Navy/USMC

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 […]

The Acting Secretary of the Navy on Wednesday explained why the service is pushing plans to reach 355 ships within 10 years in the Force Structure Assessment (FSA) and said […]

A Department of Defense Inspector General (IG) audit found the Military Sealift Command (MSC) did not accurately report the readiness status of 15 surge sealift vessels from FY 2017-2018. The […]

The head of U.S. Transportation Command said Tuesday officials will consider options to temporarily lease tanker aircraft from the private sector to meet ongoing readiness challenges.  Army Gen. Stephen Lyons, […]

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) worth $250 million to solicit new small business research proposals in over 100 areas. ONR said this effort […]

The first two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft arrived in Guam for the first deployment of the aircraft in the Pacific theater. The first Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) squadron, Unmanned […]