Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCNavy 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/USMCRaytheon 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/USMCHII 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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InternationalNew 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/USMCMarine 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/USMCNavy 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 […]
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Navy/USMCNavantia conducts first cut of steel for Australian Navy’s AOR vessels
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase. The company has secured a contract to build the AORs, which will replace the RAN’s current supply vessels, HMAS Success and HMAS Sirius.
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Navy/USMCNavantia conducts first cut of steel for Australian Navy’s AOR vessels
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has conducted the first steel cutting for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) auxiliary oiler and replenishment ships (AORs), marking the beginning of the construction phase. The company has secured a contract to build the AORs, which will replace the RAN’s current supply vessels, HMAS Success and HMAS Sirius.
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Missile DefenseSecond New SM-3 Interceptor Test Fails
A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said last Wednesday. The Wednesday test, called Standard […]
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BudgetHouse Panel Calls For Five Additional Ships Over Request And Assorted Ship Authorizations
A House subcommittee is pushing the Navy to procure five ships over the fiscal year 2018 budget request as part of an effort to push the fleet towards 355 ships. […]