Navy/USMC

The Navy believes the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) can be adapted to provide capabilities beyond the missions it was designed for by capitalizing on the modularity of the vessels, a […]

The Navy plans to modify its contract with Hewlett Packard [HP] to cover the cost of operating the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) beyond this September, and is including an […]

The Marine Corps’ top general for aviation said he expects pilots learning to fly the F-35 will spend an increased amount of time in simulators to master its complicated systems […]

MBDA yesterday said it has signed the first contract with an export customer for the acquisition of its naval air defense system SIMBAD-RC, one year after launching its self-financed development. […]

The Navy has initiated plans to formally inform private shipyard contractors of the possible termination of scheduled maintenance work, but stopped short of issuing cancellations it said it might have […]

The sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system has conducted the first intercept of a target missile while using tracking data provided by satellites, the Pentagon said. The test took place […]

The Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has been cleared to resume flying following the resolution of a problem with fueldraulic hoses that were behind the […]

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert has told Congress that the service might have to scale back the procurement of several major acquisition programs to offset possible funding losses […]

A group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers are urging the Navy to delay plans to cancel ship maintenance availabilities for the second half of fiscal 2013, asking for more time […]

The Navy has cleared Northrop Grumman [NOC] to begin full-rate production of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye battle management command and control aircraft, the company said yesterday. The green lighting follows […]