Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
2nd Fleet Practices Arctic Ops From Iceland
The Navy’s 2nd Fleet (C2F) temporarily set up an expeditionary Maritime Operations Center (MOC) in Keflavik, Iceland, while a group of ships operates in the North Atlantic, the service said […]
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Navy/USMC
BAE Wins $2.7 Billion Award For Laser Guided Rockets
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded BAE Systems a $2.68 billion contract to procure full rate production Lots 8-12 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II units. The APKWS generally […]
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Navy/USMC
Leonardo To Build New Florida Support Center If It Wins Navy Trainer Helo
Leonardo on Wednesday said it would build a “comprehensive customer support center” next to Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Florida if it wins the contract for the TH-73 Advanced […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Says It Achieved 80% Mission Capable Goal For Super Hornets And Growlers
The Navy said on Tuesday that the operational F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets achieved the 80 percent mission-capable (MC) readiness rate mandated by the Secretary of Defense. Both […]
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Nuclear Modernization
B61-12 and W88 Alt-370 Delays Will Cost Up to $850M; W80-4, W87-1 Programs to Foot Bill
It will cost a combined $850 million or so to replace commercial capacitors unsuitable for use with a refurbished nuclear gravity bomb and submarine-launched warhead, a senior National Nuclear Security […]
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Navy/USMC
Airbus Points to 5.5 Million Hours of H135 IFR Flight as Key in Offering for Navy Trainer
COLUMBUS, Miss.— Airbus Helicopters is pointing to the twin engine H135 helicopter’s 5.5 million hours of instrument flight rules (IFR) experience since the year 2000 as a key differentiator in […]
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Navy/USMC
Boeing and GE Win Super Hornet Parts Contracts
Boeing [BA] and General Electric [GE] won separate Navy awards for key parts of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft totaling $446 million on Monday Boeing won a […]
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Navy/USMC
8 Companies Win $968 Million Shore-Based C4ISR Contract
The Navy awarded eight companies a shared multiple award contract (MAC) on Sept. 19 to provide worldwide installations for all shore-based command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) […]
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Navy/USMC
Perspecta Gets Another $657 Million NGEN Extension
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) awarded Perspecta a $657 million modification on Sept. 20 to extend the existing Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract for four more months. […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures On ESB-4
The Navy tested a mine countermeasures (MCM) mission package (MP) on the expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB-4), the service said Sept. 19. T-ESB-4 spent three days in […]