Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCUCLASS Delay Could Impact Future Carrier Air Wing, F/A-XX
Continued schedule delays to the Navy’s carrier-based drone program could have implications on the service’s vision for the future carrier air wing, including its next generation fighter, a key admiral […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Secretary: Cut Pentagon Bureaucracy, Not Us
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has a solution for the military’s budget woes. Instead of looking to cut funding from the services, the Pentagon should turn an eye to its own […]
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Navy/USMCSmall Businesses Strive to Catch Navy’s Eye With High-Tech Robotics, Sensors
Unmanned boats that can be air-dropped from a helicopter and a handheld system able to construct a virtual 3D model of vehicles damaged by roadside bombs were among the technologies […]
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CyberNavy’s CANES Enters Full Deployment Phase
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on June 1 delivered the last of 37 ships sets of the Navy’s newest shipboard computing system, closing the low-rate initial production (LRIP) phase of the program. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Starting Tests on New Carrier Aircraft Launching System
The Navy recently begun the first test runs of its new electromagnetic aircraft launching system (EMALS) for use aboard the forthcoming Ford-class carriers and awarded a contract for spare parts […]
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CongressMcCain: Prototyping Effort Meant to Push the Navy to Change UCLASS Requirements
For years, the Navy and Congress have been at odds over the service’s future carrier-based drone, called the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). But lawmakers want to ensure […]
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Navy/USMCBidders For Marine Corps Amphibious Vehicle Finalized
Five companies have submitted proposals for the swimming personnel carrier that will replace the Marine Corps’ aging Vietnam War-era amphibious assault vehicles. The deadline for bids in the amphibious combat […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Colonel Makes Case For Land-Based Crisis Response Units
When the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, came under attack in 2012, the Marine Corps was unable to dispatch a quick-response force before the facility was overrun and four Americans […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps F-35Bs Head to Sea Ahead of July 1 IOC
The Marine Corps is less than two months from declaring the F-35B ready for combat, but the long awaited fifth-generation aircraft will not be rushed into battle as quickly as […]
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CyberNavy Solicits For Research Supporting Weapons Systems Cyber Warfare Capabilities
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Cyber Warfare Detachment (CWD) announced a solicitation for technical/cost proposals for research support in “resilient cyber warfare capabilities” for NAVAIR Weapons Systems on FedBizOpps […]