Navy/USMC

The Defense Department will release a $496 billion budget request next week that sacrifices troop strength to preserve readiness and cuts some modernization programs to protects other procurement and research […]

The Navy has conducted the first flight aboard an F/A-18 Super Hornet with a new infrared tracking system that is designed to be undetectable by enemy electronic attack and jamming […]

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus believes that the service’s plans to deploy four afloat staging bases along with small high speed vessels for quickly ferrying troops and supplies will have a […]

Fiscal year 2015 might be a rough year for acquisition programs despite the Bipartisan Budget Agreement raising the Defense Department’s spending caps, making the joint Pentagon-Congress acquisition reform effort all […]

Australia intends to buy up to eight P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft that are currently being built by Boeing [BA] for the U.S. Navy, the country’s defense ministry said Friday. […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] Chief Financial Officer Jim Palmer said budget constraints and uncertainty still worry the company when looking at fiscal year 2015 and beyond, but the company is counting […]

As the Navy prepares to release its draft request for proposals for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) wrote to Navy Secretary Ray […]

Two F-35B variant aircraft flew in close formation while in the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) mode for the first time last week, prime contractor Lockheed Martin said Wednesday in a […]

Britain’s Ultra Electronics Holdings plc said on Wednesday that has acquired 3 Phoenix Inc. (3Pi) for $70 million in cash, expanding its presence in the United States and in tactical […]

A U.S. Navy frigate ran aground on the shores of Turkey earlier this month while it was preparing to moor, the Navy said this week. The Navy is investigating how […]