Navy/USMC

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] […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the  Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). The CDR provided […]

A Navy unmanned aerial vehicle demonstrator based on the Air Force’s Global Hawk crashed yesterday during a test in Maryland, just days ahead of manufacturer Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] plans to […]

Defense budget watchers are waiting to see how Senate appropriators weigh in on the Pentagon’s controversial move to cancel a variant of the Global Hawk drone aircraft. The Senate Appropriations […]