Navy/USMC

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

General Dynamics [GD] awarded BAE Systems a contract to start work associated with the production of Virginia Payload Module (VPM) tubes for the U.S. Navy’s Block V Virginia-class (SSN 774) […]

If the Navy wants to improve the speed at which it fights wars in the future, it needs to change its focus from procuring physical platforms to procuring capabilities, according […]

The U.S. Navy, which is in the early stages of exploring a potential successor to the Virginia-class attack submarine, expects that unmanned underwater vessels (UUVs) will be an integral part […]

The Army and Navy are on the cusp of fielding unmanned robotic systems in a variety of roles, but for the systems to gain a wide foothold in military operations, […]