Navy/USMC

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier finished and completed the second and final round of aircraft testing on Jan. 31, the Navy said Wednesday. The Ford spent 16 […]

The U.S. Navy and Boeing [BA] flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers using a third aircraft as a mission controller in late 2019. Boeing spokesman Justin Gibson told Defense Daily […]

The Pentagon’s top weapons tester said the Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) testing environment was too similar to how developers trained the system’s classification algorithm. While testing was adequate under […]

The Pentagon’s top weapons tester said the Navy fielded the latest version of the Mk 48 torpedo before it finished early testing, according to a new report. The Director of […]

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) on Monday left its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard for its first comprehensive at-sea tests after two years of repairs. DDG-62 departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ […]

The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract worth up to $2.338 billion on Jan. 31 to repair, upgrade or replace weapon replaceable and shop replaceable assemblies  for the service’s […]

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said the service is planning to test the Navy-designed hypersonic glide body later this year. All of the services have been working on […]

The U.S. Navy this week awarded five firms slots in a $751 million ship repair, modernization, and maintenance contract for non-nuclear surface ships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The contract is […]

This week Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly said the future aircraft carrier force is unclear, noting every option is on the table. “These are really, really expensive assets. […]

As Congress prepares to evaluate the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2021 budget request next month, U.S. Southern Command’s top official asked the Senate Armed Services Committee for additional ships at […]