Navy/USMC
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International
Latest New START Release Breaks Down ICBM, SLBM, Bomber Types
The State Department on Monday released additional details about the types of ballistic missiles, launchers, and bombers being counted under the latest New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) aggregate […]
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Navy/USMC
Extra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested nearly $500 million more in fiscal year 2018 Navy funding for an additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), according to a […]
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Navy/USMC
Extra LCS Found In FY 2018 Budget Amendments By Cutting Carrier Reactor Core Funding
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested nearly $500 million more in fiscal year 2018 Navy funding for an additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), according to a […]
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International
US, UK, Norway Sign Trilateral Cooperation On P-8A Poseidons
The United States, the United Kingdom and Norway on last Thursday signed a statement of intent on a trilateral partnership with P-8A Posiedon maritime surveillance aircraft to fortify the security […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Leadership Appointments And Shifts
Defense Secretary James Mattis announced several presidential nominations and assignments to the U.S. Navy this week. Rear Adm. DeWolfe Miller III, director of the Air Warfare Division, N98, Office of […]
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Navy/USMC
Raytheon and Boeing Win $140 Million In Navy F/A-18 Retrofit Components
The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] a combined nearly $140 million in contracts and delivery orders for F/A-18 retrofit components on Monday and Tuesday. Raytheon […]
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Navy/USMC
HII Wins Contract To Incorporate SPY-6 AMDR Radar On DDG-51 Destroyer
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] an unspecified fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract modification on Tuesday to incorporate Flight III baseline on to the future DDG-125 Arleigh Burke-class […]
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International
New UK Carrier Starts First Sea Trials
The U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier went out to sea for the first time as it begins sea trials in the North Sea off the coast of […]
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Navy/USMC
Marine Corps Resumes F-35B Flight Ops At Yuma After Logistics Systems Problems
Flight operations have resumed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., after problems with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s automated logistics systems forced a grounding a day earlier. Marine Fighter […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Awards Austal $584 Million Contract To Build LCS-28
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Austal USA a $584 million contract to build the 28th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the Defense Department announced last Friday. The contract for LCS-28 […]