Navy/USMC

The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ [GD] submarine construction unit a contract exceeding $17.6 billion on Monday for 10 Virginia-class (SSN-774) attack subs. The contract is the largest in dollars the […]

The surface warfare mission module for the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) has undergone initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) aboard a Freedom variant of the ship, the Navy said Monday. […]

The Marine Corps aviation community is nearing the end of upgrading its aircraft despite ongoing budget cuts, but the assistant deputy commandant for aviation said the real game-changer will be […]

Raytheon [RTN] has completed testing of a new passive seeker for the Tomahawk cruise missile designed to find and track frequency emitting targets and guide the missile to them, even […]

The Navy and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency have for the first time deployed on a ship the block 1B version of the Standard Missile-3 for missile defense, prime contractor […]

A U.S. Navy frigate that was damaged after running aground in February has undergone repairs and is returning to operations in the Black Sea, the Navy said Tuesday. The Oliver […]

Naval Sea Systems Command’s new Acquisition and Commonality Directorate (SEA 06) will aid government and industry as they use commonality in parts to simplify work for sailors in the fleet […]

The Navy said Monday that Rear Adm. David Lewis, the program executive officer for ships at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), has been selected to become the chief of Space […]

The Navy is confident it can transition to the next version of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers in the 2016 timeframe now that the service has settled on a new […]

The Defense Department reported four programs in its 2013 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) summary with critical or significant Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breaches to their current or original Acquisition Program Baseline […]