Navy/USMC

Austal USA on Friday delivered the 19th and last Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Pierre (LCS-38), to the U.S. Navy. Austal built them and delivered this one […]

The head of a Navy task force focused on evaluating and using lower cost unmanned systems for 6th Fleet said recent testing at the Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS) maritime exercise […]

The founder and CEO of unmanned surface vessel (USV) company Saildrone said the company is ripe for significant expansion to more European customers following a June NATO test and demonstration […]

The newly released House and Senate Armed Services Committee’s FY 2026 defense authorization bills both support the Navy’s latest strategy to move forward with a non-developmental design for the Medium […]

The top items on the Navy’s FY 2026 unfunded priorities list (UPL) are focused on munitions buys and funding the sixth-generation fighter program. As the top priority at $841 million, […]

The top unfunded priorities of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) in the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2026 budget request are all-domain unmanned systems, coming in at more than $4.4 billion. The […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has issued a new solicitation seeking low-cost unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) solutions for separate problem sets, one-way attack and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support […]

Last month, Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s military and foreign affairs panel, asked DoD, the Department of Justice, and the […]

The Navy’s fiscal year 2026 budget request shipbuilding budget documents revealed the next two Ford-class aircraft carriers will be another 20 and 10 months late, respectively. The future USS John […]

The Marine Corps’ budget request does not include plans to procure new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) in fiscal year 2026 citing “contract delays caused by a backlog in vehicle […]