Navy/USMC
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Air Force
Defense Department Slaps Lockheed Martin With Unilateral $6 Billion Contract For Latest Lot Of F-35s
The Defense Department late Wednesday forced a $6 billion contract on Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the ninth lot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, effectively breaking a negotiating logjam but prompting […]
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Business/Financial
Huntington Ingalls Industries Sees Third-Quarter Dip In Income, Revenue
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] announced Nov. 3 that its operating income totaled $175 million in the third quarter, down 12.5 percent from the same period last year, as revenue declined […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy May Soon Set New Delivery Date for First Ford Aircraft Carrier
The Navy is making progress in fixing remaining technical problems with the first Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78) and expects to set a revised delivery date for the ship by year’s […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Hopes To Use MUOS-5 Satellite Despite Propulsion Woes
A U.S. Navy official expressed optimism Nov. 2 that the service will ultimately be able to use the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) communications satellite, which experienced a glitch […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Stands Up First Squadron For Triton Unmanned Plane
The U.S. Navy formally stood up its first squadron for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance plane during an Oct. 28 ceremony at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida. The creation […]
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Army
Army’s Long-Range Artillery Missile Will Become A Multi-Domain Ship Killer
The Army has plans to modify its long-range artillery missile to hit moving targets at sea, giving the service its first truly “multi-domain” strike capability and its first claim to […]
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Army
Navy To Test New Bomb Disposal Robot
The Navy will soon begin trying out its new man-portable, bomb-disposing robot, the Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System (AEODRS) Increment 1, according to a service official. AEODRS Increment I […]