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII], […]

The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $60 million in two contracts for Aegis ballistic missile defense contract modifications. A Sept. 1 modification valued at $8 million provides for scope […]

Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo, the site of the second Aegis Ashore missile defense system, was officially commissioned on Sept. 3. This ceremony marked the turnover of the base’s newly […]

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an $81 million contract on Aug. 31 to develop new technology for the AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) family of weapon systems. “The […]

The Navy accepted delivery of the newest Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, the future USNS Newport (T-EPF-12), on Sept. 2. The Newport previously finished integrated sea trials, combining builder’s and […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 2 that its Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Modernization, EGI-M, has passed a critical design review (CDR). The CDR marked the completion […]

Last month, the Navy decided to eliminate the “dual hatting” of the research heads Chief of Naval Research and director of OPNAV N94 under one official. Previously, the Chief of […]