Navy/USMC

Despite budget cuts, the Navy projects there will be a slight increase in workload at the nation’s shipyards over the next five years, according to a service official. Wilmot Summerall, […]

In an attempt to build on its success in designing and building a new class of high-endurance cutters that are successfully operating for the U.S. Coast Guard, Huntington Ingalls Industries […]

The Navy will seek congressional approval for a multi-year contract to get nine Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers under construction during the next five fiscal years, the Naval Sea Systems Command’s […]

The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program plans to buy Raytheon’s [RTN] Griffin missile on a limited basis until it holds a competition to develop a more advanced surface-to-surface missile in […]

While the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter has shown promise during recent missions in Afghanistan, the system has not reached the desired amount of supplies it can ferry to soldiers in […]

A senior defense-focused senator cautioned the Navy yesterday against growing its fleet to 313 ships by purchasing what she views as too many less-advanced vessels, expressing concern about the service’s rate of buying large surface combatants. “Building a […]

The Navy is moving to develop increased commonality between two key ship defense systems as a way to maximize efficiencies, save costs and ease technology upgrades, Naval Sea Systems Command’s […]

With the first of the Zumwalt-class destroyers poised for a key step in its construction later this year, one of the prime contractors is confident the DDG-1000’s appeal to the […]

The Army has widened its interest in the K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopter that has already been deployed to Afghanistan to support Marine Corps operations, a senior Lockheed Martin [LMT] official said […]

Navistar Defense LLC  [NAV] yesterday said it received a $880 million delivery order to upgrade 2,717 International® MaxxPro® Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The order from the Marine Corps […]