Navy/USMC

The Navy and Marine Corps are examining the possibility of using unmanned helicopters to ferry cargo from ships to land but have not reached a conclusion as to whether it […]

AeroVironment [AVAV] has flown a version of its Puma AE unmanned aerial vehicle that uses solar energy to power the system, the company said Monday. The small, hand-launched UAV used […]

The commercial industry’s demand for unmanned maritime systems in the future will likely surpass that of governments given increasing needs to explore and monitor the oceans, an expert on the […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have been working toward improving capabilities of the K-MAX unmanned helicopters, two of which have been operating for more than 18 months in Afghanistan […]

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $218.5-million contract for the production of more than two dozen of the latest Standard Missile-3 sea-based interceptors. An SM-3 block […]

Despite a slight decline in sales, naval shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] yesterday posted strong income gains, driven by operating performance at its Ingalls and Newport News divisions. The second […]

The Navy has abandoned plans to repair the USS Miami (SSN-755), saying the estimated cost to restore the Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) attack submarine struck by an arsonist blaze last year […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] the joint land attack cruise missile defense elevated netted sensor system (JLENS), has successfully been tested by Army, Navy and now Air Force systems, officials said. A JLENS […]

General Dynamics [GD] has completed a risk evaluation for the Navy’s Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle designed to detect mines, the company said  Knifefish is planned to deploy on Littoral Combat […]

A new, easy-to-carry freshwater purifier that could give Marines and first responders access to clean water wherever they go successfully completed its first operational test recently. Funded by the Office […]