Navy/USMC

A Navy official said the service’s next large surface combatant (LSC) will likely look more like the Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers rather than the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) it will succeed. On […]

U.S. Central Command confirmed Thursday that Iran shot down one of four legacy Navy Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the Strait of Hormuz. The aircraft was a U.S. […]

Later this summer the Navy plans to experiment with putting the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mine countermeasures (MCM) mission package on expeditionary sea bases (ESBs) as a vessel of opportunity, […]

The U.S. Navy finished a series of guided flight tests for the Raytheon [RTN] Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2A surface-to-air missile, the company said Tuesday. The RAM is designed […]

PARIS AIR SHOW—Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the […]

PARIS AIR SHOW–Germany is expected to release its RFP for a heavy lift helicopter competition this summer, and Sikorsky [LMT] officials consider the opportunity a major one for the company’s […]

France’s Naval Group and Italy’s Fincantieri signed a joint venture agreement on June 14 that delineated the terms of incorporation for a new 50/50 owned company. The companies signed an […]

Boeing [BA] awarded BAE Systems contracts to provide the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and Vehicle Management Control Systems for the MQ-25 Stingray, BAE said on Monday. BAE’s director of […]

PARIS AIR SHOW—Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. […]

PARIS AIR SHOW–Bolstered by its win in February in the U.S. Army Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), General Electric [GE] sees a bright decade ahead in military and commercial aircraft […]