Navy/USMC

The Navy on Thursday awarded Textron [TXT] a $386 million modification to build 15 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 100-class Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) vessels. The SSCs were developed to be […]

The Navy’s top acquisition official on  Thursday said as of last week the Navy pushed out contracts 32 percent faster than last year as it works to mitigate effects from […]

A Leidos [LDOS] official said the company worked with the Navy for 30 days on its Next Generation Enterprise Network Re-compete (NGEN-R) contract win before two protests paused work and […]

The head of Naval Sea Systems Command Vice Adm. Thomas Moore recently established a new directorate for Cyber Engineering and Digital Transformation, NAVSEA 03, in the wake of cyber issues […]

The Defense Department’s Inspector General (DoD IG) on Monday said it will start evaluating the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon aircraft fleet and its airborne support to the “survivable nuclear command and […]

The State Department approved $155 million total in two possible Foreign Military Sales (FMSs) of Harpoon missiles and MK 54 torpedoes for Indian P-8I aircraft on Monday. The Defense Security […]

The Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) said TOTE Services LLC selected Philly Shipyard, Inc. to build the new National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) training ship on April 7. Under […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding officially started fabricating the future USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer on April 6, the company said Wednesday. Start of fabrication is the […]

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigned on April 7 after heavy criticism over his removal of the commander of an aircraft carrier dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak and […]

The Marine Corps is soliciting industry input on new ground based air defense systems to be integrated on its Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and capable of taking down drones, […]