Navy/USMC

The Marine Corps’ plan to redesign its force by 2030 will include divesting from legacy communications equipment and overhauling its tactical network to enable new, lighter formations and littoral regiments. […]

The Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $108 million modification on April 17 as the first option for in-service Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) planning yard services contract work. Last […]

The Navy’s top acquisition official recently said the first lower weapons elevator on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has finished testing and will soon be turned over to the […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding recently started fabrication of the first Flight II version of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, the future USS Harrisburg (LPD-30). Start of fabrication marks […]

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 […]