Navy/USMC

Social media’s biggest impact on disaster preparedness and response is helping people be proactive, instead of reactive, a military social media practitioner said yesterday. “Folks, we think, are looking to […]

The latest of the San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious transport dock ships has completed sea trials and is due to be commissioned next year. The USS Anchorage (LPD-23) underwent sea trials […]

As sundry groups examine the Pentagon budget for potential savings, lawmakers are awaiting more insight into a major budget item: a next-generation ballistic-missile submarine. A report attached to the Pentagon […]

Applying new technology requires an open mind. That was a point highlighted yesterday by Ken Gabriel, the acting chief of the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. During […]

The Army on May 22 restarted the Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) Technology Development program under a $38 million contract with Northrop Grumman [NOC] and a $31.4 million contract with BAE […]

The second of the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites has completed thermal vacuuming and is now set to undergo a final integrated system test, manufacturer Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]

Redesign and modification costs in the development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will remain “elevated” into 2019, the first year the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built fighter jet is scheduled to […]

The Pentagon’s Inspector General issued a report last week that faulted the Navy’s development of a minesweeping system intended to operate off Littoral Combat Ships, questioning the reliability and cost […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has rolled out the first production aircraft of the Navy’s version of Global Hawk, an unmanned aerial vehicle designed to perform wide-area maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) […]

The Javelin Joint Venture, an effort by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN], recently demonstrated the capability to launch Javelin missiles from a vehicle in winter conditions at a test […]