Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Delays Testing New Seeker for Tomahawk Missile
Raytheon [RTN], which is proposing to add a new seeker to the Tomahawk cruise missile so the U.S. Navy weapon can hit moving targets on land and at sea, has […]
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CongressRep. Forbes Advises Against Dismantling X-47B Aircraft
There’s no funding in the fiscal year 2016 budget so far to extend the Navy’s X-47B unmanned aircraft demonstrator program, but Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) doesn’t want to see the […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Must Lead on Unmanned Systems, Mabus Says
The U.S. military must continue to aggressively develop unmanned systems or risk losing its advantage to other countries that are pursuing the technology, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus warned April 30. […]
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Air ForcePratt & Whitney Calls For Funding Of Component Program After F119 Engine Criticism
A Pratt & Whitney executive on Monday called on Congress to fund the Air Force’s Aircraft Engine Component Improvement Program (CIP) following a pair of critical reports from government watchdogs […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Mulls Fate of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft
The Navy is considering a “range of options” for its X-47B unmanned aircraft now that the program has completed an aerial refueling demonstration, the last of its planned flight tests, […]
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BudgetLawmakers Push Back on HASC’s Crusier Layup Plan
The House Armed Services Committee proposal for modernizing the Navy’s Ticonderoga-class fleet will likely be a point of contention when the full committee meets next week to amend the National […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Proposes Faster Cruiser Modernization, LXR Procurement
Accelerating cruiser modernization and the procurement of the Navy’s new amphibious ship are two of the priorities listed in the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s defense […]
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ArmyHouse Armed Services Committee to Request Additional Funds for F-35, F-18s
Faster modernization of the Army National Guard’s aging UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter fleet and reports investigating the F-35’s engine and logistics system are among the proposed additions to the defense […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Inches Closer To Awarding DDG-51 Flight III Construction Contracts
The Navy is on track to procure its newest, most advanced flight of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, with a Defense Acquisition Board in early fiscal year 2016 paving the way for […]
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Business/FinancialAvondale Shipyard’s Fate Remains Unclear
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] announced April 20 that it has decided against forming a joint venture with energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan Inc. [KMI] to redevelop HII’s Avondale naval shipyard […]