Navy/USMC

Lockheed Martin [LMT], AM General and Oshkosh [OSK] all say they have all successfully completed the government’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Manufacturing Readiness Assessment (MRA), moving closer to vehicle […]

The defense policy bill for fiscal 2014 sitting before Congress proposes placing additional oversight on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and requires the Pentagon to assess its capabilities […]

A new compromise defense bill appears poised to pass the House this week but could stall in the Senate again next week, threatening the Defense Department’s ability to pay its […]

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which recently returned home from an eight-month deployment to support 5th Fleet, operated with a unique mix of new and […]

A Navy submarine has launched an unmanned aerial vehicle powered by fuel cells in the culmination of a project that took less than six years and is designed for special […]

All three legs of the nuclear triad are “aging into obsolescence” just as defense budgets are facing steep cuts, but the Defense Department should still make room in the budget […]

The Marine Corps has finished the operational assessment of its Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar and is moving toward a Milestone C decision in the next couple months to send the product […]

The Navy for the first time has deployed the new P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, reaching the initial operational capability (IOC) stage of the program. The Navy has deployed two […]

The Navy has said its new Standard Missile, the SM-6, has been deployed on a surface combatant for the first time for initial operations. Raytheon’s SM-6 Standard Missile. Photo by […]

The Air Force recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $219 million for the Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) follow-on production program, according to a company statement. The contract includes a $44 million […]