Navy/USMC
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Navy/USMCU.K. Reconfirms Commitment To Trident Ballistic Sub Deterrent
The United Kingdom re-committed to centering its strategic nuclear deterrent on ballistic submarines equipped with Trident missiles in a government report released Tuesday. The report, called the Trident Alternatives Review, […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Completes Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Captive Carry Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently completed a two-part series of Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) captive carry flight tests, advancing the research program toward its first missile release and free flight […]
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CyberProtests Lodged Against Navy’s Next Generation Intranet Award
Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] and Harris Corp. [HRS] filed protests Monday against the Navy’s decision to award the contract for its next-generation intranet known as NGEN to Hewlett-Packard [HP]. The […]
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Air ForceJECC Releases Five Year Strategy On Future Operating Environment
The Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) has released a five-year strategy, “Force for Today. Force for the Future,” 2013-2017, which outlines the command’s vision and objectives for the coming years. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Gearing Up For Next Carrier UAV Following Successful Test
As the Navy scored a historic success in the first ever landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier, greater focus is now shifting to the follow-on program […]
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BudgetAmos Emphasizes Need For New Amphib Vehicle
Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos stressed Thursday the unavoidable need his service has for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), indicating he would shield it from budget cuts during fiscal belt-tightening […]
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Navy/USMCFirst Aircraft Carrier Landing For Navy UAV Smooth
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH–The Navy’s X-47B batwing plane swept down and hit the deck of the aircraft carrier, caught the arresting gear wire and rapidly slowed to a stop. The […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Makes History With UAV Landing On Aircraft Carrier
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH–The Navy’s X-47B touched down on an aircraft carrier Wednesday, marking the first time an unmanned aerial vehicle has made an arresting gear landing aboard a ship, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Awards Raytheon $81 Million Joint Standoff Weapon Contract
The Navy earlier this spring awarded Raytheon [RTN] an $80.5 million contract for Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1s, according to a company statement. The JSOW C-1 adds a weapon data […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Attempt First Carrier-Based Arresting Gear Landing Of UAV
The Navy plans to perform an arresting gear landing of the X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier Wednesday, and if successful it would mark the first accomplishment of […]