Navy/USMC

FLIR Systems, Inc. [FLIR] is looking to break into the large-ship Navy market with its latest thermal camera, according to a company official.   FLIR’s Sea Star SAFIRE HD camera, […]

The defense industry and some lawmakers are sounding alarms about recent changes to the law dictating how depot-level work on military equipment is shared between government and private facilities. An Aerospace Industries […]

New strategic guidance from the White House builds on work done by the services over the past several years on lessons learned in conflict and considerations of the future. The […]

The Virginia-class USS Missouri (SSN-780) attack submarines recently completed final repair and outfitting, a process the vessel must undergo before going on its first full-length deployment, the Navy said yesterday. […]

The Navy took delivery this week of the latest San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious transport dock ship from builder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]. The future USS San Diego (LPD-22) is the […]

The Navy has given Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $113-million contract for long lead work on the John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier (CVN79), which will be the second of the […]

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Virginia-class submarine programs were the biggest victims of cuts made by Congress to the Navy’s shipbuilding request for fiscal 2012. The Defense appropriations bill […]

Navistar Defense LLC yesterday said it received a $134 million delivery order for field service representatives (FSRs). The order from Marine Corps Systems Command renews the company’s in-theater FSR service […]

The Marine Corps has halted work on Boeing’s [BA] unmanned cargo helicopter, the A160T Hummingbird, because of “technical issues” with the system designed to fly higher and deliver greater payloads, […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress Dec. 14 of an estimated $60 million Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of Javelin Anti-Tank […]