Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and partner Raytheon [RTN] have chosen against protesting a Navy decision last month to award Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract for the production of third block upgrade […]

The Defense Department is making strides toward streamlining acquisition milestone decisions, but needs to do better, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said. GAO recommended DoD find and get […]

The Navy has sent a report to Congress informing lawmakers that it’s poised for the integration of the new Air Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on the next flight of Arleigh […]

The Marine’s Program Executive Officer–Land Systems (PEO-LS) selected SAIC [SAIC] over BAE Systems as it exercised $53 million in options under a prime contract award for initial upgrades to 10 […]

The Navy is concerned about risk in its program to extend the life of F/A-18 A through D Hornet fighters so its F/A-18E/ F models don’t age as quickly, the […]

The Navy has scaled back plans to modernize the Aegis combat systems on Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers that would allow them to simultaneously conduct air-theater warfare and ballistic missile defense […]

Preserving shipbuilding would take priority if the Navy must take further budget cuts due to sequestration, Secretary Ray Mabus Wednesday told the Senate Appropriations Committee Defense panel (SAC-D). “In any […]

The chief of Naval Air Systems Command, Vice Adm. David Dunaway, believes system integration designs of next-generation aircraft should be centered on an open architecture approach that allows for components […]

The Navy has conducted flight tests of two Trident II D-5 missiles from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, U.S. Strategic Command said Tuesday. The D-5s are designed to carry multiple […]

Rolls-Royce’s new $10 million repair and component overhaul facility for the vertical lift capability of the F-35B is open and gearing up in Plainfield, Ind., near other company facilities in […]