Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMC
Navy And HII Working To Finish Carrier Elevators, Two Carrier Buy Expected To Cost $24 Billion Total
A top official at Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] said the company is working with the Navy to finish remaining challenges to complete and turn over the delay-plagued weapons elevators for […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards HII $15 Billion In Two Carrier Buy
The Navy on Thursday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’ [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) a $15 billion contract to buy two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers at once. The contract covers […]
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Pentagon
‘Multiple Design Deficiencies’ To Delay CH-53K Testing, DOT&E Says
Multiple design deficiencies found during post-delivery testing of the Sikorsky [LMT] CH-53K King Stallion will delay operational testing and entry to service with the Marine Corps until at least 2021, […]
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Navy/USMC
MUX Searching For Persistent ISR in Combat Zones
MESA, Ariz. — What U.S. military services want in an unmanned spy drone is the ability to loiter for hours at a time–perhaps two dozen–and find the “red jug,” a […]
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin Wins $560 Million Contract For More Trident II Missiles
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Jan. 30 won a $560 million modification to produce Trident II (D5) missiles for the U.S. and U.K. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs awarded this as […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Looking To Purchase Three ACV Variants
The Marine Corps is officially looking for three variants of its new Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) with a request for information (RFI) Monday to detail its requirement for command and […]
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Navy/USMC
US Navy Releases Final Request For Training Helicopter Proposals
The U.S. Navy on Jan. 28 published the final request for proposals (RFP) to build a replacement for its fleet of TH-57 training helicopters. Industry hopefuls have until April 2 […]
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Navy/USMC
Two LCS MCM Programs Finish Integration Tests
The Navy successfully finished shipboard integration testing of the Knifefish unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) and Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) on board the USS Independence (LCS-2) on Jan. 14, Naval […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps To Acquire Additional Units For New Night Vision Goggles
The Marine Corps said Tuesday it has grown its acquisition strategy for its next-generation night vision goggles with a plan to purchase an additional 1,300 units ahead of the imminent […]
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Navy/USMC
Official: DDG-51 Successfully Tested AMDR 14 Times
The manager of the Navy’s DDG-51 program said last week the Raytheon [RTN] AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radars (AMDR) going on new Block III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are proceeding […]