Navy/USMC

The Navy is seeking white papers from industry to determine capabilities to design, build and deliver a long-range air delivered maritime mine, according to a July 29 notice. The Request […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s proposed COVID-19 pandemic relief bill includes $2.2 billion for Navy shipbuilding, among other Navy items. The shipbuilding funds would be available through September 2024 and would […]

The Defense Department selected Ball Aerospace to develop a new prototype communications antenna for the three Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers, the company said Tuesday. This award is for a new multi-band, […]

The Navy said Thursday the sixth overall and second lower stage Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) was certified on schedule on July 22. This […]

Raytheon Technologies [RTX] delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for the first Flight III DDG-51 destroyer, the company said Tuesday. The SPY-6 radar system is also known as the Air […]

The head of Indo-Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM) on Tuesday said getting an Aegis Ashore missile defense system on Guam by 2026 is his number one priority to help defend against future […]

Since April, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) have been negotiating a possible repayment by Lockheed Martin of $183 million to $303 million of awarded F-35 […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Technical Solutions division on Tuesday said it was reorganizing two of its business groups into a new combined Defense and Federal Solutions Group. The division combined […]

A July 22 hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee is to tackle spare parts issues with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter. “The hearing will examine […]

The Navy’s top acquisition official said he thinks the Navy will work out unmanned vessel development disagreements with Congress and said they have to strike the right balance on development […]