Navy/USMC

The Navy’s newest version of the unmanned Fire Scout helicopter has flown for the first time as the service continues to develop a system designed to provide longer endurance than […]

Sikorsky Aircraft said yesterday that it has completed the initial rotor blade tests for the Marine Corps’ CH-53K heavy lift helicopter.  CH-53K concept. Rendering: Sikorsky. With 12 percent more surface […]

An F-35 dropped a guided bomb on a stationary tank this week, marking the first time the Joint Strike Fighter has struck a target on the ground, the Pentagon said […]

The first ship in the Navy’s new class of destroyers designed for littoral operations and land attack has been launched, the Navy said Tuesday. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) was […]

The major focus for Oshkosh Defense [OSK] now is on the company’s Light Combat Tactical All Terrain Vehicle (L-ATV) offering for the Army-Marine Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), according to […]

BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System variants for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft both hit major milestones recently, with the fixed-wing variant wrapping up a Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration (JCTD) […]

Pentagon officials and many lawmakers agree that constrained spending due to sequestration cuts is harmful to military readiness and to the defense industrial base, but that spending level actually represents […]

The Defense Department and engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Wednesday signed a $508 million contract modification for the sixth lot of F135 propulsion systems for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, […]

Continued sequestration and spending bills based on previous year levels could halve the amount of money required in fiscal 2014 to ramp up toward production of the first ship in […]

Army and Navy acquisition officials said procurement of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle could be delayed a year or more because of sequestration, primarily in how it affects the program’s […]