Navy/USMC

The Navy released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (MUUV) on May 21. According to a May 22 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) statement, this […]

The future Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Oakland (LCS-24) completed acceptance trials in Mobile, Ala., on Friday. Naval Sea Systems Command noted during the trials the service tested various ship […]

The Navy said it plans to host virtual industry days on June 16-17 to brief industry on the Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) program. A May 21 notice to […]

The Senate confirmed Kenneth Braithwaite as the next Secretary of the Navy via voice vote May 21. Braithwaite, who previously served as the U.S. ambassador to Norway, succeeds Thomas Modly, […]

The Navy’s top acquisition official said maintenance work on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is ahead of schedule, which may allow the Navy to reduce work needed […]

The Navy awarded almost $2 billion total to Viasat Inc. and the Data Link Solutions LLC consortium on May 19 to provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio […]

The Navy’s top acquisition official on Wednesday said the service completed debriefing all losing competitors for the FFG(X) future frigate competition and responded to concerns about the cost of the […]

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Monday it recently started the final Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET) tests for the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) capability. The NGJ-LB capability […]

The Marine Corps will procure new weapons to replace its M27 automatic rifles using the Army’s Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, with initial deliveries to potentially begin by fiscal year […]

This week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlined why it denied Airbus’ protest of the Leonardo‘s win to build the  next Navy helicopter trainer aircraft while revealing Leonardo’s offer was […]