Navy/USMC

Despite being on the right path, the F-35’s affordability, or the ability to acquire aircraft in quantity and to sustain them over the life cycle, is of paramount concern, the […]

The British Royal Navy is exploring the possibility of outfitting its newest class of destroyers with a ballistic missile defense capability. The Defence Ministry said this week it wants to […]

Slowing the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters because of the automatic government budget cuts that took effect last week could cause the price of its engines to rise and […]

Though the Defense Department identified the cause of an engine blade crack on an F-35A that lead to a fleet-wide grounding, the long-term durability of the F135 engine is unknown, […]

Textron– [TXT] subsidiary Bell Helicopter qualified BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) for use on its 407GT helicopter after completing guided shots, according to a BAE statement. A […]

The Navy has released more than $1.3 billion in funding for the construction of four Littoral Combat Ships, two each to prime contractors Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal USA. The […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $71-million contract modification to conduct flight tests this year of a long range anti-ship missile, the company said […]

The head of U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Samuel Locklear, said yesterday the Navy is unable to supply him with an adequate number of ships to meet his mission requirements because […]

The Navy says it is moving to renegotiate a contract for long-lead materials for a Virginia-class submarine planned for fiscal 2014 to cope with automatic budget cuts that took effect […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has won the Navy’s competition to modernize the Aegis Combat System, outdueling Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA] to strengthen its grip on a program potentially worth billions […]