Navy/USMC

The Chief of Naval Operations has pushed up the timeline to field multiple major ship and weapon platforms to as soon as possible (ASAP) in a new updated strategy document […]

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on Friday awarded Textron Inc. [TXT] a $314 million modification for additional work on Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC)-100 […]

Despite the Navy’s changing efforts to decrease its surface and submarine maintenance backlog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the backlog grew in 2018 while a top Navy official admitted […]

The Marine Corps has selected four companies to bring its next-generation handheld targeting system to life, with the goal of working toward development of prototype systems to replace its legacy […]

The Commandant of the Marine Corps told senators on Wednesday that the cost to replace or repair dozens of Marine Corps buildings damaged by Hurricane Florence will reach upward of […]

The Secretary of the Navy told senators on Wednesday that the service will probably not have a full clean audit for up to five to six years and that splitting […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy successfully intercepted an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target with an Aegis Ashore-launched Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor in the Pacific Ocean […]

General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) launched the last Zumwalt-class destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), on Dec. 9 at its facility in Bath, Maine. The U.S. Navy […]

The future Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Billings (LCS-15) finished acceptance trials in Lake Michigan, the last major milestone before ship delivery, prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Monday. LCS-15 […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday announced the three competitors to build the planned Type 31e general purpose frigate for the Royal Navy. The ministry awarded contracts worth […]