Navy/USMC
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Air ForceF-35 Features Potential For Over-Pressurized Fuel Tanks
The Defense Department last week took a step toward fixing a F-35 fuel system issue first discovered in late 2014. F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) spokesman Joe DellaVedova said Thursday […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Secretary: Slow FMS Process Is Nothing New
Add Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to the host of Pentagon and service officials who would like to see a faster foreign military sales process. The lag in finalizing a deal […]
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Navy/USMCDDG 1000 On Track For Delivery In April
The Navy’s first Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) will return to the seas for builder’s trials in about a month’s time, and the General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works ship is on […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Ready For Full-Rate Production Of Marines’ New Landing Craft Air Cushion
Textron [TXT] hopes to begin full-rate production of the Marine Corps’ new landing-craft air cushion (LCAC) and begin testing the first ship-to-shore connector (SSC) before the end of the year. […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-51 Flight III’s Air and Missile Defense Radar Slated For Developmental Tests This Summer
The centerpiece of the new Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers—the AN/SPY 6V Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) by Raytheon [RTN]—is on track to begin developmental testing this summer at […]
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Navy/USMCDirector of Surface Warfare: Got an Over-the-Horizon Missile? Bring It!
The first upgunned frigate version of the Littoral Combat Ship is slated to have an over-the-horizon missile, but the Navy’s director of surface warfare wants to demonstrate at least one […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Establishing Baseline Hardware, Software Architectures For Rapid Ship Modernization
Establishing common baseline hardware and software architectures across the Navy’s surface fleet will be key in maintaining dominance of the world’s oceans over the next 30 years, said Rear Adm. […]
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Business/FinancialBAE’s U.S. Ship Repair Business Cutting More Than 800 Jobs In Atlantic Shipyards
Britain’s BAE Systems on Tuesday said it is laying off more than 800 employees at its two ship repair organizations on the East Coast of the United States due to […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Wants Off-The-Shelf Smartphones Suitable For Combat
The Marine Corps is seeking a commercially available handheld device suitable for tactical mobile communications that can be purchase in large quantities on relatively short notice. The request for information […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Is Ready to Compete If Navy Narrows LCS Program to One Builder
Should the Navy decide to downselect to a single builder, Lockheed Martin [LMT] is confident its Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will emerge victorious against Austal’s Independence variant, a company […]