Navy/USMC

The U.S. Navy is studying the feasibility of incorporating additional capabilities, including “local air defense” and “enhanced survivability features,” into its Future Frigate, the service said April 10. And while the […]

The U.S. Navy said April 9 that it has extended the grounding of its T-45C Goshawk fleet for at least a week to address problems with the trainer jet’s pilot […]

The U.S. Navy’s first Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), has begun its first set of sea trials. The builder’s sea trials started April 8 at […]

The U.S. Navy has grounded its fleet of T-45C Goshawk trainer jets for several days to address safety concerns raised by instructor pilots, the service announced late April 5. The […]

A shortage of ships and aircraft prevents U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) from stopping much of the illegal drug flow to the United States, the organization’s leader said April 6. SOUTHCOM […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. military’s attempts to achieve interoperability remain a work in progress despite decades of effort to get its weapon systems to better communicate with each […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – One of the two vehicles that will become the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle exercised its sea legs last month with the Italian military, […]

The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) was successfully jettison released from a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F in a flight test, the company said Monday. This first release was […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Navy in the next few years is planning to add a signals intelligence (SIGINT) package to its Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), which will allow it to […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are reviewing industry proposals to continue the “Close Range” program, in which companies deploy and maintain small unmanned aircraft systems to […]