Navy/USMC

Ahead of an upcoming industry day, the Navy on Wednesday announced it had actually established a program office last year to recapitalize and modernize the infrastructure at the public shipyards. […]

Bids are in and the decision on which new helicopter trainer to buy resides with the Navy, which can select from three well-known challengers. April 2 was the deadline for […]

The Navy said delays and challenges with Textron’s [TXT] Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-100 craft have pushed back full operational capability (FOC) three years and increased cost […]

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Boeing [BA] a $47 million modification for the Orca Extra large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program, increasing the total contract to $274 million, and […]

This week, in Congressional hearings, the Navy’s top acquisition official explained the Navy’s thinking in requesting a third Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN) in the FY 2020 budget request. The Navy’s […]

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is pushing for the Navy to get authority to start advance procurement and incremental funding for two amphibious ships after the Navy’s FY ’20 budget request […]

This week lawmakers said they expect to fund the refueling of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) aircraft carrier, overriding the Navy’s FY 2020 budget request. When pressed by Sen. […]

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on Tuesday awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $1.47 billion modification to procure the detail design and construction (DD&C) of the first Flight II San […]

Lt. Gen. David Berger was nominated to serve as the commandant of the Marine Corps, Defense Department officials announced Wednesday. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced the nomination by […]

A pair of lawmakers from important Navy-heavy districts on Wednesday enlisted help from the head of Indo-Pacific command to slow shrinkage of the U.S. attack-submarine fleet, and prevent the early […]