Navy/USMC

Flight tests of the Navy’s new MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned surveillance aircraft are going well, but have been slowed by the limited availability of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to […]

The Defense Department’s V-22 Osprey program is exploring a potential “mid-life upgrade” effort that could begin in the late 2020s, a key official said April 14. The possible refurbishment of […]

Although the F-35 program office has made strides to keep the program on cost and schedule, the aircraft’s complicated software and logistics system presents a significant hurdle to fielding the […]

The Navy has chosen joint high speed vessel USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) as the first ship to fire its high tech electromagnetic railgun at sea. During tests next summer at […]

The Navy plans to conduct a three-day demonstration later this month of new F/A-18 flight control software designed to simplify aircraft carrier landings, a service official said April 13. The […]

The Navy is playing the waiting game, hoping the weather at Naval Air Station Patuxent River clears up so the MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft can conduct its first sensor […]

Raytheon‘s [RTN] newest Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) variant, the AIM-120D, recently achieved three key program milestones, according to a company statement. The Air Force recently successfully completed testing […]

Offensive cyber operations is one of five components that will be in a new U.S. Navy Cyber Command cyber strategy being completed for its fifth anniversary. “You don’t win a […]

The Navy is gearing up to recompete its next generation enterprise network, or NGEN. Two years ago, the Navy awarded Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services [HP] the NGEN contract, which runs until […]

Over the next five years, the Navy is pouring $1.65 billion into amphibious ship modernization, to include weapons, combat systems, software, communications equipment and self-defense systems. The upgrades will allow […]