Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
State Department Approves $2 Billion Sale To France For Three E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes; $3 Billion To Israel For Fuel
The State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft and related equipment to France for about $2 billion and separately approved selling $3 […]
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Budget
House Defense Bill Adds Two Ships, Differs With Senate On Subs
The Navy portion of the House Armed Services Committee’s draft of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill approved Tuesday would add two vessels over the Senate version and argued […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
House Panel Directs Navy Subsystem Report, Echoing Senate Tech Concerns
An amendment to the House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill Tuesday directs a report on naval subsystem technology development, echoing similar Senate concerns. […]
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Navy/USMC
Senators Seek To Curb Ship Procurement Year Issue
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft FY ’21 defense authorization bill seeks to prevent the Defense Department from listing a purchase year on a ship different from what Congress previously […]
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Navy/USMC
HII Wins $936 Million Award For Third FY ’20 Destroyer
The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $936 million modification June 29 to exercise a fiscal year 2020 option to build the third Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 destroyer of the […]
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Navy/USMC
Modern Day Marine Expo To Be Held Virtually
The Marine Corps has officially cancelled this fall’s Modern Day Marine expo due to the pandemic, and will instead hold the event virtually. The event was set to take place […]
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Navy/USMC
Slavonic Tapped As Acting Under Secretary Of The Navy
President Trump selected Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ASN M&RA) Gregory Slavonic to serve as Acting Under Secretary of the Navy on June 22, the […]
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Navy/USMC
Senate Authorizers Push Brakes On LSC, Next Generation Amphibious And Logistics Ships
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s draft fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill would limit new future ship development until more work is done and Congress is given more details. The […]
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International
Northrop Grumman Wins $333 Million Mod For Three More Australian MQ-4C Tritons
The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $333 million modification on June 25 to exercise options to build three more MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft for Australia. The award covers production […]