Navy/USMC

Despite recent opposition in Congress, the Navy is making a second push for the early decommissioning of seven Ticonderoga-class (CG-47) cruisers, saying Friday that the declining fiscal environment makes doing […]

Netherlands-based Fokker Aerostructures has signed two contracts for F-35 work with Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], collectively valued at approximately $78 million. The two contracts are for the […]

A new Navy panel is studying whether the military should use the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) for more than transporting troops in theater. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan […]

Driving down production costs and attacking long-term lifecycle costs are a top priority for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, service and program office officials yesterday told members of the Senate […]

Kaman Corp. [KAMN] said the New Zealand Cabinet authorized the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to enter into an approximately $120 million contract for the purchase 10 SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite aircraft, […]

Israel is poised to become the first foreign buyer of the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft under a broader Middle East arms package announced by the Pentagon. The $10 billion-dollar deal, […]

Military leaders said yesterday their budgets are being squeezed by the volatility of fossil-fuel prices. Senate Armed Services Readiness and Management Support subcommittee Chairwoman Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) noted to the […]

Sequestration will slow the ability of the Marine Corps to put its legacy F/A-18 fighter jets through depot and maintenance, a dilemma that would leave fewer aircraft available for training […]

The head of a House panel said he has concerns about the Pentagon’s proposed changes to a new Army vehicle effort and plans for buying Navy drones, and also is […]

The Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Tuesday that one of his greatest concerns is how the shipbuilding industrial base will survive in the years ahead if the […]