Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy, Marine Corps Working Through Space Force’s Potential Impact On Personnel
Navy and Marine Corps space leaders said Monday they have not determined the impact a Space Force would have on their own personnel, while noting that there are ongoing discussions […]
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Navy/USMC
Flight Tests Of Extended Range AARGM Expected In Fiscal 2021
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Captive carry-testing of an extended-range variant of the Navy’s anti-radiation missile is expected to begin in fiscal year 2020 and be followed by flight-testing some time in FY […]
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Navy/USMC
Northrop Grumman’s New Navigation Substitute Works Where GPS Won’t, Company Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The business case for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] assured position, navigation and timing (A-PNT) solution is tricky, on its face — GPS is better, and as long […]
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Navy/USMC
CNO Says Truman Reversal Due To Environment
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on Monday said the “environment” led to the reversal of the decision to not refuel and then retire the USS […]
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Homeland Security
Northern Command Boosts Ability To Drive Defense Department Requirements In Arctic
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Amid increasing activity in the Arctic region due to melting sea ice and expanding great power competition in the region, U.S. Northern Command has strengthened its role for […]
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Navy/USMC
SecNav and CNO Tell Congress Navy Meeting With Columbia Primes, Updates On Large Surface Combatant
The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) told appropriators this week that the service is trying to build more margin in the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine […]
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Business/Financial
Pension Adjustments Dampen Huntington Ingalls’ Earnings In First Quarter Despite Strong Sales
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday posted a big drop in net income in its first quarter due to less favorable pension adjustments, but the company’s top line growth was […]
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Navy/USMC
HII Wins $932 Million Contract For LCS Planning Yard Services
Last week the U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Ingalls Shipbuilding an award worth up to $932 million for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) planning yard support, the Navy said […]
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Air Force
Shanahan Provides Update to Fighter Readiness Levels: F-22, F-16 Still Lagging
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told lawmakers May 1 that most of the Pentagon’s fighter aircraft fleet has made progress toward meeting an 80 percent mission capable rate goal by […]
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Navy/USMC
U.S. Marines Put Kaman On Contract to Reactivate Unmanned K-MAX Helicopters
Kaman Aerospace [KAMNA] has been awarded a contract to return two United States Marine Corps (USMC) K-MAX aircraft to flight operations. To perform the work, Kaman will transport the two […]