Navy/USMC

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced President Biden nominated several Navy officials on May 17, including the next commander of 6th Fleet and the principal military deputy to the Assistant […]

The Secretary of the Navy this week described some of the specific problems , like turbine generator deliveries, causing delays to Virginia-class (SSN) submarine production, but added that production is […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered 89 of 98 F-35s late last year–the highest rate in six years, and RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney delivered all 137 F135 engines for the fighter […]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) this week led a bipartisan group of senators in a letter requesting Senate appropriators fund two Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs) in the fiscal year 2025 budget. […]

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on May 15 questioned the impact of Boeing‘s [BA] proposed buy of Wichita-based Spirit  Aerosystems [SPR], which supplies commercial and military programs, including the Airbus A350 […]

The Marine Corps has selected Airbus’ unmanned version of its UH-72 Lakota helicopter as one of the competitors for the Aerial Logistics Connector prototyping effort, the company said on Tuesday.  […]

House authorizers’ draft FY 2025 defense authorization bill includes several strings for the Navy reducing certain forces or fleet numbers, including restrictions on more than two cruiser retirements. The draft […]

House authorizers hope to push the Navy to develop a plan to have the Navy be able to re-arm the surface fleet at sea within three years in their draft […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) initial draft of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Bill (NDAA) added $1 billion to find a second Virginia-class attack submarine (SSN), seemingly […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft of the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill gives the Navy authority for multiyear procurement for the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky  [LMT] CH-53K King […]