Navy/USMC
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BudgetPentagon: Budget Woes Not An Issue Regarding Syria Strike
Budget turmoil and the automatic sequestration cuts impacting the Pentagon will not affect the military’s ability to attack Syria, spokesman George Little said yesterday. Even though fiscal 2013 has been […]
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InternationalRaytheon Completes Test Flights For Upgraded SeaVue Radar With Australian Border Patrol
Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday that it successfully completed a yearlong series of test flights for its SeaVue eXpanded Mission Capability (XMC) maritime surveillance radar with the Australian government. Photo: Raytheon. […]
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CongressCNO Outlines Shipbuilding, Aircraft Cuts In Fiscal ’14
Unless budget relief from Congress is forthcoming, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said yesterday the Navy will have to cut its ship and aircraft procurement plans in fiscal […]
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BudgetGAO Warns Of More Cost Overruns On Ford Carrier
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) warned in a report published yesterday that the cost overruns on the first ship of the Gerald R. Ford class (CVN-78) of aircraft carriers may […]
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Air ForceJoint Staff-Sponsored Bold Quest 13.2 Capability Demonstrations and Assessment Prep Under Way
Hundreds of military and civilian men and women from the United States and 11 other nations are converging in Indiana for almost all of September to assess systems and test […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Move To Steel Deckhouse On DDG-1000 Forces HII To Close Facility
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] said Wednesday it plans to shutter a facility in Gulfport, Miss. following the Navy’s decision to abandon a composite deckhouse for the third and final ship […]
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Air ForceAsymmetric Fight Requires Knowledge Advantage For Decision Advantage, Report Says
To win the fight in asymmetric warfare often will require information and intelligence gathering at all levels of operations, which helps gives United States forces a knowledge advantage that in […]
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BudgetSECNAV Orders Plan To Address Budget Challenges
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has ordered an assessment of the budget and resource challenges facing the Navy and Marine Corps, the service said Friday. Mabus has directed the office of […]
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Navy/USMCRoosevelt Completes Overhaul, Refueling
The Navy yesterday completed the mid-life nuclear refueling and overhaul of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) aircraft carrier. The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). Photo by U.S. Navy The ship is […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Wins Contract For Upgraded Target System On AH-1Z Attack Helicopters
The Navy said Tuesday that Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Missiles and Fire Control division has been awarded a $33.9 million contract for the AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight Systems (TSS), which will be […]