Navy/USMC

The F-35 program recently performed an “unprecedented” surge of weapons testing by completing 25 tests in one month, according to a Defense Department statement. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) […]

MCKINNEY, Texas – The recent $30 million contract Raytheon [RTN] won to upgrade missile launchers on 20 Marine Corps Light Amphibious Vehicles (LAV) fills out the service’s program of record […]

Raytheon [RTN] has received a $92 million contract to develop a new air surveillance radar for U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. Under the contract, announced Aug. 19, […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Raytheon [RTN] is redesigning the common mount for its Phalanx and SeaRAM close-in weapon systems as part of a technology refresh effort, according to company officials. The mount for […]

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) awarded ManTech International Corporation [MANT] a $208 million prime task order to provide Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) support to the U.S. Marine Corps, […]

A key Navy officer said Thursday he is pushing for the sea service to continue buying F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters beyond fiscal year 2018. Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, commander of […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–The Navy is studying whether to expand deployment of Raytheon‘s [RTN] SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system to other ships, according to a service official. Navy Capt. Craig Bowden, program […]

Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is equipping Marines with the new and improved Magnetic Intrusion Detector II used to detect vehicles and rifle-sized targets traveling within their electromagnetic fields, the […]

The Navy formally accepted delivery of its eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) during a ceremony Aug. 12 at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in Marinette, Wis. The future USS […]