Navy/USMC

The Navy risks encountering cost increases on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program because it’s buying systems for the class’s mission modules that are not fully developed and have “significant” […]

The Army this week issued a Market Survey to measure industry interest and the ability of contractors that are not part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering and […]

A Northrop Grumman [NOC] active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar in development for the Marine Corps successfully detected multiple rocket launches during recent testing, the company said yesterday. The AN/TPS-80 […]

The Navy has selected BAE Systems to build the next prototype of the electromagnetic railgun, but the decision was challenged in a formal protest filed earlier this month by General […]

The first of the Navy’s Mobile Landing Platforms designed to boost logistical operations at sea while reducing dependence on foreign ports completed sea trials last week. The USNS Montford Point […]

The Defense Department on Friday released an updated version of its homeland defense strategy that emphasizes two core missions, defending the nation’s territory from direct attacks and supporting civil authorities. […]

A new sonar unit produced by Raytheon [RTN] will be deployed on an unmanned vessel procured by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of a program to […]

Raytheon [RTN] and Boeing [BA], the two defense firms unsuccessful in their attempt to win the Navy’s recently completed competition to modernize the ship-based Aegis Combat System, say they do […]

The F-35 strike fighter aircraft program will be subject to the same cuts as other defense programs under the budget sequester, the Defense Department’s Budget Chief told a House panel […]

Raytheon [RTN] has just delivered an eighth mobile X-band Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance system (AN/TPY-2) radar to the U.S. government, on the heels of a Defense Department announcement Friday […]