Navy/USMC

The House Appropriations Committee (HAC) approved a $512.5 billion defense appropriations bill Wednesday that trims $3.4 billion from the Pentagon’s proposed budget, faces opposition from the White House, and cuts […]

The Pentagon is taking a hard look at whether the Navy should buy a 10th Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer under a multi-year procurement given the impact sequestration is having on the […]

A Senate panel wants to authorize the Pentagon to spend nearly all of the funding it requested in fiscal year 2014 for Army and Air Force weapons programs and naval […]

The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for the integration of a toward sonar system onto an unmanned surface vehicle, the company said yesterday. Northrop Grumman will use its […]

Lawmakers are expected to seek restrictions on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program during multiple defense debates in Congress this week. Recent congressional concerns about the program to build […]

The Pentagon now believes the redevelopment costs for the first five production lots of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will cost $500 million less than a previous projection, according to […]

General Dynamics [GD] recently completed testing of its version of the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC), a medium armored vehicle that is in development for the Marine Corps along with three […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is calling for changes to ship, vehicle and missile-defense plans, while rejecting a move to limit F-35 Joint Strike Fighter funding, in the fiscal […]

A House panel likely will hold hearings on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), in the wake of a damning report from government auditors, and may try to restrict funding for […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said this week it has successfully completed a testing involving a long -range anti-ship missile firing from an MK 41 Vertical Launch System as part of developing […]