Navy/USMC

The Navy’s budget proposal for fiscal 2015 calls for spending $30.7 billion for ships, aircraft and weapons, about $4 billion less than the 2014 request with the largest reduction hitting […]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Friday the service will first take a strong look at the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to determine if the class can be modified to improve […]

The chief of the Office of Naval Research said this week that as the entire service tries to deal with reduced budget he will keep his agency focused on high […]

The Navy and contractor Raytheon [RTN] recently conducted a flight of a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile to test new communications, the company said Thursday. The testing of the Block IV […]

The Navy has awarded Boeing [BA] a $2 billion contract for 16 P-8A Poseidons, marking the beginning of full-rate production of the aircraft for anti-surface and-submarine warfare and for maritime […]

The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget submission includes many assumptions that, if wrong, could force the services to make additional cuts in manpower and platforms, the acting deputy secretary […]

The chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees seapower said Wednesday he’s opposed to the Navy’s initiative to temporarily sideline 11 Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers, questioning whether the service would be […]

Having failed over the last two years to get congressional approval to decommission seven Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers, the Navy is adopting a new approach it‘s hoping will win the support […]

The Defense Department’s new weapon system-like approach to the F-35’s Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS) is starting to pay dividends, according to the program’s executive officer. F-35 PEO Air Force […]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday he was reducing the Navy’s controversial Littoral Combat Ship program by 20 vessels, questioning whether the ship can adequately defend itself, and said he […]