Navy/USMC

Advisers to President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney sparred yesterday over the candidates’ approaches to defense spending and Navy shipbuilding. Romney’s plans to increase naval shipbuilding from nine […]

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently awarded contracts for pursuing new technologies designed to enhance the autonomy of unmanned aerial cargo systems. ONR said last week it’s initially providing […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC], the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center said they have successfully completed a series of flights moving DARPA’s Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling […]

NanoMech, an international material science company and leader in nanotechnology innovation, yesterday revealed a partnership with KDH Defense Systems Inc. to deploy technology that will keep soldiers and law enforcement […]

A Pentagon leader emphasized yesterday the administration’s desire to shield from budget cuts weapon systems the military will use as it shifts focus to the Asia-Pacific region–including undersea, unmanned, and […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to have an exhibit at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Exposition next year after skipping the last two events, the association said yesterday. Lockheed Martin […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants innovative individuals and companies to add their abilities to traditional defense industry to help the agency reform how the Defense Department designs […]

The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) opened for business yesterday as the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) officially closed Sept. 30. Undersecretary of Defense for […]

The Pentagon yesterday named a new deputy program executive officer for the Joint Strike Fighter, as a new team to oversee the most expensive weapons program in the building’s history […]

The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Co. on Friday said its portfolio company US Joiner has acquired certain assets of Maritime Services Corp. (MSC), a provider of millwork, installation […]